Department of Administrative Services

Inspects and evaluates supply, storage, distribution, treatment, and overall adequacy of water and sewer systems; supervises testing of customer water meters for accuracy; monitors utility testing programs, including nonrevenue water improvement efforts; checks for proper pressure gradient design; analyzes hydrant flow studies; evaluates interconnection and main extension proposals; reviews and acts on applications for issuance of Certification of Public Convenience and Necessity; cross-examines expert and utility company witnesses regarding depreciation studies, cost of services studies, capital budgeting for respective utility company facilities, and operation/maintenance of utility plants at public hearings; reviews depreciation studies; cost of service studies, detailed utility company project submittals, and utility company policy and practices for cross-examination; ensures that all cross-examination creates an evidentiary record as a basis for a legally sufficient decision; authors engineering portions of decisions and orders; acts as representative of agency at public meetings, state, regional, and federal committees and councils; develops, drafts, and interprets statutes and regulations; provides technical support to commissioners, management, audit, and consumer-assistance divisions and others; examines exhibits and reports submitted by utility companies; inspects and makes independent reports on utility plants and equipment; investigates accidents involving utility plant and equipment; conducts field surveys of accident location; interviews witnesses; prepares detailed reports of investigations; recommends action for elimination of dangerous conditions or practices; investigates and analyzes utility companies proposals to transfer ownership and to dispose of or lease real property; monitors and investigates various operations of utility companies; oversees projects of a complex and difficult nature; oversees, assists and trains engineers of lower grade as assigned; may make recommendations on policies or standards; may prepare reports and correspondence; performs related duties as required.

Seven (7) years of experience in the field of Civil, mechanical, hydraulic, or sanitary engineering.

The preceding experience must have included two (2) years in one of the following areas:

A. Utility company operations experience, such as:

 Design, construction, distribution, engineering, or regulation.

B. Management audit of the respective utility operations described in (A).

C. Utility company regulation.

D. Experience totaling one (1) year in at least two of the following areas:

Preparation of depreciation studies, or technical critiquing and report writing on such studies.

Preparation of detailed cost of service studies, or technical critiquing and report writing on such studies.

Preparation of studies of appropriate installations, including determination of required capital improvements ond report writing, or technical critiquing and report writing on such studies. Appropriate installations are:

Development of engineering safety codes or recommended practices for appropriate installations, or development of operating procedures to comply with such codes or practices.

- Water utility system design

Development of engineering safety codes or recommended practices for appropriate installations, or development of operating procedures to comply with such codes or practices.