Process Mechanical Technical Lead - Municipal Water & Wastewater

Process Mechanical Technical Lead – Municipal Water & Wastewater

At CDM Smith, technical leadership shapes the future of water infrastructure. If you’re driven by influence, autonomy, and solving complex municipal water challenges, this is a role where your expertise truly matters.

You’ll lead the process mechanical vision for projects from concept through delivery—setting standards for quality, constructability, and performance while collaborating closely with project managers, clients, and design teams.

Set and maintain technical direction for complex municipal water and wastewater projects, ensuring accuracy, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Develop evaluations and designs for pumping and treatment facilities, including:

• Pump selection and hydraulic calculations
• Process and mechanical piping layouts
• Equipment and tank sizing and specification

Identify and implement alternative designs and system improvements that enhance efficiency, resilience, and long-term performance.

Partner with BIM and design teams to optimize layouts, resolve constructability challenges, and produce high-quality drawings.

Prepare technical specifications and front-end contract documents for publicly bid municipal projects.

Support water quality analyses, modeling efforts, and system performance evaluations.

Review designs, reports, and deliverables to meet client expectations, firm standards, and regulatory requirements.

Provide technical guidance, training, and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering growth and collaboration.

Author technical papers, contribute to industry publications, and present at conferences and professional forums.

Participate in proposal development, client meetings, and solution development for evolving municipal needs.

Impactful Work:
Lead large-scale projects across reuse, water treatment plants (WTP), wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), conveyance, sewer systems, biosolids, lead service line (LSL) programs, PFAS treatment, and more.

Career Advancement:
Grow through mentorship, leadership pathways, and exposure to some of the industry’s most challenging and innovative projects.

Collaborative Culture:
Join a team that values integrity, technical excellence, creativity, and collaboration.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent directly related experience).
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• 10+ years of relevant water and wastewater engineering experience.
• Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally as project needs require.

• Strong process mechanical design expertise, including plant hydraulics, pumping systems, piping systems, and blower systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and mentor engineers.
• A passion for innovation and a commitment to delivering high-quality, impactful solutions.

Group: WSO

Employment Type: Regular

Job Site

Location:

Ohio - Columbus

Amount of

Travel Required:

10%

We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy related conditions, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression), national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.