Environmental/Water Engineer

Bechtel Corporation•Houston, TX

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Bechtel is seeking a Senior Environmental/Water Engineer to join the engineering department within the Manufacturing and Technology Business Unit (M&T). Assigned to projects to independently develop and review environmental engineering deliverables and separate water treatment deliverables. Environmental work includes environmental basis documents, permit support, discharge criteria, and compliance-related design inputs. Water treatment includes water balances, design criteria, system schematics, equipment specifications, technical requisitions, and bid packages review. This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and will require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership.

Requirements

Requires bachelor’s or higher degree in chemical, environmental, mechanical, or related engineering discipline from an accredited university (or international equivalent) and 8+ years of relevant experience or 12+ years of relevant work experience.
Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in either environmental engineering or water treatment.
Strong communication, prioritization, problem-solving, and influencing skills across clients, suppliers, equipment vendors, matrixed engineering teams, and global shared-work teams.
Strong understanding of environmental engineering principles, permitting support, discharge criteria, waste and wastewater interfaces, regulatory compliance documentation, and environmental design inputs.
Ability to develop and review environmental deliverables, including basis documents, permit support inputs, compliance matrices, discharge criteria summaries, and interface documentation.
Familiarity with environmental regulations, client standards, project specifications, and cross-discipline interfaces across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
Strong understanding of water treatment principles, source water characterization, pretreatment equipment, RO feed requirements, water balances, utility interfaces, and reject stream management.
Ability to develop and review water treatment deliverables, including calculations, schematics, specifications, requisition packages, supplier data reviews, and design interface documents.
Familiarity with water treatment system expectations, client standards, applicable codes and standards, and process, mechanical, civil, electrical, I&C, and facilities interfaces.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineering license, or ability to obtain registration is preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, execute, and review environmental engineering deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance with project and regulatory requirements.
Develop environmental basis documents, permit support inputs, compliance matrices, discharge criteria summaries, and environmental design inputs for project execution.
Coordinate with permitting, environmental, engineering, construction, client, and other stakeholders to resolve environmental interfaces, risks, and compliance-related impacts.
Plan, execute, and review water treatment deliverables, including water balances, design criteria, system schematics, equipment lists, specifications, and technical requisitions.
Coordinate water treatment scope with process, mechanical, civil, electrical, I&C, procurement, suppliers, construction, commissioning, validation, and client representatives.
Provide technical guidance on treatment technology selection, RO pretreatment protection, reject stream interfaces, supplier input needs, and execution impacts.