Engineering
Who is Engineering?
Engineering provides design and construction inspection for our capital improvements program. This includes:
- New facilities like treatment plants, aquifer storage and recovery wells, etc.
- New and replacement water mains in our distribution system.
- Replacement of existing equipment like finished water pumps, lime feed system, etc.
- Maintenance of existing buildings like brick repair, roof replacement, etc.
Engineering maintains the record drawings of all of our capital projects so we have all the information on what was constructed. We take the lead on working with contractors and developers, on all water service connections that are 2-inch and larger. Engineering conducts long-range-plans for water resources, water treatment, and water distribution to make sure we are poised to meet the growing demand for water into the future.
The Engineering Team:
We have eight engineers, five engineering technicians, one engineering analyst, three drafters and two support staff. The engineers include one director, one engineering supervisor, three project managers, one infrastructure planning manager, one PE engineer and one staff engineer. Seven of the eight engineers are registered professional engineers. All five of the engineering technicians have State of Iowa Water Distribution System certificates.
What it’s Like to Work in Engineering at DMWW:
We have a good variety of projects which provides different work for engineering staff. A typical cycle for a capital project is to:
- Gather all the required information regarding the current condition of the project site.
- Generate the design drawing with the current information.
- Generate the design plans and specifications for bidding the capital project.
- Monitor the construction of the project to ensure the contractor follows the plans and specifications for the project.
- Generate the record drawings for the project, showing how the project was constructed.
Each capital project will be designed and built by a team from engineering. Each team will have some engineers, an engineering technician, and a drafter to complete the design and construction of the project.
Are You Eager for a Career in Engineering at DMWW?
We are eager to find team members who:
- Are willing to help pitch in wherever and whenever needed.
- Like to solve problems.
- Are able to analyze and break down a situation to the smallest units to best define the real problem.
- Like to work in a team environment.
- Like to provide good customer service to our internal customers.
Our team members have taken are:
- Drafters have moved into engineering technician positions.
- Our engineering analyst moved up from an engineering technician position.
- Engineering technician positions have been filled by employees from Water Distribution, and Water Production Departments.
- Engineers have advanced from Staff Engineer to PE Engineer, to Project Manager and to Director positions.
- The current CEO/General Manager, Director of Water Distribution, and Director of Water Production were all engineers in the Engineering Department at one point in their careers.
Job Descriptions
Director of Engineering
Drafter
Engineering Analyst
Engineering Supervisor
Engineering Technician
Infrastructure Planning Manager
Office Assistant - Engineering
PE Engineer
Project Manager - Engineering
Secretary - Engineering
Senior Engineer
Staff Engineer