Drinking Water Process Engineer

Description

• Performs applied research, including bench, pilot, and full-scale testing to select or assess performance of alternative treatment processes
• Supports multiple projects simultaneously with complex technical challenges
• Develops conceptual-level life cycle costs to evaluate treatment options
• Is responsible for leading process design of projects
• Participate in coaching opportunities, career development planning, learning/training, and development of junior staff
• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
• Reviews the work of junior engineers
• Develop and present technical evaluations and recommendations to clients and key stakeholders.
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Develop over time necessary skills to provide technical guidance over a group, supervise engineering staff on projects, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams to implement complex treatment solutions.
• Assist and in some cases, leads business development activities and external marketing opportunities such as presenting at local/national conferences, building/maintaining client relationships, and supporting new business pursuits and proposal development.
• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment
• Apply advanced water treatment and engineering techniques, concepts, and approaches to solve complex engineering problems for a wide range of water quality and treatment challenges.
• Actively fosters technical and professional development of junior engineers
• Function in a water process engineer role as a technical specialist or in a lead process engineer in the areas of conventional water treatment using processes such as coagulation, clarification, softening, media filtration; and advanced water treatment processes such as membrane filtration, reverse osmosis (brackish, seawater), UV/AOP, ozonation, carbon adsorption, and/or distribution system water quality.
• Supports business development and pursuit activities, including involvement in pre-positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, identification of winning sales messages.
• Develops recommendations for appropriate treatment processes, equipment and/or materials selection
• Presents on applied research, industry trends, challenging projects and innovative ideas at local, regional, and national conferences
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Actively coordinates with internal and external team members for successful project execution
• Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines
• Oversees collection, assimilation, analysis, and management of data for process design work
• Provide mentoring and guidance to junior engineers
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers for ongoing projects and new business prospects
• Prepares or assists in development of a variety of engineering deliverables, including process/mass balance calculations, design criteria/basis of design memoranda, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, tradeoff studies, and master planning studies
• Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)
• Develops as a technical specialist with support from senior process engineers, providing guidance to project teams in water quality considerations and conventional and/or advanced water treatment systems
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops creative solutions and approaches to accommodate our clients’ goals and objectives

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.
• 8 years of experience in drinking water treatment with at least 4 years in water quality and treatment (water quality analysis, treatment evaluations, process design, regulatory compliance assessments, distribution water quality analysis, etc.).
• Knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal water treatment systems, federal and state regulations, engineering design principles, and applicable design guides and standards.
• Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development.
• 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.
• Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods
• Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred.
• 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
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
• Demonstrates strong technical writing skills and effective communication

Benefits

• Career opportunities exist in many rapidly expanding business solutions

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance