Sr. Process Engineer - Mining Water and Wastewater Treatment

Sr. Process Engineer - Mining Water and Wastewater Treatment

Location:

Overland Park, KS;
South Jordan, UT;
Houston, TX;
Ann Arbor, MI;
Phoenix, AZ;
Cary, NC

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and design treatment for raw water supply, mine contact water, process wastewater, and mine effluent systems across active and legacy mining operations.
• Provide technical leadership in the planning, design, and delivery of water treatment, reuse, and management systems across the mining lifecycle—from feasibility and permitting through detailed design, construction, operations support, and closure.
• Develop and present technical evaluations and recommendations to clients and key stakeholders.
• Supervise junior engineers in performing design work.
• Perform all aspects of conventional process design engineering analysis, build and maintain relationships with clients, and participate in writing proposals.

As a senior process engineer, you will be part of a team that provides strategic direction on the process design for industrial water treatment around the world for mining clients. Great career stability and growth potential with record backlog and revenue growth. Join our award‑winning work culture, enjoy flexible work location, and become an employee owner.

Black & Veatch Process Engineers develop technical solutions that are critical to winning work and drive design deliverables for critical infrastructure projects with community benefits. Our team of over 200 process engineers supports water, industrial, next‑generation agriculture, LNG, hydrogen, fertilizer, mining, technology/semi‑conductor, heavy industry and carbon capture businesses among others. We have transformed our team to align with megatrends associated with water scarcity, limited resources, alternative fuels, and energy sustainability.

• Lead process engineering design of water and wastewater treatment and delivery systems.
• Evaluate, select and integrate treatment technologies including biological treatment systems, membrane systems, and solids handling.
• Prepare a variety of moderately complex process engineering deliverables: PFDs, Water Balances, MSDs, P&IDs, Equipment Datasheets and Specifications.
• Perform complex research and develop recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. Responsible for detailed design and procurement of water treatment systems, including construction and commissioning support.
• Manage assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Plan and conduct independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Review junior engineering work or assignments.
• Oversee collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; lead smaller production teams; serve as responsible charge for a project.
• Collaborate with hydrology, hydrogeology and civil teams on integrated water resource solutions across mine life cycles.
• Serve as a technical specialist and provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area.
• Design a complete project of complex scope within an assigned practice area.
• Coordinate with our industrial water team and segments regarding thought leadership and presentations at critical conferences.
• Assist with identification of key client interests and drivers.
• Support feasibility studies and closure strategies.
• Actively seek to understand client interests and drivers through normal client contact and through interaction and communication with project leadership.
• Provide support to business development or pursuit activities including involvement in pre‑positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, identification of winning sales messages.

Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates.

• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline.
• Strong understanding of mine water quality challenges, including metals, salinity, sulfate,…