Engineer I - Regional Wastewater Reclamation

Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department Engineer I

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Job Classification: 5210 - Engineer I

Salary Grade: 16

Pay Range: $75,816 - $90,979 Annually

Range Explanation: Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity. Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

The first review of applications will be on 12/19/2025. Ready to engineer solutions that help protect the environment and serve your community? Join the Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (RWRD) and put your skills to work in a region where innovation meets lifestyle.

As a Civil Engineer, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and enhancing the backbone of our regional wastewater collection system. You’ll support and review designs for sewer pipes, pump stations, drainage systems, and roadways. Your knowledge of hydraulics, open channel flow, water and sewer regulations, contracting, and construction techniques will help keep our system running safely and efficiently. You will also manage routine professional engineering projects and systems, including planning, design, construction, and operations. This classification is distinguished from Engineer II by its focus on routine daily engineering projects and operations.

Essential Functions

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Participates in designs, studies, and cost estimates and prepares reports for future and proposed projects;
• Analyses of engineering systems to optimize operations;
• Determines need for basic data, such as field surveys, location of utilities, and soil tests and requests information through appropriate channels;
• Coordinates design and other features of work with other departments and public agencies;
• Reviews completed work for conformance with original job instructions and accepted engineering practices;
• Reviews or checks designs, drawings, and profiles for adequacy, soundness of engineering features, and practicality;
• Checks and reviews final plans and specifications, including contract projects for submission to supervisor;
• Prepares or supervises the preparation of as-built plans or statistical analysis of systems;
• Performs research, investigative, and design work;
• Manages the construction of public works projects;
• Provides professional engineering direction and guidance in the construction, maintenance or operation of public works facilities and structures;
• Performs design review of plans and technical reports for private development for conformance to County standards;
• Prepares and reviews engineering solicitations, invitations to bid, and evaluates submittals;
• Reviews plans, specifications, and analyses prepared under contract and administers contracts;
• Leads other engineering staff or contractors.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering or a closely related field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment, AND current registration or licensure in any state as a Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Professional Engineer (RPE), OR the ability to obtain registration in the State of Arizona during probation period. Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted. Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for y