Wastewater Process Engineer Details | Family of Companies

Wastewater Process Engineer

Date:
Jun 17, 2026

Location:

Irvine, CA, US Los Angeles, CA, US San Marcos, CA, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function in a lead wastewater process engineer role as a technical specialist in the areas of conventional wastewater treatment
• Use processes such as physical/chemical primary treatment, conventional activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, fixed-film processes, membrane bio-reactors (M ), sidestream treatment, tertiary filtration, and disinfection
• Provide technical guidance over a process team, supervise engineering staff on projects, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams to implement complex treatment solutions

• Prepare a variety of complex engineering deliverables, including process models, process/mass balance calculations, design criteria/basis of design memoranda, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, tradeoff studies, and master planning studies
• Typically support multiple projects simultaneously with complex technical challenges
• Serve as a technical specialist with knowledge and skillset providing guidance to project teams in conventional and/or emerging wastewater treatment systems
• Perform complex research, including applied research activities involving bench, pilot, and full-scale testing to select or assess performance of treatment processes and incorporating the data into process models
• Develop recommendations for appropriate treatment processes, equipment and/or materials selection
• Oversee collection, assimilation, and management of data for process modeling and design work
• Prepare process models and carry out complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers for ongoing projects and new business prospects and may determine the key clients in some instances
• Communicate client interests and drivers to project team members and develop creative solutions and approaches to accommodate our clients’ goals and objectives
• Provide support to business development or pursuit activities, including involvement in pre-positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, identification of winning sales messages.
• Attend and present on state‑of‑the‑art wastewater treatment projects and thought leadership ideas at local, regional and national conferences

• Actively foster knowledge management and provide mentoring to junior engineers
• May assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any performance improvement actions required for junior engineers
• Participate in coaching opportunities, career development planning, learning/training, and development of junior staff

• Provide guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment
• Assist in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards and provide technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines

• Independently apply knowledge and comply with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program
• Provide related guidance and direction to others
• Support continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Actively coordinate with all other internal and external team members on moderately complex projects

• Implement resource management strategy
• Manage engineering resources for small groups

• Ensure policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
• Ensure adherence to corporate and division programs
• May approve expense reports

• Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred.
• 10 years of experience in wastewater water treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment (water quality analysis, treatment evaluations, process design, regulatory compliance…