Environmental Engineer

Brown and Caldwell•San Diego, CA

13d•$85,000 - $116,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Environmental Engineer performs a broad range of environmental engineering tasks involving the analysis, planning, and development of solutions that promote environmental protection, sustainable water use, and responsible water resource management. Working under the general supervision of a professional engineer, the role contributes technical work intended to improve environmental and public health outcomes across natural and engineered systems. The position addresses protection, mitigation, and prevention of degradation affecting water, soils, air quality, and habitats. Work may cover water and wastewater treatment and conveyance, stormwater management, solid waste management, hazardous waste management, and related areas. The role conducts analysis, planning, modeling, and design of treatment systems and prepares results, recommendations, plan sets, and other engineering deliverables. The position may support environmental engineering work involving operational data management, performance monitoring, and evaluation of water, wastewater, recycled water, or advanced treatment facilities. Preferred capabilities include reviewing facility datasets and treatment metrics, assessing membrane operations and treatment performance, supporting pilot testing and facility evaluations, and translating technical findings into reports, calculations, tools, and recommendations. The role may also provide on-site support, field work, or commissioning assistance. The position typically requires at least two years of related work experience and a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering or a related field. It is typically certified in the SMS Framework and progressing through the SMS competencies. The anticipated starting salary range for Location B is $85,000–$116,000, depending on primary work location, skills, experience, and education.

Requirements

Working knowledge of environmental engineering principles and standard practices.
Developing problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to interpret scientific and engineering data accurately and with attention to detail.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Typically, a minimum of 2 years of related work experience in Environmental Engineering or a related field.
Typically certified in the SMS Framework and progressing through the SMS competencies.
Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering or a related field is required.

Nice To Haves

Ability to support environmental engineering work involving operational data management, performance monitoring, and evaluation of water, wastewater, recycled water, or advanced treatment facilities.
Familiarity with dashboards, visualization tools, historian data, operational records, laboratory results, and other facility datasets used to communicate treatment system performance.
Understanding of water treatment metrics including production, recovery, flow, pressure, chemical use, membrane productivity, normalized performance, and related operating trends.
Ability to support advanced water treatment and membrane operational evaluations, including cleaning performance, membrane integrity, fouling assessments, troubleshooting, process optimization, and asset reliability reviews.
Ability to support pilot testing, full-scale facility evaluations, equipment condition assessments, and recommendations for practical operating improvements.
Ability to collaborate with operators, engineers, project managers, and client staff to translate technical findings into reports, calculations, tools, or decision-support deliverables.
Experience supporting water, wastewater, recycled water, or advanced treatment projects, including membrane systems such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, or reverse osmosis.
Experience compiling, reviewing, or analyzing operational datasets to identify trends, evaluate facility performance, or support engineering recommendations.
Experience developing or supporting dashboards, automated calculations, reports, or visualization tools that reduce manual data processing and improve access to decision-ready information.
Experience supporting membrane system operational evaluations, including reviewing transmembrane pressure, flux, permeability, recovery, differential pressure, specific flux, cleaning frequency, and production trends.
Experience assisting with troubleshooting membrane system performance issues, including fouling, scaling, biological activity, chemical cleaning effectiveness, pretreatment impacts, or equipment limitations.
Experience supporting pilot testing, demonstration-scale evaluations, or full-scale optimization studies for advanced treatment systems, including preparing work plans, sampling plans, data summaries, and technical findings.
Experience preparing technical memoranda, operations support reports, meeting materials, performance summaries, or client-facing recommendations related to treatment process performance and reliability.
Experience coordinating with operations staff or project teams to understand facility workflows, confirm data needs, observe operating practices, and develop tools for routine monitoring, management reporting, or planning.
Experience supporting membrane replacement planning, asset condition assessments, bench-scale or field testing coordination, vendor coordination, or evaluation of alternative operating strategies.
Experience providing on-site support, field work, or commissioning assistance for treatment facilities, including observations, startup support, performance testing, field data collection, and coordination with operations or construction teams.
Experience supporting secure data transfer, cloud-based data staging, or similar approaches that preserve source-system integrity and align with utility cybersecurity expectations.

Responsibilities

Perform technical analyses to support identification and evaluation of sustainable water and wastewater management solutions.
Prepare and review technical reports and documentation related to environmental engineering projects.
Assist in planning and designing environmental protection systems that support public and ecosystem health.
Contribute to facility, watershed, or strategic resource management plans.
Analyze scientific and engineering data and perform quality control checks to support regulatory compliance.
Provide technical support for environmental projects, including modeling treatment and conveyance systems, coordinating with vendors, and contributing technical input for permitting and regulatory approvals.
Adapt to and execute additional assignments as needs evolve.
May provide mentorship, guidance, support, and knowledge-sharing to help less experienced team members develop their skills.
Support operational data management, performance monitoring, and evaluation of water, wastewater, recycled water, or advanced treatment facilities.
Support advanced water treatment and membrane operational evaluations, pilot testing, full-scale facility evaluations, equipment condition assessments, and recommendations for operating improvements.
Collaborate with operators, engineers, project managers, and client staff to translate technical findings into reports, calculations, tools, or decision-support deliverables.
May provide on-site support, field work, or commissioning assistance for treatment facilities.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package promoting employee health, performance, and success.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance.
Employee assistance program.
Paid time off.
Parental leave.
Paid holidays.
401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.
Eligibility for performance-based bonuses.
Employee referral bonuses.
Tuition reimbursement.
Pet insurance.
Long-term care insurance.
Exceptional development opportunities.