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Black & Veatch · 1 day ago

Senior Wastewater Process Engineer

Tualatin, OR

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

11+ years exp

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned company focused on sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions. The Senior Wastewater Process Engineer will lead technical efforts in wastewater treatment, providing guidance to project teams and developing innovative treatment solutions.

ConstructionConsultingIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure

No H1B

Responsibilities

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, tradeoff 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

Qualification

Wastewater treatmentProcess designEngineering standardsProcess simulatorsLeadership skillsTeam buildingClient servicesEffective communicationConflict managementMentoring

Required

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing

Minimum of 11 years related work experience

Professional engineering license from any of the states in the USA or ability to obtain one within 2 years of employment required

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations

Preferred

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 standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Experience with using modern process simulators such as BioWin, GPS-X, Sumo, and/or Simba#

Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development

Effective written and oral communications, Drive for Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, And Building Effective Teams