PFAS Water Treatment Technical Specialist Job Vancouver area,Washington USA,Engineering

PFAS Water Treatment Technical Specialist

HDR is seeking a senior PFAS Water Treatment Technical Specialist to support industrial water, landfill leachate, and remediation projects. The role involves design, pilot testing, system optimization, and integration with multidisciplinary teams.

Introduction

As a senior technical specialist, you will lead PFAS treatment design, pilot testing, and integration across industrial, solid waste, and remediation projects.

Primary Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise in PFAS treatment, industrial wastewater processes, and remediation system integration.
Lead bench-scale and pilot-scale treatability studies, including adsorption, foam fractionation, membrane performance, AOP evaluation, destruction technologies, residuals management, and hydraulic stress testing.
Conduct field diagnostics, process optimization, mass‑balance evaluations, and full‑scale performance validation for industrial and remediation systems.
Support subject‑matter expertise and mentor team members.
Perform data analytics and modeling for treatment design, including breakthrough analysis, fouling assessments, reactor sizing, and lifecycle cost evaluations.
Prepare technical reports addressing PFAS feasibility studies, industrial wastewater characterization, remedial technology selection, and regulatory compliance.
Mentor team and contribute to technical leadership within professional organizations, including committees, papers, conference presentations, and panels.
Execute complex engineering assignments requiring independent judgment and advanced process evaluation.
Make key technical decisions related to PFAS treatment configuration, concentrate management, and integration with remediation systems.
Serve as a Technical Specialist or Project Manager on mid‑size industrial water, landfill leachate, and remediation projects.
Supervise small teams in laboratory testing, field investigations, pilot deployment, and system startup.
Support industrial water treatment and site remediation programs, collaborating with HDR practice groups.
Leverage HDR's performance metric tools to monitor the health of your business class and drive success.
Support development and application of remediation technical tools, standards, recommended practices, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency.
Perform other duties as requested.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in Environmental, Chemical, Civil, or related engineering field (Bachelor’s acceptable with significant experience).
Experience with landfill leachate, industrial wastewater, or contaminated groundwater with PFAS process engineering.
Expertise in water chemistry, industrial wastewater, and landfill leachate treatment, PFAS technologies, statistical analysis, and data interpretation.
Experience supporting engineering deliverables for treatment plants, pump stations, distribution/collection systems, and remediation treatment systems meeting scope, schedule and budgets.
Experience with soil remedial technologies.
Strong decision‑making ability and accountability for technical outcomes.
Experience coordinating multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.
Leadership in defining and delivering concepts to operational systems for clients.
Active participation in professional organizations such as WEF, AWWA, SWANA, NGWA, SERDP/ESTCP.
Advanced experience with PFAS treatment technologies (e.g., IX, GAC, membranes, foam fractionation, destruction technologies).
Pilot‑scale system design, deployment, and performance evaluation experience.
Expertise in site remediation technologies (e.g., GWET, ISCO/ISCR, thermal remediation, PFAS mass‑removal strategies).
Experience developing conceptual site models and performing fate‑and‑transport evaluations.
Experience with both public and private clients.
Familiarity with CERCLA, RCRA, and state cleanup programs.
Proficiency with process modeling tools (WaterCAD, Bio Win, GPS‑X, MATLAB, Python, etc.).
Record of innovation in treatment process development or applied research.
Participation in technical committees or research collaborations related to emerging contaminants.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in…