Project Engineer - Water​/Wastewater Utility

Project Engineer

As a Project Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing a variety of capital improvement projects for Aqua New Jersey’s water and wastewater systems. You will play a vital role in ensuring the sustainability and improvement of water and wastewater systems across the state. You will be managing multiple projects simultaneously and must be comfortable with both office-based and field-based work.

In addition, this role will be responsible for ensuring water and wastewater plants and systems are compliant with environmental regulations.

• Responsible for planning engineering projects in multiple divisions.
• Manage the design of both water and sewer improvement projects such as tanks, boosters, lift stations, WTP projects, WWTP projects, regulating vaults, etc. as needed.
• Work with hydraulic modeling team to evaluate and mitigate system-wide challenges.
• Responsible for submittal of any required permits and approvals. Prepare and/or supervise the permit applications for selected projects and ensure all required permits and approvals are obtained.
• Coordinate and manage construction projects including bidding, scheduling, and cost estimating. Enforce contract requirements and perform construction administration on assigned projects.
• Work with consultants to secure necessary easements for all assigned projects. Negotiate and prepare property easements and oversee the preparation of property descriptions, survey, and legal recording as required.
• Responsible for managing project financials such as work orders, purchase orders, invoicing, etc.
• Collaborate with various departments statewide: operations, engineering, accounting, customer service.
• Responsible for due diligence for possible new acquisitions.
• Responsible for reviewing water main extension plans to ensure the plans are in compliance with the Aqua NJ design standard.
• Assist with other tasks or projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required.
• Candidate must be a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey or have the ability to obtain a PE license within 12 months from hire date.
• 4+ years of relevant experience is required.
• Valid NJ Driver’s License is required.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; communicate effectively with internal customers.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A team player able to work effectively in a team through multi-tasking.

• Perform sedentary work – exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• Working conditions may include travel to work sites of Essential Utilities and/or other constituents within the State of NJ.

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / AFFIRMATIVE Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.

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