Staff Drinking Water Process Engineer

Location: Arlington, VA; Tampa, FL; Gaithersburg, MD; Charlotte, TX; Cary, NC; Orlando, FL | Full-time | Relocation eligible | No visa sponsorship | Requisition 117296 | Salary Plan: Engineering Grade 016

About the Role

At Black & Veatch, a 100% employee-owned company, you’ll design, create, and build the infrastructure communities rely on every day. Safety is built into every decision, and ownership shows up in how we work—taking responsibility for outcomes and sharing in long-term success. This water process engineer role offers diverse opportunities in conventional water treatment, brackish and seawater desalination, reuse, and mining water. You’ll be part of a global team of over 200 process engineers directing process design for projects worldwide, with strong career stability and growth potential.

• Function as a technical specialist or lead process engineer in conventional water treatment (coagulation, clarification, softening, media filtration) and advanced processes (membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, UV/AOP, ozonation, carbon adsorption, distribution system water quality).
• Apply advanced water treatment and engineering techniques to solve complex water quality and treatment challenges.
• Develop skills to provide technical guidance, supervise engineering staff, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams to implement complex treatment solutions.
• Develop and present technical evaluations and recommendations to clients and key stakeholders.
• Assist and sometimes lead business development activities: presenting at conferences, building client relationships, supporting proposals and new business pursuits.

Our process engineering team aligns with megatrends in water scarcity, limited resources, alternative fuels, and energy sustainability, delivering industry-leading solutions that modernize infrastructure, optimize assets, reduce cost, and mitigate risk. The work is rewarding and meaningful, the team is supportive, and career opportunities exist in rapidly expanding business solutions.

Responsibilities

• Engineering: Prepare or assist in developing engineering deliverables including process/mass balance calculations, design criteria/basis of design memoranda, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, tradeoff studies, and master planning studies.
• Engineering: Support multiple projects simultaneously with complex technical challenges.
• Engineering: Develop as a technical specialist with support from senior process engineers, providing guidance on water quality considerations and conventional/advanced water treatment systems.
• Engineering: Design a complete project of moderately complex scope within assigned practice area(s).
• Engineering: Perform applied research, including bench, pilot, and full-scale testing to select or assess performance of alternative treatment processes.
• Engineering: Develop recommendations for appropriate treatment processes, equipment and/or materials selection.
• Engineering: Oversee collection, assimilation, analysis, and management of data for process design work.
• Engineering: Prepare complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
• Engineering: Manage assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Engineering: Independently apply advanced engineering techniques, analysis problems, and methods.
• Engineering: Review the work of junior engineers.
• Engineering: Lead process design of projects.
• Engineering: Demonstrate strong technical writing skills and effective communication.
• Engineering: Develop conceptual-level life cycle costs to evaluate treatment options.
• Engineering: Actively coordinate with internal and external team members for successful project execution.