The ideal candidate for the position will have experience in geotechnical engineering or other areas of expertise related to dam engineering. The following are typical work responsibilities for the position:

-Performs engineering assessments and analyses, and/or reviews designs in the area of dam safety for the EWEB-owned hydroelectric projects, including canal embankments, slopes, dams and appurtenant structures.
-Manages projects for dam safety improvements and upgrades to address regulatory concerns, operation reliability issues and public risks, including coordination with key stakeholders, consultants, and regulators.
-Conducts dam safety inspections, and provides technical supports and dam safety training to operators and field crews.
-Writes and reviews engineering and technical documents and dam safety reports following regulatory guidelines.
-Reviews, updates, or implements instrumentation and early warning systems for monitoring the EWEB canal embankments and dams.
-Responds to dam emergencies and provides support in emergency preparedness and emergency action plans.

EWEB intends to fill one opening, but is posting at the both the Staff and Senior levels. Preference will be given to candidates at the Senior level, but may fill at the Staff level.

Staff Engineer: $79,320.59 - $99,150.79 Annually
Senior Engineer: $91,835.95 – $114,794.99 Annually

EWEB offers a generous benefits package including:
Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
Health Reimbursement Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
Wellness Programs & Employee Assistance Program
Oregon PERS Pension Plan
Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Employee Credit Union
Vacation, sick leave, 10 paid holidays, and floating holiday leave.
Relocation Expense Reimbursement

Additional information regarding EWEB's benefit package can be found here (Download PDF reader).

PLEASE NOTE: This recruitment is open until filled and may close at any time without prior notice in order to proceed in the selection processes. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. First review of applications will occur on October 11th, 2019.

Why This Job
EWEB is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility providing water and electricity to the Eugene community. EWEB owns or co-owns four hydroelectric projects, which are licensed and regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The projects consist of over nine miles of canals with earth embankments, five concrete and earth dams, four power plants with associated tunnels, penstocks, fish facilities and other appurtenant structures.

EWEB offers employees a progressive working culture devoted to providing excellent public service. Our employees work in a fast-paced environment where creativity, innovation, involvement, teamwork and professional development are supported and encouraged. EWEB is also committed to providing a work environment conducive to the safety, health, and well-being of its workforce, and offers great benefits, including but not limited to health care, vacation and sick leave, pension, holidays, and employee credit union.

Wheeler is a small, established, well-respected, family-oriented, water resources and geotechnical engineering firm. An Associate Geotechnical Engineer is expected to be a self-starter who can supervise junior engineers and technicians and work with other project managers to complete geotechnical engineering projects and geotechnical work tasks for larger projects. Duties will include performing and reviewing engineering analysis, designs, data review, field work, report writing, drawing preparation, proposal preparation or other duties as required to complete our work.

Wheeler offers good salaries and benefits. Our smaller size allows our engineers the opportunity to gain a good mix of experience on a variety of water resources and geotechnical engineering projects with several different clients. Most of our work is within Colorado, but we also work on dam safety projects nationwide.

Please e-mail detailed cover letters and resumes to vicki.thompson@wwwheeler.com

Duties include:

• Perform engineering and inspection tasks to ensure regulatory compliance for all of Seattle Public Utilities's (SPU) dams.
• Work closely with SPU Water Resource Planning in the development of priorities, projects, studies, and initiatives in support of the dam safety program.
• Serve as project engineer and team with project managers on capital improvement projects for SPU dams.
• Develop scopes, design, review and approve engineering plans and specifications, and make recommendations on dam operations.
• Develop scopes and contract with consultants for highly specialized work such as seismic analysis, inundation studies, geologic studies, etc.
• Lead the effort to deal with highly technical and analytical issues that arise related to dam safety monitoring and warning systems, dam structures, and associated assets.
• Oversee the development of monitoring plans for about 300 dam monitoring instruments, collect and analyze data, and prepare reports of monitoring systems and results for regulators
• Partner with Seattle City Light, licensee for the South Fork Tolt River Dam Project, in meeting FERC requirements for the Project.
• Serve as the SPU point of contact on all technical issues for regulatory compliance and correspondence with regulators.
• Be available on-call to respond to dam emergencies and dam warning system malfunctions
• Plan and lead inspections and evaluations of dam structures, foundations, pipelines, gates, and valves as required by FERC and WDOE, and perform follow up work after regulatory inspections.
• Participate on teams in the development of emergency action plans and exercises, including coordination with local police, fire, schools, local government, etc.
• Manage and promote community outreach and public education on dam failure warning systems and respond to public inquiries regarding dam safety. Perform public presentation of material related to dam safety to large external audiences
• Develop, update, and administer training programs for field crews and operators for implementation of dam safety procedures.

Required Qualifications:
Requires six years of professional civil engineering experience, including two years of supervisory experience or Project Management experience, and a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering or Civil Engineering Technology, or other combinations of education and/or experience which provides preparation to do professional civil engineering work.

Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Washington.

Current Washington State Drivers License.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Water Resources, civil engineering, or a closely related discipline from an accredited college program is desired.

Valid California certificate of registration as a civil engineer, or engineer in training certificate in accordance with Section 6730 of the California Business and Professions Code, is desirable.

Supervises and performs a variety of professional civil engineering duties in the planning, design, development, construction, operation, and maintenance of Agency's flood control, water quality, and water production, storage, treatment and distribution facilities and systems; ensures adherence to professional standards, codes and Agency specifications. Environmental review and construction permit principles, procedures, and documents.