Application Engineer - PFAS Solutions

Ovivo Switzerland AG; Salt Lake City, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k match

Life insurance

Disability

Paid holidays

PTO 3 weeks

Personal hours

Holiday break

Job summary

Ovivo is seeking an Application Engineer for its PFAS Solutions team in Salt Lake City, UT. You will assist with process design, sales support, estimating, and onsite piloting of PFAS treatment equipment, working with product managers and engineers to size and price solutions.

In this hybrid role, expect 10-30% travel domestically, collaboration with lab and field personnel, and responsibility for designing experiments, data analysis, and technical reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil and Environmental, Industrial, Chemical or Process Engineering from an accredited university.
• 0-3 years of process engineering-related experience in water/wastewater/waste/landfill leachate industry in North America.
• Experience with PFAS, waste industry, drinking water, wastewater, or leachate is a plus.
• Strong communicator who thrives in a small group setting and can convey ideas clearly and confidently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Specific experience troubleshooting and/or operating pilot equipment systems.
• Professional Engineering Registration preferred CPEng, RPEQ, or equivalent is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers and Engineering to support sales by preparing quotes and responding to client RFPs, requiring in-depth product and process knowledge for sizing and pricing.
• Provide process support and technical process expertise to E2METRIX lab staff during bench-scale studies using PFAS technology. Responsibilities may include travel to lab sites, experiment design, sampling, data analysis, and report preparation support.
• Offer process support and specialized expertise to E2METRIX field personnel throughout onsite pilot initiatives. Responsibilities may include traveling to multiple locations, facilitating operational activities, experiment design, sampling, data analysis, preparing technical reports, and providing expert guidance and direction-both to colleagues and clients-in the operation and troubleshooting of PFAS pilot treatment systems as necessary.
• Support the ongoing upkeep and use of appropriate design methods, sizing, and costing programs (OPEX and CAPEX) for E2METRIX PFAS solution offering including electro-oxidation for PFAS destruction, ozone foam fractionation, and media-based PFAS removal solutions.
• Read and comprehend PFDs, P&ID's, and standard engineering drawings and verify their accuracy.
• Review calculations, models, layouts, detailed drawings, specifications, and instructions created by drafters/designers and other engineers for accuracy and consistency.

Skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil and Environmental, Industrial, Chemical or Process Engineering

Tools

PFAS pilot equipment

Job description

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - 84123

Description

What is the Opportunity?

At E2METRIX, we offer you the opportunity to expand your skills and professional experience while collaborating with worldwide experts in water treatment. As an Application Engineer with the E2METRIX PFAS Solutions team, you will be assisting with the process design, sales support, estimating, and onsite piloting of PFAS water treatment equipment.

The role is based in our Salt Lake City office, and you will enjoy our hybrid working model. Expected domestic travel is 10-30%. You must hold a valid driver's license and passport.

What is the role?

• Work with Product Managers and Engineering to support sales by preparing quotes and responding to client RFPs, requiring in-depth product and process knowledge for sizing and pricing.
• Provide process support and technical process expertise to E2METRIX lab staff during bench-scale studies using PFAS technology. Responsibilities may include travel to lab sites, experiment design, sampling, data analysis, and report preparation support.
• Offer process support and specialized expertise to E2METRIX field personnel throughout onsite pilot initiatives. Responsibilities may include traveling to multiple locations, facilitating operational activities, experiment design, sampling, data analysis, preparing technical reports, and providing expert guidance and direction-both to colleagues and clients-in the operation and troubleshooting of PFAS pilot treatment systems as necessary.
• Support the ongoing upkeep and use of appropriate design methods, sizing, and costing programs (OPEX and CAPEX) for E2METRIX PFAS solution offering including electro-oxidation for PFAS destruction, ozone foam fractionation, and media-based PFAS removal solutions.
• Read and comprehend PFDs, P&ID's, and standard engineering drawings and verify their accuracy.
• Review calculations, models, layouts, detailed drawings, specifications, and instructions created by drafters/designers and other engineers for accuracy and consistency.

Does this sound like you?

• Bachelor's or Master's M.S. degree preferred degree in Civil and Environmental, Industrial, Chemical or Process Engineering from an accredited university.
• 0-3 years of process engineering-related experience in water/wastewater/waste/landfill leachate industry in North America.
• Experience with PFAS, waste industry, drinking water, wastewater, or leachate is a plus.
• Strong communicator who thrives in a small group setting and can convey ideas clearly and confidently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Specific experience troubleshooting and/or operating pilot equipment systems.
• Professional Engineering Registration preferred CPEng, RPEQ, or equivalent is a plus.

Don't meet every single requirement? If you carry a strong sense of ownership and teamwork in everything you do, we'd like to hear from you anyway.

WHAT WE OFFER AS AN EMPLOYER

At Ovivo, teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. We value work-life balance and strive to provide an engaging work environment along with excellent benefits and career progression opportunities. We offer a hybrid work environment with roughly 50% of the time in the office.

Benefits - all full-time employees are eligible for Ovivo's generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• 401k Match of 4%
• Company paid life insurance along with company paid short and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays
• Three weeks of PTO per year (prorated based on start date)
• Roll over of up to 64 unused PTO hours to the following year
• Sixteen personal hours (Hire date determines number of personal hours for the first year.)
• Days off between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day - paid by the company with no impact to PTO balance.
• Annual Incentive Plans based on Company Profit

At Ovivo we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect.

About Ovivo

Ovivo is a global provider of equipment, technology, and systems producing among the purest water and treating some of the most challenging wastewater in the industry. Ovivo is a powerful global brand with renowned trademarks, possessing more than 150 years of expertise and references in water treatment, supported by its proprietary products, advanced technologies, and extensive system integration knowhow. Ovivo delivers conventional to highly technological water treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets and leverages its large installed base of equipment around the world to offer parts and services to its customers. Ovivo is dedicated to innovation in an industry that is in constant evolution and offers water treatment solutions that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable.