Senior Water​/Wastewater Engineer

Additional Primary Responsibilities

HDR is a 100% employee‑owned professional services firm. Founded over a century ago to bring electricity to a changing world, we are now a global company specializing in architecture, engineering, environmental, and construction services. Our success in built and natural environments continues as we collaborate to solve our clients' and communities' most complex challenges.

A part of HDR's Washington Water Business Group, our Wastewater team fills a vital role supporting projects across HDR's Water business group. The team supports the planning, design, and delivery of water/wastewater treatment and associated municipal projects. As a senior water/wastewater engineer in our group, you will play an integral part on various multidisciplinary teams to support highly visible, impactful public infrastructure projects across the region and country.

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• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development & initiation to close‑out)
• Be responsible for all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium‑sized projects with a high degree of technical complexity, involving a large project staff
• Produce and coordinate multiple projects concurrently
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders
• Coordinate staffing and workload through the entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed‑to budget and schedule
• Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews
• Implement QA/QC procedures
• Supervise large project staffs and act as mentor for less‑experienced Project Managers
• Independently create detailed designs, plans, specifications and estimates for pipelines, pump stations, treatment plants, tanks and other wastewater infrastructure
• Take responsibility for engineering/process design, project coordination, determining and writing engineering specifications, planning work, establishing appropriate design methods, report preparation and coordination, equipment sizing and selection, and working directly with the owner
• Lead planning, evaluation, and design of wastewater treatment process projects, acting as design or technical lead
• Oversee delivery of projects from start to finish including stewarding quality throughout project
• Provide oversight and mentoring for junior staff
• Appropriately plan work and communicate with project resources and teams
• Maintain client relationships through project work
• Establish quality standards and value engineering solutions
• Conduct quality control reviews of designs
• Serve as a technical expert with recognized authority in area of wastewater systems
• Serve as a project manager on water/wastewater projects as needed
• Perform other duties as needed

• Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
• PMP certification
• Strong technical background and experience in wastewater treatment processes and project delivery
• Project Engineering and Project Management experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
• A minimum of 10 years experience with Municipal Water and Wastewater Systems Planning and Design
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Strong technical background and experience in designing water distribution systems
• Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Micro Station and hydraulic modeling software
• Project Engineering and Project…