Water/Wastewater Project Engineer

Duties, Responsibilities & Other

• Oversee the successful execution of engineering projects, ensuring adherence to quality standards, timelines, and budgetary constraints.
• Play a crucial role in driving project success and maintaining client satisfaction through expertise and leadership.
• Work with the Project Manager for successful project execution.
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines on projects, including electrical, survey, civil structure, architectural, and environmental.
• Prepare contract documentation, including drawings and specifications.
• Assess feasibility and soundness of proposed engineering evaluation tests, products, and equipment.
• Cook up work routines of all assigned staff and assign jobs.
• Meetings with project teams on projects/tasks.
• Chart task performance and results, maintain required documentation.

Project Management & Leadership

• Plan, develop, coordinate, and direct projects or engineering programs.
• Design and prepare deliverables for multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring successful completion within defined timelines and budgets.
• Serve as a staff specialist, applying advanced theories and concepts.
• Assist in proposals, negotiations, and presentations.
• Collaborate with internal departments for client relationship development.
• Manage work routines and assign job activities.
• Attend project team meetings.
• Provide task performance reports.
• Cook up with other practices and sub-consultants.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance.
• Serve as task manager of select projects.

Training, Development, & Compliance

• Mentor and train staff.
• Comply with all KCI policies and procedures.
• Ensure projects comply with ISO standards.
• Conduct employee performance appraisals, when applicable.
• Develop professional relationships through active participation in industry associations and community involvement.
• Identify and assist in attracting talent to KCI.

Financial Management & Reporting

• Operate within specified (corporate or project) budget parameters.
• Work with the Project Manager to actively manage project budgets.
• Achieve or exceed budgets individual utilization targets.

Project Execution & Technical Oversight

• Conduct site visits and gather data.
• Prepare design calculations, drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Review and approve shop drawings.
• Compare field data to base plan.
• Prepare preliminary concept designs.
• Read and interpret technical documents.