Wastewater Treatment Engineer Technology Leader

Description

• Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring to junior engineers
• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops creative solutions and approaches to accommodate our clients’ goals and objectives
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Performs complex research, including applied research activities involving bench, pilot, and full-scale testing to select or assess performance of treatment processes and incorporating the data into process models
• Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
• Actively coordinates with internal and external team members for successful project execution
• Implements resource management strategy
• Function in a lead wastewater process engineer role
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers for ongoing projects and identification of new business prospects
• Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
• Provides related guidance and direction to others
• Develops conceptual-level life cycle costs to evaluate treatment options
• Provides support to business development or pursuit activities, including involvement in pre-positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, identification of winning sales messages.
• Oversees collection, assimilation, analysis, and management of data for process modeling and design work
• Participate in coaching opportunities, career development planning, learning/training, and development of junior staff
• Attends and presents on state-of-the-art wastewater treatment projects and thought leadership ideas at local, regional and national conferences
• May assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any performance improvement actions required for junior engineers
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• May approve expense reports
• Prepares process models and carries out complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Serves as a technical specialist with knowledge and skillset providing guidance to project teams in conventional and/or emerging wastewater treatment systems
• Manages engineering resources for small groups
• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables, including process models, process/mass balance calculations, design criteria/basis of design memoranda, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, tradeoff studies, and master planning studies
• Develops recommendations for appropriate treatment processes, equipment and/or materials selection

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing
• Effective written and oral communications, Drive for Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, And Building Effective Teams
• Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred.
• 10 years of experience in wastewater treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment (water quality analysis, treatment evaluations, process design, regulatory compliance assessments, etc.).
• Experience with using modern process simulators such as BioWin, GPS-X, Sumo, and/or Simba#
• Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation). Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.
• Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
• Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development.
• Minimum of 11 years related work experience
• Be a subject matter expert in the areas of conventional wastewater treatment using processes such as physical/chemical primary treatment, conventional activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, fixed-film processes, membrane bio-reactors (MBR), sidestream treatment, tertiary filtration, disinfection, and biosolids processing
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
• Advanced knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal wastewater, engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Benefits

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.
• Career opportunities exist in many rapidly expanding business solutions

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance