Senior Water / Wastewater Engineer

Stanley Consultants, Inc.; Englewood (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Engineer/Project Manager specializing in water and wastewater systems. This role involves leading complex projects, managing client relationships, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in hydraulic modeling and project management, along with a commitment to mentoring staff. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and work-life balance, while contributing to essential infrastructure projects that improve community resilience and sustainability.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

401K Match

Tuition Assistance

Flexible Work Hours

Employee Stock Ownership

Parental Leave

Professional Development

Mental Health Resources

Wellness Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in water/wastewater engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Strong verbal and organizational skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects through study, design, and construction phases.
• Serve as primary client contact and communicate project status.
• Coordinate work phases to ensure completion within time and budget.

Skills

Hydraulic modeling

Project management

Analytical skills

Client relationship management

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Master of Science in Environmental Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Hydraulic modeling software

Job description

Job Title - Water / Wastewater Pipeline and Pump Station Senior Engineer / Project Manager

Job Type – Hybrid, Onsite

ABOUT STANLEY CONSULTANTS

Improving Lives Since 1913. Stanley Consultants has been helping clients solve essential and complex energy and infrastructure challenges for over 110 years, successfully completing more than 50,000 engagements in 120 countries and all 50 states and U.S. territories. Values-based and purpose-driven, Stanley is an employee-owned company of engineers, scientists, technologists, innovators and client-service experts who are recognized for their commitment and passion to make a difference. The company garnered a recent Top Workplaces USA Today ranking and followed it with recognitions for outstanding compensation and benefits and work-life flexibility. For more information on Stanley Consultants, please visit https : / / www.stanleyconsultants.com.

Stanley Consultants is seeking a Water / Wastewater Pipeline and Pump Station Senior Engineer / Project Manager for our Denver, CO (Centennial) office. Stanley Consultants needs additional leadership to maintain our current market presence while assisting our existing team to build Stanley’s water market presence. In doing so, this position will lead, deliver, and manage projects through study, design and construction phases of water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, stormwater pump stations, large diameter pipelines and utility work.

The Water / Wastewater Pipeline and Pump Station Senior Engineer / Project Manager a professional that is well versed in all aspects of engineering services for pump stations and pipeline and regional expertise projects through :

• Study, design and construction phases of water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, stormwater pump stations, treatment plant hydraulics
• Large diameter pipelines and utility work. :
• Wastewater conveyance and peak weather flow infrastructure
• Hydraulic modeling
• Asset management
• Risk and resiliency consulting and design
• Smart water system planning, design, and implementation

What You Will Be Doing :

• Serving as primary client contact, advising and informing them regarding project status and schedule
• Communicating with regulatory agencies, vendors, contractors, partner firms, whose work or services are related to the project and communicating relevant information to the community, or technical groups with interests related to the project
• Performing and directing complex studies and investigations and preparing reports of findings
• Strong understanding of applicable industry standards, laws, policies and procedures
• Ability to build, effective implement and manage training programs; workload and staffing plans; marketing plans and proposal preparation and budgets
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Success-oriented attitude and self-starter who takes initiative.
• Selecting equipment and material for projects and / or approving manufacturer’s shop drawings of these items
• Coordinating phases of the work to ensure completion within the established time and budgetary constraints
• Participation in local professional organizations, preparing, and presenting market specific papers and presentations.
• Work in collaboration with other disciplines (civil, mechanical, electrical, I&C, structural, and CAD) in producing plans and specifications.
• Assisting in marketing business opportunities with key clients and development of responses to RFP / RFQs.
• Providing marketing and support during the procurement and execution of projects.
• Developing and maintaining long-term relationships with clients.
• Consistently managing and delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Desire and ability to manage and mentor staff.

Background Requirements :

• A minimum of a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in either Civil Engineering, or Environmental Engineering is required; a Master of Science (MS) degree is preferred
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is required
• Must possess a network of water / wastewater professionals / contacts
• Regional and technical expertise in design of in water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, and large and small diameter pipelines
• Participate in local and national professional associations including the American Water Works Association and Water Environment Association. Actively participate by seeking leadership roles in the organization and presenting at conferences
• Possess strong verbal, computer, and organizational skills
• Must have excellent technical writing skills
• Possess strong client relationship skills
• Must have excellent design team leadership skills

Base Compensation : $140,000 - $160,000

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation. The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices.

Join in a role and company on a growth trajectory, where your input is valued, and work-life balance is honored.

Stanley Consultants is an engineering consulting firm with over a century of success in the Water Market. Our data driven “smart water” future builds on our heritage and the skill and enthusiasm of the next generation of water professionals. Join a team where your ingenuity, creative thinking, and passion for the water industry will be collaboratively paired with seasoned engineers to address increasing client needs as they respond to megatrends like aging infrastructure, funding constraints, and the impacts of an increasingly variable climate.

With Stanley Consultants, you will enjoy a workplace culture that puts People First and includes competitive compensation, flexibility, work-life balance, life-long learning, and inclusivity. Our employee-owned corporate culture emphasizes the well-being of every employee (member) and extensively employs technology to foster continuing education. Our leadership’s commitment is to inspire enthusiastic work, tempered to prevent burn-out, and to provide a corporate culture through which recognition, compensation, and advancement are the natural products of energetic responsiveness, teamwork, and innovation.

Stanley’s Approach to Flexibility

While some members choose to work out of their local office on a full-time basis, we offer a hybrid schedule for eligible positions consisting of two days a week in the office, two days a week remotely, and Friday being a flexible day that can be worked either in the office or at home. Eligible roles can also offer a compressed workweek schedule. Members who participate will be assigned a 9 / 80 work schedule, meaning every other Friday off!

What we offer :

• Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.
• Work-Life Balance. We realize there’s more to life than just work.
• Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.
• Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.
• Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.
• Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)