The Office of Storm Drain Maintenance is responsible for the improvement and maintenance of the County’s stormwater infrastructure, including storm drain systems, management facilities, drainage channels, outfalls, flood-control assets, levees, and pump stations. This position oversees planning, assessment, design coordination, construction oversight, asset tracking, regulatory compliance, and implementation of projects that reduce flooding, protect public safety, improve water quality, and enhance climate resilience. 

This is an advanced and supervisory-level position responsible for leading engineering, technical, and paraprofessional staff on complex projects. The position manages projects from planning through construction and provides direct supervision to both staff and consultants. Duties include applying advanced engineering principles in the design, analysis, review, and construction of stormwater management facilities, dams, and levees. Key tasks include developing and reviewing project scopes, overseeing design and estimating, negotiating consultant services, directing construction services, reviewing plans, managing contracts, conducting facility and levee inspections, and ensuring project delivery from inception to completion. 

Additional responsibilities include technical analysis, field investigations, project meetings, regulatory coordination, consultant and construction oversight, public response, and emergency operations. The position participates in snow operations duty with restricted leave from December 15th to March 15th and must provide project management leadership in the Division Chief's absence. A valid Driver’s License is required at all times.

Examples of Work

• Manage, coordinate, and oversee stormwater infrastructure projects from field investigation through planning, design, procurement, construction, inspection, closeout, and asset documentation. 
• Conduct field investigations of storm drains, pipes, culverts, channels, outfalls, stormwater management facilities, ponds, flood-prone areas, levees, pump stations, and related drainage infrastructure. 
• Identify infrastructure deficiencies, flooding concerns, maintenance needs, safety hazards, water quality issues, regulatory concerns, and potential capital improvement needs. 
• Develop and review engineering assessments, technical memoranda, remedial alternatives, construction recommendations, concept plans, cost estimates, schedules, construction sequencing, and task-order scopes. 
• Review engineering plans, technical reports, specifications, shop drawings, contractor submittals, requests for information, change orders, as-built documentation, and final project records. 
• Perform or review hydrologic and hydraulic analyses related to storm drain systems, open channels, culverts, outfalls, floodplain impacts, stormwater management facilities, and stream/channel stabilization. 
• Support stormwater facility retrofits, BMP restoration, drainage remediation, channel rehabilitation, outfall stabilization, dam-related improvements, flood mitigation, and asset protection projects. 
• Evaluate constructability, maintenance access, utility conflicts, environmental constraints, site limitations, and long-term operational impacts of proposed stormwater improvements. 
• Support OSDM’s MS4/NPDES permit responsibilities, including stormwater facility inspections, maintenance documentation, restoration tracking, compliance reporting, and annual report support. 
• Coordinate with internal and external partners on triennial inspection of SWM facilities condition updates, corrective actions, compliance priorities, maintenance schedules, and long-term asset management strategies. 
• Assist with technical review and documentation related to TMDL credit opportunities, BMP performance, pollutant reduction strategies, water quality activities, sampling coordination, and related data review. 
• Manage, coordinate, and document levee and pump station activities necessary to meet federal operation and maintenance requirements, including USACE standards, project-specific Operation and Maintenance Manuals, 33 CFR Part 208.10, levee inspection programs, flood-fighting readiness, pump station readiness, and continuous levee patrols during flood periods.
• Coordinate GIS-based workflows to support stormwater facility tracking, inspection documentation, preventive maintenance planning, project prioritization, and operational decision-making. 
• Manage and coordinate consultant engineers, construction managers, inspectors, environmental specialists, contractors, GIS professionals, and other technical service providers. 
• Develop, review, and manage task orders for engineering, inspection, construction management, GIS, environmental, construction, and related professional services. 
• Monitor consultant and contractor performance, schedules, budgets, deliverables, field progress, quality control, and compliance with contract requirements. 
• Participate in pre-construction meetings, progress meetings, field reviews, stakeholder meetings, interagency coordination meetings, and project closeout meetings. 
• Review construction issues, evaluate field conditions, resolve technical problems, recommend practical solutions, and ensure work is consistent with County standards and regulatory requirements. 
• Coordinate construction-phase documentation, including daily reports, photographs, inspection records, redline revisions, as-built certifications, closeout documents, and final project files. 
• Coordinate with County agencies, municipalities, state and federal agencies, utility companies, consultants, contractors, community organizations, elected officials, residents, and the public on stormwater infrastructure matters. 
• Prepare written correspondence, technical reports, briefing materials, maps, presentations, project updates, public-facing summaries, and responses to technical questions regarding drainage, flooding, stormwater facilities, project status, and maintenance needs. 
• Support community meetings, public outreach, stakeholder engagement, inspections, field reviews, public forums, and other activities where OSDM representation is required. 
• Participate in severe weather response, flood response, Severe Storm and Flooding Operations, Snow and Ice operations, emergency operations, and other special assignments, including pre- and post-storm field assessments and emergency repair prioritization. 
• Perform other tasks and duties assigned, which may not be specifically listed in the position description; however, they are within the general, occupational category and responsibility level typically associated with the employee's class of work.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in civil, environmental or related engineering field.
• Four (4) years of progressive professional experience in civil or environmental engineering, to include at least two (2) years of lead/supervisory experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License is required.
• Valid driver's license is required.