Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer
About the role
The Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer plays a crucial role within HDR’s Washington Water Business Group, supporting the planning, design, and delivery of water/wastewater treatment and associated municipal projects.
Responsibilities
- Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development & initiation to close-out)
- Be responsible for all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, involving a large project staff
- Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently
- Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
- Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders
- Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule
- Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule
- Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews
- Implement QA/QC procedures
- Supervise large project staffs and act as mentor for less-experienced Project Managers
- Independently create detailed designs, plans, specifications and estimates for pipelines, pump stations, treatment plants, tanks and other wastewater infrastructure
- Take responsibility for engineering/process design, project coordination, determining and writing engineering specifications, planning work, establishing appropriate design methods, report preparation and coordination, equipment sizing and selection, and working directly with the owner
- Lead planning, evaluation, and design of wastewater treatment process projects, acting as design or technical lead
- Oversee delivery of projects from start to finish including stewarding quality throughout project
- Provide oversight and mentoring for junior staff
- Adequately plan work and communicate with project resources and teams
- Maintain client relationships through project work
- Establish quality standards and value engineering solutions
- Conduct quality control reviews of designs
- Serve as a technical expert with recognized authority in area of wastewater systems
- Perform other duties as needed
Requirements
- Master's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
- PMP certification
- Strong technical background and experience in wastewater treatment processes and project delivery
- Project Engineering and Project Management experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
- Minimum of 10 years experience with Municipal Water and Wastewater Systems Planning and Design
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Strong technical background and experience in designing water distribution systems
- Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, MicroStation and hydraulic modeling software
- Project Engineering and Project Management experience is necessary
Qualifications
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.
Pay
The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)
Schedule
Full-time
Employee Status
Regular
Business Class
WW Treatment and Effluent Mgmt
Primary Location
United States-Washington-Spokane
Other Locations
- United States-Washington-Everett
- United States-Washington-Olympia
- United States-Washington-Seattle
- United States-Washington-Bellevue
- United States-Washington-Gig Harbor
Industry
Water
Job Posting Date
Dec 2, 2025
Company Information
We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.