Engineering Associate – Civil​/Environmental Veolia NA

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Under the direction of Manager of New Business, this person will develop, implement and manage capital improvement projects for transmission, distribution and treatment systems, including preliminary concept development, detailed engineering design, cost‑estimations, bidding, construction supervision, start‑up process, as‑built plans, refunds calculations, easement agreements and O&M manuals for all New Business Projects. Responsibilities will include capital project delivery from inception to completion, including preliminary conceptual development, detailed engineering design with support of external engineering consultants;

construction cost estimation, procurement, construction administration, supervision and inspection, startup and commissioning, and project closeout documentation delivery, including as‑built plans. The Engineer will mainly manage all New Business projects for the Hackensack/Franklin Lakes system. Incumbent will also assist with New Business projects in the Highlands systems located in Passaic and Sussex Counties, in New Jersey as needed. This position will work on both water and wastewater networks;

however, the majority of projects and responsibilities are in water. The most critical and unique aspect of this role involves managing complex coordination among diverse internal and external stakeholders and translating Veolia’s technical requirements to developers and contractors.

• Manage complex coordination among diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Main point of contact for developer‑funded main extensions and complicated service installations.
• Translate Veolia’s technical requirements to external stakeholders – developers and contractors.
• Prepare preliminary, engineering, and detailed cost estimates.
• Project budget development and cost tracking and expenditure forecasting. Track and report on project expenditures to ensure they are aligned with budget and prioritize projects based on available funding and risk assessment.
• Manage several projects simultaneously ranging in scope from small to very large.
• Prepare bid documents and coordinate procurement with supply chain management (SCM) department.
• Prepare material requisitions forms (MSRs).
• Prepare funding projects and updating asset database for newly created assets.
• Manage pipe condition assessment projects.
• Provide engineering support (on and off‑site) during emergencies and large main breaks and other emergencies.
• Mainly manage New Business Department new extensions projects.
• Communicate regularly in written form (email, memoranda, reports, status updates, etc.) and verbally (group meetings, virtual calls, internal presentations, external presentations).
• Prepare refund calculations for developer‑funded water main extensions.
• Track developments for annual master permit updates.
• Review / approve all fire suppression calculation reports associated with any new or enlarged fire service.
• Work independently to manage all capital programs and specific projects for the New Business Department. Work directly with the Operations and T&D group to understand their needs in meeting operational, compliance, and health & safety goals.
• Manage the design (either internal or external) and construction of small and large New Business Engineering projects.
• Provide support to the Director of Engineering & Manager of Network Engineering and the Rates Department as needed during…