Wastewater Treatment Engineer

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

The role of a mechanical engineer is to work independently on smaller and larger projects, as a lead or team member under the guidance of a senior engineer. You should be able to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer systems or products for a project, and will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations, design sketches and concepts, report preparation and field work. Projects assigned may be broad, varied and diverse in scope. You will analyze proposed projects to ensure structural reliability, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness

Your Key Responsibilities

• Accepts responsibility for projects of average complexity and size.
• Evaluates, selects, specifies, and engineers all process mechanical systems or products for a project.
• Engages in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Utilizes technologies in development of three-dimensional models of process mechanical systems and providing markups for junior engineers/designers.
• Prepares and revises documentation in various project phases including facility layouts, diagrams, details and assisting with P&ID development.
• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Participates in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and basic cost estimating.
• Assists senior engineers/designers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing and schedule.
• Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications and construction/contract documents.
• Performs and oversees hydraulics, thermodynamics, and various mechanical calculations related to Water projects.
• Utilizes advanced techniques for the analysis of specialized process mechanical systems and alternatives related to Water Projects.
• Participates in constructability reviews.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects.
• Assists in the development of new standards and specifications for the process mechanical group.
• Works on multiple projects with multiple disciplines. 

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Have a working understanding of treatment and solids management strategies at WTPs and WRRFs.
• Have experience writing preliminary engineering reports, specs, and procurement documents.
• Have an understanding of Nevada and Las Vegas-area permitting processes.
• Have the ability to work in a team environment without close supervision.
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

Education and Experience

• Education: Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering
• Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience in wastewater treatment.
• Licenses/Certifications: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Nevada, or ability to obtain within six months of hire, is required. 

Typical office environment working with computers and working at a desk for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. 

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. 

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