Environmental Specialist - Water

First Point Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

First Point Group is seeking a Senior Environmental & Water Treatment Engineer in Houston to lead environmental compliance and industrial water-treatment design for Manufacturing & Technology projects. The role owns engineering deliverables from basis of design through procurement, construction support, commissioning, and startup.

Responsibilities include developing permit-support packages, leading RO and water-treatment design, and coordinating interfaces across Process, Mechanical, Civil,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, or related Engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience with a degree, or 12+ years of relevant industry experience.
• 5+ years of environmental, industrial water-treatment, wastewater-treatment, RO, or process-water engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of permitting support, discharge criteria, wastewater interfaces, environmental compliance documentation, and applicable codes and client standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review environmental basis documents, permit-support packages, compliance matrices, discharge limits, wastewater criteria, and environmental design inputs.
• Lead industrial water and wastewater treatment design, including water balances, PFDs/P&IDs, process design criteria, equipment specifications, datasheets, requisitions, and technical bid evaluations.
• Define source-water quality requirements, pretreatment systems, clarification, multimedia filtration, activated carbon, softening, ion exchange, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, demineralization, and wastewater treatment solutions.
• Evaluate RO feedwater quality, scaling/fouling risk, recovery targets, membrane protection, chemical dosing, CIP requirements, concentrate/reject-stream routing, and reuse options.
• Coordinate design interfaces with process, mechanical, civil, electrical, I&C, procurement, suppliers, construction, commissioning, and client teams.
• Review vendor submittals, calculations, equipment selection, hydraulic profiles, control philosophies, utility requirements, and package interfaces.
• Resolve environmental and water-treatment risks involving discharge compliance, waste classification, treatment performance, operability, constructability, and startup readiness.
• Support HAZOPs, design reviews, vendor meetings, field troubleshooting, commissioning, and performance testing.

Skills

Water-treatment design

Environmental compliance

Process control interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical or related Engineering

12+ years of relevant industry experience

Tools

PFDs & P&IDs

Datasheets

Requisitions & bid tabs

Vendor submittals

Job description

Environmental & Water Treatment Engineer

Houston Texas

First Point Group is urgently looking for a Senior Environmental & Water Treatment Engineer to lead environmental compliance and industrial water-treatment design for Manufacturing & Technology projects. This role owns engineering deliverables from basis of design through procurement, construction support, commissioning, and startup.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and review environmental basis documents, permit-support packages, compliance matrices, discharge limits, wastewater criteria, and environmental design inputs.
• Lead industrial water and wastewater treatment design, including water balances, PFDs/P&IDs, process design criteria, equipment specifications, datasheets, requisitions, and technical bid evaluations.
• Define source-water quality requirements, pretreatment systems, clarification, multimedia filtration, activated carbon, softening, ion exchange, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, demineralization, and wastewater treatment solutions.
• Evaluate RO feedwater quality, scaling/fouling risk, recovery targets, membrane protection, chemical dosing, CIP requirements, concentrate/reject-stream routing, and reuse options.
• Coordinate design interfaces with process, mechanical, civil, electrical, I&C, procurement, suppliers, construction, commissioning, and client teams.
• Review vendor submittals, calculations, equipment selection, hydraulic profiles, control philosophies, utility requirements, and package interfaces.
• Resolve environmental and water-treatment risks involving discharge compliance, waste classification, treatment performance, operability, constructability, and startup readiness.
• Support HAZOPs, design reviews, vendor meetings, field troubleshooting, commissioning, and performance testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical, or related Engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience with a degree, or 12+ years of relevant industry experience.
• 5+ years of environmental, industrial water-treatment, wastewater-treatment, RO, or process-water engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of permitting support, discharge criteria, wastewater interfaces, environmental compliance documentation, and applicable codes and client standards.
• Hands‑on experience developing or reviewing PFDs, P&IDs, water balances, calculations, specifications, datasheets, requisitions, bid tabs, and vendor documents.
• Familiarity with PLC/DCS control interfaces, instrumentation, flow measurement, pH/ORP monitoring, conductivity, turbidity, chemical feed systems, and treatment‑system automation.
• PE license or ability to obtain registration preferred.