Water Resources Engineer

Wellington Steele & Associates, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consulting firm is seeking an experienced Environmental Water Treatment Engineer for roles in investigation and remediation projects. This position requires a strong foundation in water treatment design, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage technical tasks. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of relevant experience and engineering licenses. Flexible work options including in-office, remote, or hybrid are available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in environmental investigation and remediation.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license or E.I.T. certification with ability to obtain P.E. within 1 year.
• Current 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training certification.

Responsibilities

• Drafting engineering designs for water treatment processes.
• Preparing design plans, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Managing subcontractors for projects.

Skills

Water treatment process engineering

Strong critical thinking

Excellent communication skills

Project management

Problem solving

Education

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in environmental, chemical, or civil engineering

Tools

ArcGIS

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Advanced Excel

Job description

Environmental Water Treatment Engineer

Investigation and Remediation

Locations this person will need to live close to: Moorestown, New Jersey, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This is a direct hire with one of our clients.

About You

You are an experienced water treatment process engineer with experience working on environmental investigation remediation projects. You are a highly detailed, strategic thinker who thrives on the challenges of complex, interdisciplinary systems, and environmental matters. You have experience with remedial design and implementation, report writing, client communication, data evaluation, and field investigation. As a lifelong learner, you want to keep growing intellectually and professionally. Collaborating with colleagues with diverse expertise is exciting for you. You have strong critical thinking skills and enjoy solving problems. You can work independently or collaborate with others to find solutions. You effectively manage tasks and projects, oversee and delegate technical tasks, produce high quality deliverables, and exceed internal and external client expectations. You are highly detail-oriented, organized, and timely. Quality management and integrity are your strongest principles.

About the Job

We are currently seeking a mid-to-senior-level Engineer. The desired candidate will be a detail-oriented team player who can provide technical support to client projects, mentoring junior staff, and business development efforts as part of our growing environmental practice.

This position may offer in-office, remote, or hybrid opportunities based on the candidate’s location and the needs of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Drafting engineering designs for water treatment processes to mitigate various environmental contaminants
• Preparing design plans, specifications, and cost estimates for remedial actions
• Procuring and managing subcontractors (e.g., engineering subcontractors, construction contractors, drillers, laboratories)
• Supporting, performing, or leading site characterization studies, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and engineering evaluations on contaminated soil, groundwater, and sediment remediation and drinking water treatment projects
• Providing support for permit applications
• Overseeing construction quality assurance
• Supporting litigation or allocation matters
• Managing projects and tasks
• Communicating technical information to varied audiences (e.g., clients, staff, regulators, and stakeholders), including writing technical reports

Qualifications

Candidates should hold a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in environmental, chemical, or civil engineering

• 5+ years of professional experience in environmental investigation and remediation
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license, or an E.I.T. certification with the ability to obtain a P.E. license within 1 year
• Current 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training certification
• Demonstrated experience with water treatment process engineering design, implementation, operation, and/or optimization
• Experience with the use of ArcGIS, AutoCAD, advanced Excel, and/or 3D visualization and graphics applications to support engineering evaluations and designs
• Experience developing cost estimates for investigation and remediation actions
• Willingness to travel and work in the field frequently
• Proficiency with Microsoft® Office products
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• A desire to grow both intellectually and professionally
• Possess strong organizational abilities
• Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers

Preferred additional qualifications:

• Experience managing contractors at environmental remediation sites
• Demonstrated experience with the New Jersey Contaminated Site Remediation & Redevelopment Program
• Experience with remedial investigation, design, and implementation, including sampling plan development and implementation, data analysis, and remedy/process design and construction for environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, indoor air, wastewater, and drinking water.
• Experience collecting and interpreting geotechnical sampling data on soil or sediment
• Experience performing and interpreting groundwater, surface water, or stormwater modeling
• Experience supporting permit applications for water treatment and environmental remediation construction activities (e.g., under NPDES, UIC, municipal building codes, sewer permitting)