Lead Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Systems Engineer

Company Overview

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

The Lead Engineer (LE) is accountable for multi‑disciplinary engineering deliverables to our customers for custom and extended municipal treatment systems. The LE is a key member of the project leadership team, responsible for ensuring accuracy of design, scope, timeliness of submittals, adherence to the engineering budget, and overall quality.

• Direct and monitor an engineering project team, including Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls engineers, as well as project support functions.
• Coordinate the delivery of all engineering output for assigned projects.
• Build teams, communicate vision, delegate work, facilitate project team meetings, and resolve conflicts.
• Serve as the face of Veolia Engineering, managing relationships with the Lead Engineer, Project Manager and Sourcing Project Leader.

• Identify and implement optimized technical solutions within contractual constraints.
• Perform detailed technical calculations and selections for mechanical equipment and design.
• Own project engineering strategy, including staffing, scheduling and outsourcing.
• Lead and coordinate engineering team activities across all disciplines.
• Lead technical coordination meetings and regular engineering team meetings.
• Ensure peer review compliance and completion of all design reviews for engineering disciplines.
• Assign and oversee technical activities across engineering functions and disciplines.

• Serve as primary technical interface with customers, resolving technical issues directly.
• Drive customer approval of documentation and technical deliverables to maintain the project schedule.
• Coordinate technical submittals and follow‑up on customer comments for all engineering disciplines.
• Proactively identify technical risks and opportunities, working closely with the PM and Sourcing Project Leader.

• Strong aptitude for planning, organizing, scheduling, assigning and evaluating engineering work.
• Effective communication internally across functions and externally with stakeholders.
• Ability to monitor the engineering budget and assist the Project Manager in controlling costs.
• Proven ability to lead, delegate and motivate a team.
• Risk identification and mitigation.
• Strong analytical skills to assess obstacles and implement solutions.
• Attention to detail with focus on contractual compliance (scope, schedule and budget).

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering field.
• Required:
  
  5‑8 years project experience in engineering or a related field.
• Preferred:
  Experience with EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contracts.
• Preferred:
  Professional Engineer’s License, or the ability to obtain one within 1 year.
• Preferred:
  Second language (French and/or Spanish) may be practical.

• Domestic and international travel: 5‑10% of the time.

Compensation is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range provided is $85,000 – $115,000 annually, and offers may vary based on candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions.

Veolia is an equal opportunity workplace that champions diversity, inclusion, and fair hiring practices.