Senior Operations Specialist; Water

Senior Operations Specialist (Water) – HDR

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world? water is more than a resource; it’s a shared responsibility. We help communities manage water for generations to come, delivering safe drinking water, treating wastewater responsibly, developing sustainable supplies, and protecting lives and property through flood control. All of this directly supports public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience.

HDR is looking for an energetic, hard‑working problem solver to become a full‑time Senior Operations Specialist, working on municipal and industrial water treatment facilities. You will manage operations projects, support project leaders, perform startup and commissioning, provide training, and conduct testing, condition assessment and asset management, troubleshooting, and evaluations across a wide range of facilities.

• Support HDR project leaders at the local, state, and regional level on water treatment projects requiring input from Operations Specialists.
• Review drawings for operability review and Haz Ops analysis with an eye for what it takes to successfully operate a variety of treatment processes.
• Manage operations and maintenance projects with municipal and industrial clients, including client interfacing, regulatory reporting, personnel, subcontractor, and maintenance management.
• Develop startup and commissioning plans and host workshops to share those ideas with client contractors and operators to ensure the plan will work for each specific plant.
• Perform startup and commissioning of new water treatment facilities, working alongside contractors and engineers to ensure the new equipment functions correctly before handing it over to operations and maintenance staff.
• Perform formal and informal training to help our clients’ treatment plants operate as well as they can.
• Participate in the testing of facilities to ensure they are ready for startup and, after startup, they meet the capacity requirements of the design.
• Perform condition assessment and asset management tasks on water and wastewater facilities, using state‑of‑the‑art evaluation tools.
• Perform operational or maintenance troubleshooting and evaluations on municipal and industrial water facilities.

• Minimum 10 years field experience in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation equipment at water treatment facilities and/or resolving water treatment process problems. Additional construction experience is a plus.
• High‑level water treatment operator license or professional engineering license.
• Ability to interpret engineering plans and specifications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and computerized maintenance and management systems.
• Active participation in an employee‑owned culture is a must.
• Valid driver’s license.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Microsoft Office product experience.
• General background‑related experience.
• Commitment to an employee‑owned culture.

Expected compensation range: $71,960 – $128,500, depending on skills, experience, education, and geographical location. Full‑time benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, paid time off, parental leave, holidays, retirement savings plan with employer match, referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.

Primary

Location:

United States–Virginia–Vienna

Other Locations: United States–West Virginia, United States–Ohio–Cincinnati, United States–North Carolina–Charlotte, United States–Georgia, United States–New York–East Syracuse, United States–Florida–Doral, United States–Alabama–Mobile, United States–Florida–Fort Lauderdale, United States–Pennsylvania–Bethlehem, United States–North Carolina–Wilmington, United States–Tennessee–Nashville, United States–Florida–Panama City, United States–New Jersey–Newark, United States–Maine,…