Project Engineer, Water Engineer

Project Engineer

Founded in 1919, KJ has always looked to the future. With a talented team of professionals and a culture of continuous improvement, we deliver exceptional engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management services, with a focus on innovation and sustainability. Using advanced analytics, technology, and tools, KJ improves designs, reduces risk, and finds better ways to deliver projects from planning through construction.

KJ is at the forefront of developing sustainable solutions for clients, including green infrastructure design, strategies to reduce energy use and environmental impacts, award-winning water reuse projects, and efficient construction management practices that ensure quality, safety, and on-time delivery. We are known for our dedication to industry-leading client service and tailored solutions.

Kennedy Jenks is seeking a dynamic Project Engineer to join our Virginia team. This role is ideal for an individual skilled in managing multiple tasks and deadlines while working with multi-disciplinary teams across water, wastewater, recycled water, utility infrastructure, and treatment process improvement projects.

This is an opportunity to step into a project-focused engineering role where you will support larger projects, lead smaller projects or project components, and coordinate with Project Managers, team members, and sub-consultants to deliver high-quality infrastructure solutions.

You'll play a key role in planning, design, construction support, field coordination, and technical documentation while helping advance critical municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects for our clients and communities.

As a Project Engineer, you'll contribute across key focus areas, including engineering design and analysis, project coordination, technical support, field work, documentation, and client collaboration.

• Design and analyze:
  Prepare detailed designs, drawings, specifications, and calculations for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Manage technical tasks:
  Support planning, design, and construction support activities for civil infrastructure projects while helping manage scope, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Coordinate project delivery:
  Support larger projects or lead smaller projects and components by coordinating with Project Managers, internal teams, and sub-consultants.
• Provide technical guidance:
  Apply industry standards, client requirements, and regulatory guidelines to support multi-disciplinary teams working on pipelines, tanks and reservoirs, pump stations, and treatment facilities.
• Conduct field work:
  Perform site inspections, collect field measurements, and support accurate data collection and analysis for project teams.
• Prepare documentation and communicate with stakeholders:
  Prepare engineering and contract documents, review shop drawings and submittals, respond to requests for information, prepare site observation reports, assist with client presentations, and coordinate with other disciplines to support design intent.

• Broad infrastructure impact:
  You will support a variety of water, wastewater, recycled water, utility infrastructure, and treatment process improvement projects that directly serve communities.
• Balanced technical and project ownership:
  You will contribute technical knowledge while also supporting project budgets, schedules, deliverables, coordination, and client communication.
• Multi-disciplinary collaboration:
  You will work closely with other engineers, Project Managers, sub-consultants, clients, and other disciplines to advance design quality and project delivery.

• Communication and collaboration:
  Ability to coordinate with Project Managers, team members, sub-consultants, clients, and other disciplines to support project alignment and design intent.
• Industry background:
  Background in water, wastewater, recycled water, utility infrastructure, pipelines, tanks and reservoirs, pump stations, and/or treatment facilities.
• Problem-solving or execution:
  Strong ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, prioritize competing needs, and deliver accurate, timely…