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Sarasota County

Certified Operator A, B, or C

The City of Cocoa is currently accepting applications for state Certified Operators. All applicants must hold at least a minimum “C” operator’s license. To view position details and apply online. https://www.cocoafl.org/1204/Employment-Opportunities EOE/m/f/v/d

Utilities Engineer

This position is responsible for the management of water and wastewater capital improvements projects, other LCU improvement projects and assignments requiring engineering assistance. Incumbent will provide guidance, supervise assigned staff and act as a liaison to other departmental staff and outside vendors. Incumbent will exercise independent decision making. • Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, 2 years engineering or closely related experience, and possession of Florida Professional Engineer’s license (or possession of a Professional Engineer’s license in another state with the ability to obtain the Florida Professional Engineer’s license within six months of employment.) For more information, or to submit an application, please visit: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/leecounty Continued from page 59 components, as well as the end users’ processes and expectations, but the most important—and often most costly—element is the data. Without the data, the other components are lifeless. And without quality data the analysis results, and the decisions made upon those results, become incomplete and incorrect, potentially leading to other problems. Methodologies, such as subsurface utility engineering (SUE), can be deployed to assist with the designation of water assets for collection via survey methodologies, like a

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global positioning system/global navigation satellite system (GPS/GNSS). This compilation of spatially accurate inventoried assets, along with the population of feature attribution and condition assessment information within a GIS and asset management solution, provides the ultimate tool and work processes for a water utility. Along with providing the ability for tabular analysis and reporting, GIS provides the user the capability to visualize results through things like dynamic dashboards and heat maps. Collectively, GIS and asset management

deliver the greatest return on investment by deploying an approach that provides the information and platform necessary to successfully plan, operate, maintain, and manage assets throughout their lifecycles. This approach saves time, money, and, most importantly for a water utility, the resource itself. Barry Hales is regional manager with McKim & Creed Inc. in Wilmington, N.C. Howard Hodder, GISP, is associate vice president—geomatics, with McKim & Creed Inc. in Harrisburg, Pa. S

A custom project group interactive dashboard was created for each water asset management project. The dashboard is made available to utility personnel during each project for progress tracking and information. It displays the progress map of the survey areas covered, as well as a few key project statistics.

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