Wastewater Treatment Engineer Technology Leader

About the role

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

• Function in a lead wastewater process engineer role
• Be a subject matter expert in the areas of conventional wastewater treatment using processes such as physical/chemical primary treatment, conventional activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, fixed-film processes, membrane bio-reactors (MBR), sidestream treatment, tertiary filtration, disinfection, and biosolids processing
• Having experience in resource recovery and water reuse is desirable

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
• Performs complex research, including applied research activities involving bench, pilot, and full-scale testing to select or assess performance of treatment processes and incorporating the data into process models
• 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
• Prepares process models and carries out complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project
• Develops conceptual-level life cycle costs to evaluate treatment options
• Actively coordinates with internal and external team members for successful project execution

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers for ongoing projects and identification of new business prospects
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops creative solutions and approaches to accommodate our clients’ goals and objectives
• Provides support to business development or pursuit activities, including involvement in pre-positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, identification of winning sales messages.
• 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
• 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
• Provides related guidance and direction to others
• 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
• May approve expense reports

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred.
• 10 years of experience in wastewater 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