Drinking Water Process Technical Expert
Kennedy Jenks · Fort Worth, TX · 13 mo ago
HybridManagement$150k–$200k/yrFull-time
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 and environmental consulting services today, with a focus on innovation and sustainability. Using new advanced analytics, technology, and tools, KJ improves designs, reduces risk, and finds better ways to deliver projects. KJ is at the forefront of developing sustainable solutions for clients, including green infrastructure design, strategies to reduce energy use and environmental impacts, and award-winning water reuse projects. We are known for our dedication to industry-leading client service and tailored solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Provide technical leadership, strategic guidance, and client-facing support for complex water quality and treatment initiatives.
- Provide technical expertise: Serve as a technical expert for municipal drinking water treatment, water reuse, and advanced water purification, including treatment process evaluation and selection, preliminary engineering studies, and operations optimization.
- Support business development: Support client service managers and business development activities through technical consultation, client meetings, project interviews, and strategic pursuits.
- Lead pursuits and technical approaches: Contribute to project pursuits by developing innovative treatment approaches, technical strategies, and scope recommendations.
- Guide planning and pilot testing: Mentor and lead process planning efforts, including feasibility studies, facility planning, and pilot testing programs for complex water projects.
- Lead preliminary design: Advise preliminary process design, including basis of design reports and preliminary engineering drawings and specifications for complex water projects.
- Review technical deliverables: Guide development and provide quality control review of process flow diagrams, design criteria, and process and instrumentation diagrams.
- Evaluate facility performance: Identify opportunities to improve operations at existing facilities.
- Engage the industry: Actively participate in water-focused professional organizations; submit abstracts and present technical material at conferences.
- Work on research: Work with Applied Research Group staff on water quality and water treatment processes research.
- Support private sector work: Team up with private sector water treatment staff to support and participate in industrial water quality and water treatment process projects.
- Work on research: Work with Applied Research Group staff on water quality and water treatment processes research.
- Engage the industry: Actively participate in water-focused professional organizations; submit abstracts and present technical material at conferences.
- Evaluate facility performance: Identify opportunities to improve operations at existing facilities.
- Review technical deliverables: Guide development and provide quality control review of process flow diagrams, design criteria, and process and instrumentation diagrams.
- Lead preliminary design: Advise preliminary process design, including basis of design reports and preliminary engineering drawings and specifications for complex water projects.
- Guide planning and pilot testing: Mentor and lead process planning efforts, including feasibility studies, facility planning, and pilot testing programs for complex water projects.
- Lead pursuits and technical approaches: Contribute to project pursuits by developing innovative treatment approaches, technical strategies, and scope recommendations.
- Support business development: Support client service managers and business development activities through technical consultation, client meetings, project interviews, and strategic pursuits.
- Provide technical expertise: Serve as a technical expert for municipal drinking water treatment, water reuse, and advanced water purification, including treatment process evaluation and selection, preliminary engineering studies, and operations optimization.