Engineer I - Water/Wastewater Treatment

Freese and Nichols • Fort Worth, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you interested in designing infrastructure? Do you want to enhance your community by creating sustainable solutions to make it more livable and environmentally sound? Freese and Nichols has some fabulous opportunities for current grads as well as May and August 2026 new grads to launch their careers! Our opportunities provide you with a supportive pathway to grow your career in many areas – design, modeling, planning, technical excellence, and business development. This role is available in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Denton, Texas. What your day looks like – Your work will include assisting with planning studies and plant designs for treatment facilities and providing construction phase and start up/commissioning services for advanced water, wastewater, and water reuse treatment systems for municipal, state, and federal clients. You will partner with others to complete tasks by collecting and correlating information to assist in completing projects. You will also verify information and adjust data as needed. And coordinate project efforts with others contributing to the project as well. What we will do for you – We offer you a flexible work environment that includes options such as a hybrid work schedule with remote work up to 2 days per week and an alternative work schedule with every other Friday off . Our support for you in your career journey includes providing you with professional development in technical areas along with soft skills such as collaboration, managing workload, presentation skills, and building partnerships. Our mentoring program allows you to learn from those who have worked in our industry from recent grads to subject matter experts. Rise and Thrive , our Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group) will help you grow your career as well. They facilitate networking and development opportunities and social events, too! About Freese and Nichols At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values ( L earn continuously, E ngage as family, A ct with integrity, D eliver quality, and S erve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values. We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more. Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You ), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday. Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols . Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Civil, Environmental, or Biosystems Engineering and similar Engineering programs

Nice To Haves

• Internship Experience
• Student organization involvement, especially leadership roles

Responsibilities

• assisting with planning studies and plant designs for treatment facilities
• providing construction phase and start up/commissioning services for advanced water, wastewater, and water reuse treatment systems for municipal, state, and federal clients
• partnering with others to complete tasks by collecting and correlating information to assist in completing projects
• verifying information and adjust data as needed
• coordinating project efforts with others contributing to the project

Benefits

• flexible work environment that includes options such as a hybrid work schedule with remote work up to 2 days per week and an alternative work schedule with every other Friday off
• professional development in technical areas along with soft skills such as collaboration, managing workload, presentation skills, and building partnerships
• mentoring program
• Rise and Thrive , our Young Professionals ERG (Employee Resource Group)
• comprehensive benefits package
• paid overtime for salaried employees
• annual bonus
• access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level