Sr Wastewater Process Engineer

Sr Wastewater Process Engineer

Location:

Phoenix, AZ, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function in a lead wastewater process engineer role as a technical specialist in the areas of conventional wastewater treatment
• Use processes such as physical/chemical primary treatment, conventional activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, fixed‑film processes, membrane bio‑reactors (M ), sidestream treatment, tertiary filtration, and disinfection
• Provide technical guidance over a process team, supervise engineering staff on projects, and collaborate with multi‑disciplinary design teams to implement complex treatment solutions

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables, including process models, process/mass balance calculations, design criteria/basis of design memoranda, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, trade‑off studies, and master planning studies
• Typically supports multiple projects simultaneously with complex technical challenges
• Serves as a technical specialist with knowledge and skillset providing guidance to project teams in conventional and/or emerging wastewater treatment systems
• Performs complex research, including applied research activities involving bench, pilot, and full‑scale testing to select or assess performance of treatment processes and incorporating the data into process models
• Develops recommendations for appropriate treatment processes, equipment and/or materials selection
• Oversees collection, assimilation, analysis, and management of data for process modeling and design work
• Prepares process models and carries out complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers for ongoing projects and new business prospects and may determine the key clients in some instances
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops creative solutions and approaches to accommodate our clients’ goals and objectives
• Provides support to business development or pursuit activities, including involvement in pre‑positioning meetings, proposal development, client interviews, identification of winning sales messages
• Attends and presents on state‑of‑the‑art wastewater treatment projects and thought leadership ideas at local, regional and national conferences
• Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring to junior engineers
• May assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any performance improvement actions required for junior engineers
• Participate in coaching opportunities, career development planning, learning/training, and development of junior staff
• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, and applicable engineering codes related to water quality and treatment
• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
• Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines
• Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black & Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black & Veatch quality program
• Provides related guidance and direction to others
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
• Implements resource management strategy
• Manages engineering resources for small groups
• Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
• Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
• May approve expense reports

• Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred.
• 10 years of experience in wastewater water treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment (water quality analysis, treatment evaluations, process design, regulatory compliance assessments, etc.).
• Advanced knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal wastewater, engineering design principles and applicable design guides and…