Job description

Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued.

People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.

We are Beautifully Different . We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.

American Water is the best choice for your next role! With a history dating back to 1886, American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company. The company employs approximately 6,400 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and regulated-like drinking water and wastewater services to an estimated 14 million people in 24 states. American Water provides safe, clean, affordable, and reliable water services to our customers to help keep their lives flowing. For more information on American Water, visit amwater.com and follow American Water on Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn .

Primary Role

Responsible for Planning, Design, Engineering Calculations and Construction related to standard tasks for varying scope water resource systems projects.
Key Accountabilities

Provide support services to Engineer and/or Engineering Manager for activities including planning functions, design, facility layout, cost estimates and/or basic engineering calculations.

Assist on capital and maintenance projects, including preparation of contract documents, drawings and specifications.

Prepare and maintain files, records, drawings, reports, budgets and other data related to engineering projects.

Provide a full range of drawing production work including design and exhibits.

Maintain CAD workstations, directories and archives.

Perform field surveys to obtain measurements and/or stake easements and perform field inspections to insure standards are met and proper records are kept.

Manage projects of limited scope or portions of larger scope projects under the supervision of the Engineering Manager.

Correspond with other entities regarding the status of company facilities relative to their proposed improvements.

Design subdivision layouts, including reviewing property records and location of mains.

Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge of and ability to apply theoretical and practical engineering principles to perform basic engineering (hydraulic, mechanical, etc.) related functions.

Knowledge of drafting/CAD techniques, design and engineering terminology.

Knowledge of company standards and procedures.

Knowledge of property (easement rights).

Computer literacy including a major word processor program, spreadsheet, graphics and/or CAD.

Skills:
Ability to oversee and monitor construction work for adherence to project plans and specifications.

Ability to work with minimal guidance on varied engineering planning, design and construction related assignments under the direction of an

Engineer or other supervisory personnel.

Possess strong, detail oriented, analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.

Ability to interpret meets and bounds property descriptions.

Experience/Education

Associate's Degree or Technical School equivalent with course work in Drafting and Engineering required.

Minimum 5 years experience as an Engineering Technician or related experience.

Travel Requirements

5%

Competencies Champions safety Collaborates Cultivates innovation Customer obsessed Drives Results Nimble learning

Join American Water... We Keep Life Flowing ™

American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because they are an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.

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