Principal Engineer - Water/Wastewater
New York, New York City, Richmond County, New York, USA
Listed on 2026-11-01
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Water Engineer, Wastewater Treatment, Water Management
Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices.
With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success.
Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and the chance to build a meaningful, long-term career!
Job title
- Principal Engineer, Water/Wastewater
Location
- Remote
Requisition - 11420
Stanley Consultants is seeking a Principal Water/Wastewater Engineer to support the continued growth and delivery of municipal and industrial water and wastewater projects throughout the United States.
This remote position will provide technical and project leadership throughout the complete infrastructure lifecycle, including capital planning, engineering design, design-build delivery, construction administration, startup, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and asset optimization. The successful candidate will have experience with municipal and industrial water and wastewater systems, capital improvement programs, treatment-process evaluation, operational performance, regulatory compliance, and owner-side representation.
Although the position is remote, the Principal Water/Wastewater Engineer will be expected to maintain regular communication with clients and project teams, travel to client and project locations, and collaborate effectively across multiple Stanley Consultants offices and disciplines.
What You Will Be Doing Project and Technical Leadership- Lead the planning, analysis, design, construction, startup, operation, rehabilitation, and optimization of municipal, federal, and industrial water and wastewater systems.
- Serve as Project Manager, Technical Lead, Engineer of Record, or Principal-in-Charge, as appropriate for individual assignments.
- Develop facility master plans, capital improvement recommendations, lifecycle evaluations, budgets, schedules, and implementation strategies.
- Lead design-build, design-build-operate-maintain, retrofit, rehabilitation, and conventional design-bid-build projects.
- Perform or direct process analysis, treatment optimization, technology evaluation, chemical trials, equipment selection, and value engineering.
- Lead projects involving:
- Municipal, commercial, and industrial water and wastewater systems
- Wastewater collection, pumping, treatment, and biosolids management
- Treatment-plant rehabilitation, retrofit, and operational optimization
- Industrial wastewater characterization, pretreatment, treatment, reuse, and discharge
- Physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes, controls, and chemical-feed systems
- Asset management, CMMS, condition assessment, resilience, and capital planning
- System testing, startup, commissioning, and operational transition
- Environmental permitting, NPDES compliance, and federal infrastructure contracts
- High-strength wastewater, water reuse, recovery, and zero-liquid-discharge applications
- Review project requirements following award and confirm scope, work procedures, schedule, budget, staffing, quality-management requirements, vendor needs, and project…
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