A professional who directs and coordinates work of subordinate personnel engaged in installing, maintaining, repairing, servicing, enlarging, and relocating sewage facilities. Responsibilities include:

• Studies proposed projects to evaluate most feasible approach for excavations and repairs, using land plats, topographical maps, and other source data.
• Determines need for material and equipment required to complete project, such as type and size of pipe, fittings and unions, cranes, bulldozers, welders, or trenching machines, according to size and nature of project.
• Inspects project to evaluate progress and assure conformance to specifications.
• Confers with representatives of other utilities to coordinate work schedules for most effective and economic repair activities.
• Writes reports concerning human resource utilization, work progress, and disposition of materials.
• Prepares budget estimates based on anticipated material and personnel needs.
• May effect liaison between field operations and top management or assume regional or zonal responsibility.