Senior Environmental Engineering Professional

the Client; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance

401k Retirement Fund

Job summary

The Client is seeking a Senior Environmental/Water Engineer in Houston, TX to join the Manufacturing and Technology Business Unit. The role independently develops and reviews environmental and water treatment deliverables, including basis documents, permit support, discharge criteria, and design inputs.

Responsibilities cover environmental planning, regulatory compliance, water treatment design, and collaboration with multiple stakeholders across disciplines to ensure project success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, mechanical, or related engineering discipline from an accredited university (or 12 years of relevant work experience)
• Professional Engineering license, or ability to obtain registration, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and review environmental engineering deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance.
• 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 and compliance-related impacts.
• Plan, execute, and review water treatment deliverables, including water balances, design criteria, system schematics, equipment lists, specifications, and requisitions.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Prioritization

Influencing

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical/environmental/mechanical engineering

PE license preferred

Job description

Senior Environmental/Water Engineer

Location: Houston, TX

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 9 months
• Pay Rate: $59.35–$68.18 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The client is seeking a Senior Environmental/Water Engineer to join the engineering department within the Manufacturing and Technology Business Unit (M&T). This role is 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.

Key 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.

Required Skills

General:

• 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.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's or higher degree in chemical, environmental, mechanical, or related engineering discipline from an accredited university (or international equivalent) required; or 12 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree.
• Professional Engineering license, or ability to obtain registration, preferred.

Required Experience

• 8 years of relevant experience (with bachelor's or higher degree), or 12 years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in either environmental engineering or water treatment.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a trusted engineering and project management firm serving the energy, infrastructure, and nuclear sectors, with a project portfolio spanning more than 25,000 engagements across 160 countries on all seven continents over more than 125 years of operation. The organization delivers some of the world's most complex infrastructure projects at exceptional scale — from power plants and pipelines to defense facilities and nuclear infrastructure — for clients including national governments, global energy companies, and the world's largest public agencies. With a Glassdoor rating of 4.0 stars and 78 percent of employees recommending the company, teams here include civil and structural engineers, project controls specialists, procurement managers, and nuclear and environmental remediation professionals who thrive in demanding, fast-paced environments.

Job Number

26-12903