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Sanitary district adds 'sanitary stormwater engineer' position, approves job descriptions and salary range update
Summary
The Michigan City Sanitary District board approved a revised organizational chart that adds a sanitary stormwater engineer position and an engineering intern, approved corresponding job descriptions, and updated the salary resolution to establish pay ranges for the new classifications.
The Michigan City Sanitary District Board of Commissioners on Feb. 25 approved changes to its organizational chart to add a sanitary stormwater engineer and create an engineering intern position, approved job descriptions for both roles and updated the salary resolution to set pay ranges.
Al Wallace, identified in the meeting as district engineer, said retitling the current operations inspection manager to sanitary stormwater engineer and adding an intern would distribute engineering workload, strengthen succession planning and improve the district’s GIS data capture to support sewer capacity analyses. Wallace said the preferred experience for the sanitary stormwater engineer is roughly two to five years of civil or environmental engineering experience or a recent bachelor’s degree in a related field. He said an engineering intern could be funded in part by mayor‑directed ARPA hours when available.
The board also approved two job descriptions Wallace presented: one for the sanitary stormwater engineer and one for an engineering intern. The engineer job description retains many technical inspection tasks from the prior position and adds responsibilities for GIS updates, flow monitoring support and capacity calculations. The intern description targets students working toward a BS in civil or environmental engineering and removes longer‑term financial management duties.
Finally, the board approved an update to the salary resolution to create a pay range for the new sanitary stormwater engineer comparable to the construction engineer range; staff said actual placement within the range would depend on candidate qualifications and review with HR and the mayor.
Board members said they supported internal promotion and succession planning and noted local students have already expressed interest in internship opportunities. The motions to approve the org chart, job descriptions and salary resolution passed by voice votes.
