Process Mechanical Technical Lead - Municipal Water & Wastewater

Process Mechanical Technical Lead

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.

As a Process Mechanical Technical Lead, you will serve as a trusted technical authority on high‑impact municipal water and wastewater projects. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers, and translate complex challenges into practical, resilient solutions that benefit communities nationwide.

You will 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.

• Provide Technical Leadership: set and maintain technical direction for complex municipal water and wastewater projects, ensuring accuracy, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead Process Mechanical Design: develop evaluations and designs for pumping and treatment facilities, including pump selection and hydraulic calculations; create process and mechanical piping layouts; determine equipment and tank sizing and specification.
• Drive Innovation: identify and implement alternative designs and system improvements that enhance efficiency, resilience, and long‑term performance.
• Collaborate Across Disciplines: partner with BIM and design teams to optimize layouts, resolve constructability challenges, and produce high‑quality drawings.
• Deliver Contract Documents: prepare technical specifications and front‑end contract documents for publicly bid municipal projects.
• Analyze & Optimize Systems: support water quality analyses, modeling efforts, and system performance evaluations.
• Ensure Compliance & Quality: review designs, reports, and deliverables to meet client expectations, firm standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Mentor & Develop Talent: provide technical guidance, training, and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering growth and collaboration.
• Advance Technical Knowledge: author technical papers, contribute to industry publications, and present at conferences and professional forums.
• Engage Clients & Support Growth: participate in proposal development, client meetings, and solution development for evolving municipal needs.

• Impactful Work: lead large‑scale projects across reuse, water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, conveyance, sewer systems, biosolids, lead service line 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.

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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 Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries are 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, physical or mental disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

No—We will not support sponsorship in the United States, i.e. H-1B or TN Visas for this position.