Sr Wastewater Process Engineer

About the role

The Opportunity: In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function in a lead wastewater process engineer role as a technical specialist in the areas of conventional wastewater treatment
• Use processes such as physical/chemical primary treatment, conventional activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, fixed-film processes, membrane bio-reactors (MBR), sidestream treatment, tertiary filtration, and disinfection
• Provide technical guidance over a process team, supervise engineering staff on projects, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams to implement complex treatment solutions

  Responsibilities

  Engineering:

  • 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
  • Serves as a technical specialist with knowledge and skillset providing guidance to project teams in conventional and/or emerging wastewater treatment systems
  • Develops recommendations for appropriate treatment processes, equipment and/or materials selection
  • Oversees collection, assimilation, analysis, and management of data for process modeling and design work
  • Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines

    Client Focus:

    • Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops creative solutions and approaches to accommodate our clients’ goals and objectives
    • Attends and presents on state-of-the-art wastewater treatment projects and thought leadership ideas at local, regional and national conferences

      People Management:

      • Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring to junior engineers
      • May assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any performance improvement actions required for junior engineers
      • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

        Engineering Standards:

        • Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment
        • Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
        • Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines

          Quality / Continuous Improvement:

          • Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
          • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
          • Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects

            Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support):

            • Manages engineering resources for small groups
            • Implements resource management strategy

              Administrative:

              • Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
              • Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
              • May approve expense reports

                Qualifications

                • 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
                • Minimum of 11 years related work experience
                • Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred
                • 10 years of experience in wastewater water treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment (water quality analysis, treatment evaluations, process design, regulatory compliance assessments, etc.)
                • Advanced knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal wastewater, engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
                • Experience with using modern process simulators such as BioWin, GPS-X, Sumo, and/or Simba
                • Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development
                • 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

                Preferred Qualifications

                • Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred.
                • 10 years of experience in wastewater water treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment (water quality analysis, treatment evaluations, process design, regulatory compliance assessments, etc.).
                • Advanced knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal wastewater, engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
                • Experience with using modern process simulators such as BioWin, GPS-X, Sumo, and/or Simba
                • Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development.
                • 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

                Benefits

                • Comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.
                • To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
                • A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union.
                • Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.