Water & Wastewater Project Engineer

About the role

AECOM’s Water Business Line is seeking a talented Project Engineer to support our Water, Wastewater, and Water Resources practice based in the Greater Philadelphia Area (Philadelphia, PA, Conshohocken, PA and/or Newark, DE).

Responsibilities

• Provides technical support for a variety of utility design related projects, including treatment plants, pump/booster stations, water line and collection line design, rehabilitation, master planning, and construction administration.
• Create designs, calculations, sketches, diagrams, schematic drawings, and final working drawings.
• Work under supervision of a senior project manager in the water/wastewater/water resources practice or senior level team members.
• Utilize basic engineering principles, judgement, theories, practices, and existing technologies to develop solutions for technical problems.
• Work on routine or detailed engineering assignments involving calculations and engineering analyses.
• Perform work with little supervision.
• Propose approaches to solve new problems.
• Identify discrepancies in outcomes, results, and analysis of engineering tasks.
• Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Provide guidance to entry-level engineers.
• Record field data using tablets and GPS units.
• Record and interpret data, conduct analyses, prepare reports, and compare findings to relevant studies and local, state, and federal regulations to ensure compliance.
• Perform data gathering site visits, field measurements, mapping, and observations during construction.
• Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
• Software use includes, but is not limited to: AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, Bentley and/or hydraulic modeling packages.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil engineering, Environmental Engineering or related discipline + 4 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Minimum of 2+ years’ experience in planning, modeling, and/or design of water, wastewater, and stormwater utility projects.
• Professional Engineer, or ability to obtain PE licensure within one (1) year of employment.
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License and as a condition of employment, must pass AECOM’s Motor Vehicle Records Review.