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SUPERVISING ENGINEER (NONCOMPETITIVE)

City of Cincinnati

City of Cincinnati

United States · Cincinnati, OH, USA
Posted on Mar 20, 2026

General Statement of Duties

This Supervising Engineer position is within Wastewater Engineering Division’s QA/QC Group, which supports the delivery of all of Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) capital projects. Specifically, this role leads the Internal Design group in the preparation of drawings and specifications for a suite of conveyance and facility projects that MSD decides is most cost-effectively designed in-house. This person will coordinate the work of staff, both directly assigned and matrixed from across the division, that are responsible for the preparation of these contract documents. This employee directly monitors work activities to ensure work quality and reviews work products to ensure adherence and compliance with established policies and procedures prior to being sent out to bid. In addition, this role provides complex professional assistance to the Principal Engineer in the execution of all their QA/QC duties, including making recommendations for improvements to specific projects as well implementing best practices across all projects, and the development and maintenance of MSD Engineering Standards. This Supervising Engineer represents the QA/QC Group in the Principal Engineer’s absence.

This employee supervises, assigns, reviews, and participates in the work of staff responsible for professional and technical engineering operations. Employee ensures work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures and performs the more technical and complex tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Performs related work as required.

Minimum Qualifications (KSAs)

(Illustrative only. Any one position may not require all of the listed KSAs nor do the listed examples include all the KSAs which may be required.)

Knowledge of:

Modern complex principles and practices of engineering as related to assigned area of responsibility.

Design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of and use of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Surveying and collecting field data.? Water resources, modeling, and hydrology.?
Construction specifications, principles, practices, and materials used. Engineering systems, machinery, and processes.
Budget preparation, management, and procurement processes. Management, supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations. Industry safety standards\
City human resources policies and procedures and union contracts
Code of Ethics for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Skill to:

Skill to operate appropriate computer equipment; use properly all related hardware and Microsoft Skill to office Suite, project management software, ArcGIS, AutoCAD with Civil 3D, and analytic or scientific software.

Skill to operate a motor vehicle in the course of duty.

Ability to:

Ability to plan future engineering programs and manage all phases of multiple projects.?

Ability to check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.

Ability to monitor/Assess performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.?

Ability to identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Ability to analyze and interpret field data, create models, analysis trends, and perform various data analysis techniques.
Ability to bring others together to reconcile differences, such as employees, contractors, utility companies, and other departments.
Ability to manage one's own time and the time of others.
Ability to be aware of others' reactions and understand why they react as they do.? Ability to persuade others to change their minds or behavior.?
Ability to bring others together to reconcile differences, such as employees, contractors, utility companies, and other departments.
Ability to prepare and manage assigned budgets for projects and programs. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely. Ability to analyze and manage effective EEO/AA programs.?

Required Education and Experience

Required Education and Experience

Open:Each applicant must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field. In addition, each applicant must have five years of experience in project management, or project design for transportation/site development projects, construction projects, or similar disciplines.

Promotional: Each applicant must have three years of experience as a Senior Engineer with the City of Cincinnati and must possess a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Must have a valid Driver's License. Must be an excellent communicator and team builder. Possession of registration with the State of Ohio as a Professional Engineer. If not registered in Ohio when appointed, Ohio registration must be obtained during probationary period.

MILITARY EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE EVALUATION: Military education and experience may be substituted for college level course work at the lower and upper division baccalaureate and graduate levels and apprenticeship training at the vocational certificate level on a case by case basis based on the American Council on Education (ACE) Military Guide recommendations.

HR CONTACT: DENISE.BROWNING@CINCINNATI-OH.GOV

Working and Physical Conditions

Environmental Conditions:Indoor and outdoor environments; exposure to office computer screens; exposure to extremes in weather conditions; work with or in water, below ground, on ladders or scaffolds, on slippery or uneven surfaces, around moving objects/vehicles; exposure to construction project environments; some travel by automobile required.


Physical Conditions: Duties require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting, standing and walking for prolonged periods of time; light and moderate lifting and carrying; general manual dexterity and visual acuity required; must be able to operate assigned vehicle.