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
  • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

  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
  • Participate in coaching opportunities, career development planning, learning/training, and development of junior staff

  Engineering Standards:

  • Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment

  Quality / Continuous Improvement:

  • Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
  • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

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

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

  Administrative:

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

  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