Engineering Associate - Civil​/Environmental

Engineering Associate - Civil/Environmental

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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 a 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 the 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 estimation, bidding, construction supervision, startup process, as-built plans, refunds calculations, easement agreements and O&M manuals for all New Business Projects. Responsibilities include capital project delivery from inception to completion, with support from external engineering consultants, construction cost estimation, procurement, construction administration, supervision and inspection, startup and commissioning, and project closeout documentation delivery.

• Manage complex coordination among diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Serve as the 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.
• Develop project budgets, track costs, and forecast expenditures, ensuring alignment with budget and prioritizing projects based on available funding and risk assessment.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ranging from small to very large.
• Prepare bid documents and coordinate procurement with the supply chain management (SCM) department.
• Prepare material requisition forms (MSRs).
• Prepare funding projects and update the asset database for newly created assets.
• Manage pipe condition assessment projects.
• Provide engineering support (on and off site) during emergencies and large main breaks.
• Primarily 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 and 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, collaborating with the Operations and T&D group to meet operational, compliance, and health & safety goals.
• Manage the design (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 during the preparation of rate case filings, DSIC filings, and responses to rate case and DSIC interrogatories.
• Assist in developing analysis and reports for regulators, internal or external customers as required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering.
• Strong experience and expertise in Network Engineering utility projects and project management.
• Experience managing Network Engineering utility projects.
• Experience managing and adhering to project budgets and schedules.
• Experience with ESRI/GIS, Power Plan, INFOR/Hexagon (a plus).
• Hydraulic Modeling experience (a plus).
• 1–3 years of engineering experience in a related field.

• Broad knowledge of multiple…