Pre-Construction Technical Advisor (PCTA. To qualify as the PCTA for this Agreement, an individual must possess the following: • A minimum of 20 years of Planning, Design, Engineering, and Construction experience on water, power and/or wastewater capital programs. The PCTA must have worked as an Engineering Manager on at least two $500 Million, or greater, water capital improvement programs, within the last 15 years, and who has had at least three projects progress through Design and at least one project through completion of Construction; AND • The PCTA must hold an active professional engineering license in California; AND • The PCTA must demonstrate an understanding of water and hydropower generation regulatory requirements and restraints; AND • The PCTA must have experience in the role of the Pre-Construction Technical Advisor for a similar program with complex shutdown schedules, project sequencing, challenging permit requirements, and governing processes; AND • The PCTA must currently reside in the Bay Area or be able to relocate upon award. Desirable (but not mandatory) qualifications include the following experience and qualifications: • Design and Implementation phases of water projects with demonstrable experience in at least four of the following areas: 1) alternative water supplies; 2) water storage, transmission and distribution systems; 3) optimization of pipeline distribution systems; 4) water system condition assessment; 5) water system operations, maintenance, and water quality requirements; 6) hydropower generation and high-voltage electric transmission systems; 7) asset start-up, testing, and onboarding to operations; and 8) development of project sequence, project and system interrelationships, and shutdown schedules; AND • Asset management and alternative delivery methods (such as Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk).
