Drinking Water Process Engineer

About the role

Founded in 1919, KJ has always looked to the future. With a talented team of professionals and a culture of continuous improvement, we deliver exceptional engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management services, with a focus on innovation and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate treatment approaches: Assess municipal drinking water treatment, water reuse, and advanced purification processes, including evaluation, selection, engineering studies, and operations optimization.
• Partner with project teams and client service managers during pursuits, interviews, technical discussions, and project execution, including contributions to treatment process innovations, technical approaches, and scope development.
• Contribute to feasibility studies, facility planning, pilot testing, and related technical evaluations, and collaborate with the Applied Research Group on water quality and treatment research.
• Collaborate with municipal and private sector water treatment staff on projects related to water quality, industrial water treatment, and treatment process improvement.
• Develop basis of design reports, preliminary and detailed engineering drawings, specifications, process flow diagrams, and process instrumentation diagrams.
• Identify opportunities to enhance treatment operations, efficiency, and reliability at existing facilities.
• Work with senior engineers on technical solutions and provide guidance to less experienced staff.

Qualifications

• Education: BS or MS in Civil, Environmental, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in drinking water treatment engineering.
• Certifications or licenses: Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE) license in California; PE preferred or ability to obtain.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance;
• A health savings account;
• A 401(k);
• Bonus programs;
• Tuition reimbursement;
• Employee ownership opportunity;
• Professional registration support;
• Business travel assistance;
• Competitive paid time off and holidays;
• An employee assistance program;
• Additional programs that support your wellbeing and professional growth.