Junior Water/Wastewater Engineer — Impactful Projects

CDM Smith; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith Inc. is seeking an Environmental Engineer focusing on water and wastewater systems to join our team in Raleigh. You will contribute to design, implementation, and optimization of treatment solutions that safeguard resources and promote sustainable water management.

The role requires a solid grounding in environmental engineering principles, collaboration on challenging projects, and the ability to guide junior staff while ensuring regulatory compliance and quality design outputs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental or Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
• 3 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Under light supervision, creates basic to moderate complexity water and waste water treatment facilities, water and sewer systems, pipelines, pump stations, etc. engineering designs to meet client project requirements.
• Reviews draft designs and reports for compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Ensures that firm policies and practices are followed on all designs.
• Performs site reviews and studies, as needed, to ensure designs are aligned with location specifications.
• Updates design requirements as necessary.
• Performs water quality analyses and modeling.
• Contributes to firm's Technical Knowledge Management by developing white papers and technical design documentation of new or special case designs, studies, etc.
• Submits technical papers and designs for publishing to technical journals.
• Attends conferences, symposia, etc. to improve the visibility of the firm's products and services in collaboration with applicable sales staff.
• Provides technical guidance and training to more junior staff.
• Reviews the work of more junior staff.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

CADD 3D/4D design

Engineering design principles

MS Office proficiency

Verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental or Chemical Engineering

Job description

CDM Smith Inc. is seeking an Environmental Engineer focusing on water and wastewater systems to join our team in Raleigh. You will contribute to design, implementation, and optimization of treatment solutions that safeguard resources and promote sustainable water management.

The role requires a solid grounding in environmental engineering principles, collaboration on challenging projects, and the ability to guide junior staff while ensuring regulatory compliance and quality design outputs.