Senior Environmental Engineer

Smart Synergies; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart Synergies in Houston seeks a Senior Environmental/Water Engineer to join the Manufacturing and Technology Business Unit (M&T). You will independently develop and review environmental deliverables and water treatment deliverables for projects.

Deliverables include environmental basis documents, permit support, discharge criteria, and environmental design inputs, plus water balances, system schematics, equipment specifications, and requisitions. Collaboration across functions is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, mechanical, or related engineering discipline from an accredited university (or international equivalent).
• Professional Engineering license is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and review environmental engineering deliverables for technical accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Develop environmental basis documents, permit support inputs, compliance matrices, discharge criteria summaries, and environmental design inputs.
• Coordinate with permitting, environmental, engineering, construction, client, and other stakeholders to resolve environmental interfaces, risks, and compliance-related impacts.
• Plan, execute, and review water treatment deliverables, including water balances, design criteria, system schematics, equipment lists, specifications, and requisitions.
• Coordinate water treatment scope with process, mechanical, civil, electrical, I&C, procurement, suppliers, construction, commissioning, validation, and client representatives.
• Provide technical guidance on treatment technology selection, RO pretreatment protection, reject stream interfaces, supplier input needs, and execution impacts.

Skills

Communication

Prioritization

Problem-solving

Influencing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Environmental/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Summary:

Client is seeking a Senior Environmental/Water Engineer to join the engineering department within the Manufacturing and Technology Business Unit (M&T). Assigned to projects to independently develop and review environmental engineering deliverables and separate water treatment deliverables. Environmental work includes environmental basis documents, permit support, discharge criteria, and compliance-related design inputs. Water treatment includes water balances, design criteria, system schematics, equipment specifications, technical requisitions, and bid packages review.

Major Responsibilities:

Environmental:

• Plan, execute, and review environmental engineering deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance with project and regulatory requirements.
• Develop environmental basis documents, permit support inputs, compliance matrices, discharge criteria summaries, and environmental design inputs for project execution.
• Coordinate with permitting, environmental, engineering, construction, client, and other stakeholders to resolve environmental interfaces, risks, and compliance-related impacts.

Water:

• Plan, execute, and review water treatment deliverables, including water balances, design criteria, system schematics, equipment lists, specifications, and technical requisitions.
• Coordinate water treatment scope with process, mechanical, civil, electrical, I&C, procurement, suppliers, construction, commissioning, validation, and client representatives.
• Provide technical guidance on treatment technology selection, RO pretreatment protection, reject stream interfaces, supplier input needs, and execution impacts.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's or higher degree in chemical, environmental, mechanical, or related engineering discipline from an accredited university (or international equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience or 12 years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in either environmental engineering or water treatment.
• Professional Engineering license, or ability to obtain registration is preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong communication, prioritization, problem-solving, and influencing skills across clients, suppliers, equipment vendors, matrixed engineering teams, and global shared-work teams.

Environmental:

• Strong understanding of environmental engineering principles, permitting support, discharge criteria, waste and wastewater interfaces, regulatory compliance documentation, and environmental design inputs.
• Ability to develop and review environmental deliverables, including basis documents, permit support inputs, compliance matrices, discharge criteria summaries, and interface documentation.
• Familiarity with environmental regulations, client standards, project specifications, and cross-discipline interfaces across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.

Water:

• Strong understanding of water treatment principles, source water characterization, pretreatment equipment, RO feed requirements, water balances, utility interfaces, and reject stream management.
• Ability to develop and review water treatment deliverables, including calculations, schematics, specifications, requisition packages, supplier data reviews, and design interface documents.
• Familiarity with water treatment system expectations, client standards, applicable codes and standards, and process, mechanical, civil, electrical, I&C, and facilities interfaces.