Technical Lead, Water & Wastewater — Industrial

Nestle SA; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 122,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé is seeking an Expert Engineer for Industrial Services (Water and Wastewater) to provide technical leadership across the North American zone. You will lead wastewater treatment and incoming water systems, establish standards, and partner with factory teams to ensure water quality, food safety, and environmental compliance.

You will drive capital projects, assist with front-end engineering, and develop governance and training programs to elevate capability across factories.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive engineering experience in wastewater treatment, water systems and quality, industrial utilities, environmental compliance, capital project support and/or technical leadership in a manufacturing, industrial or related environment.
• Associate’s degree with 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in wastewater treatment, water systems and quality, industrial utilities, environmental compliance, capital project support and/or technical leadership in a manufacturing, industrial or related environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for wastewater treatment and incoming water systems, including process water, potable water, water pretreatment, wastewater treatment operations, discharge compliance, sampling, monitoring and system performance improvement
• Develop, maintain and deploy technical standards, best practices, checklists, performance expectations and governance routines
• Partner with market and factory engineering, environmental, quality, food safety, maintenance, operations and sanitation teams to identify and mitigate risks related to water quality, food safety, chemical contamination, cross-connections, capacity, treatment chemicals and water system integrity
• Support wastewater and water capital projects including front-end engineering input, project scope development, technology and equipment selection guidance, design review, cost and risk input, commissioning and validation expectations, technical acceptance criteria and governance support
• Lead technical assessments, incident reviews, root cause analysis, corrective action plans and risk-based improvement plans related to wastewater excursions, permit exceedances, incoming water quality issues, chemical contamination events and water-related food safety concerns
• Build capability across the North American factory network through partnership with market and local training resources, coaching, technical communities of practice, knowledge sharing, standard work deployment and support for audit and/or regulatory-readiness activities related to water and wastewater systems

Skills

Water treatment

Wastewater systems

Capital projects

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Associate’s degree

Job description

Nestlé is seeking an Expert Engineer for Industrial Services (Water and Wastewater) to provide technical leadership across the North American zone. You will lead wastewater treatment and incoming water systems, establish standards, and partner with factory teams to ensure water quality, food safety, and environmental compliance.

You will drive capital projects, assist with front-end engineering, and develop governance and training programs to elevate capability across factories.