Principal Engineer

Overview Carollo Engineers is a leading engineering firm dedicated exclusively to water. For over 90 years, we've specialized in the planning, design, and construction of water, wastewater, stormwater, and reuse facilities, bringing innovative and sustainable solutions to the water sector's most complex challenges.

We work with water agencies, municipalities, utilities, research organizations, and private companies across various industries, including technology, manufacturing, and beyond. These clients choose Carollo because we employ some of the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals in the world. When you join our team, you'll work alongside industry leaders who are advancing the science of water, protecting public health, and building resilient communities.

Carollo's vision is to be the best water consulting firm and the best place for you to build your career. If you're passionate about making a difference in this critical field, we invite you to explore a career with Carollo.

Responsibilities We are seeking a Principal Engineer to provide design management, project management, and client service support to our clients within the Los Angeles area, with a focus on design/build projects. As part of our team, you will work on:

Projects related to municipal water and wastewater treatment plants, including but not limited to major treatment plant expansions, and critical water reuse projects that will create sustainable and resilient water supplies for the world. Plans, schedules, and conducts engineering work on wastewater and reuse projects of significant size and complexity, with full responsibility over design decisions and quality standards

Specific work will include preliminary design, detailed design, and engineering services during construction

Representative engineering tasks include the development of hydraulic calculations, treatment process evaluations and sizing, preparation and review of technical memoranda, design development and reviews, design management in coordination with discipline engineers (e.g. civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls), and QA/QC Supervises team of several subordinates of project engineer or senior project engineer level with multiple engineering or professional disciplines included

Mentors entry to mid-level engineers and supervises their work on project assignments; provides direction on how to execute work, provides examples, and reviews their work Provides design expertise as part of project pursuits during proposals, and contributes to the development of statement of qualifications and proposals

Negotiates critical and controversial issues with top-level engineers and officers of other organizations and companies

Serve as project manager for some mid- to large-sized projects

Provide overall responsibility for several projects concurrently

Demonstrates high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive engineering programs and activities of outstanding novelty and importance

Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and decision makers of other organizations and companies, requiring skill in persuasion and negotiation of critical issues

Ability to prepare proposals and interviews, and to lead negotiating efforts with client after selection

Develops and maintains positive relationships with client management personnel

Identifies need for, and ability to direct and actively manage subconsultants performing services on projects

Active in professional associations, including presentations of technical papers, member of technical committees, and officer of local or national organization

Identifies need for recruitment of new employees and…