Chief Engineer - Water & Wastewater Design

Seven Seas Water; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Seven Seas Water seeks an engineering leader to run the engineering department, set priorities, and mentor a team within the wastewater/municipal space. You will represent technical expertise to customers during business development, shaping estimates and preliminary designs for projects.

Collaborate with Project Management and Construction to standardize designs, accelerating plant delivery. Requires strong design discipline and people leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, civil engineering, or related field.
• 5–10 years in engineering with real time wastewater or municipal project experience.
• 5 years managing engineers, on a project or department level.
• Texas PE license, or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Deep fluency in municipal water and wastewater processes; working knowledge of mechanical, process, electrical, and I&C disciplines.
• Comfort owning the full design document set (mass balance, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment arrangements) and the document control discipline.
• A PMP is a plus, not a requirement.

Responsibilities

• Run the day-to-day of the engineering department: setting priorities, managing workload, ensuring drawings and docs are right first time.
• Be the technical voice with customers during business development, building estimates and preliminary designs.
• Collaborate with Project Management and Construction to standardize designs for faster, cleaner plant builds.
• Mentor a team and make tough calls when needed.

Skills

Team management

Technical leadership

Project lifecycle

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, civil engineering, or related field

Job description

Seven Seas Water seeks an engineering leader to run the engineering department, set priorities, and mentor a team within the wastewater/municipal space. You will represent technical expertise to customers during business development, shaping estimates and preliminary designs for projects.

Collaborate with Project Management and Construction to standardize designs, accelerating plant delivery. Requires strong design discipline and people leadership.