Wastewater Treatment Engineering Leader

Columbia, United States

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A multidisciplinary architecture and engineering organization is seeking a Wastewater Treatment Engineering Leader to support communities through innovative infrastructure solutions. The firm delivers comprehensive services across water resources, environmental engineering, transportation, planning, architecture, and related disciplines, with a focus on creating resilient and sustainable communities. This role joins a collaborative treatment practice where technical expertise, client partnerships, and creative problem-solving drive successful water and wastewater projects.

• Opportunity to lead complex municipal and industrial wastewater treatment initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Professional growth through technical leadership, mentoring opportunities, continuing education, and industry involvement.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary engineering teams on impactful infrastructure projects.
• Opportunity to contribute to business development efforts and build long-term client relationships.

• Lead process engineering design efforts for water and wastewater treatment facilities, including planning studies, feasibility evaluations, conceptual designs, and detailed engineering.
• Provide technical leadership on treatment processes, including process modeling, hydraulic evaluations, mass balance calculations, and development of design criteria.
• Manage technical scope, schedules, and deliverables for wastewater treatment engineering components.
• Develop and review process documentation, including process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), equipment specifications, and system layouts.
• Support client engagement through technical presentations, proposal development, and solution recommendations.
• Collaborate with civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, and controls engineering teams to deliver integrated project solutions.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and design staff.
• Support permitting activities, regulatory coordination, construction support, and commissioning efforts.

• Minimum of 20 years of progressive experience in water and/or wastewater process engineering within a consulting environment.
• Bachelor s degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required.
• Proven expertise in wastewater treatment process design and optimization.
• Experience with treatment technologies such as activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, membrane bioreactors, filtration, disinfection, and biosolids processes.
• Experience using process modeling tools such as Bio Win, GPS-X, WaterCAD, SewerCAD, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of developing and interpreting PFDs and P&IDs.
• Familiarity with engineering design software such as AutoCAD, Revit, or comparable tools.
• Strong technical writing, presentation, and client communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects, coordinate teams, manage priorities, and mentor technical staff.
• Preferred experience includes a master s degree in Environmental Engineering, BCEE certification, professional organization leadership, and proven business development success.