Project Engineer/Manager - Water and Wastewater
About The Position
Langan is seeking a Project Engineer/Manager - Water and Wastewater to support its growing national water practice. The role supports water strategy initiatives nationwide for mission-critical, advanced manufacturing, and industrial clients. Work spans due diligence evaluations, water supply strategy development, source water assessments, discharge strategy development, water reuse planning, and water strategy permitting and compliance. The position involves providing technical and regulatory expertise across water supply, treatment, wastewater discharge, reuse, and compliance. It also includes managing project delivery and financial performance, coordinating multidisciplinary teams across offices, contributing to proposals, and serving as a technical advisor to clients and other stakeholders throughout projects’ lifecycles, from site selection and due diligence through permitting, construction, startup, and operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental, Chemical, or Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, or a closely related field.
- At least 6 years of experience in the environmental field, including a minimum of 2 years working as a project manager in a consulting environment.
- Professional certification or progress toward obtaining one, such as PE or CHMM.
- Working knowledge of water and wastewater treatment technologies and federal and state environmental regulations and obligations related to water use and discharge.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple clients, projects, and staff.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical, multitasking, and judgment capabilities.
- Ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment.
- Reliable transportation for client meetings and job site visits, and a valid driver’s license in good standing.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
Responsibilities
- Support water due diligence for data center developments, including source water availability assessments, utility coordination, capacity evaluations, and regulatory constraints analyses.
- Develop and implement water sourcing strategies using municipal supplies, groundwater, surface water, reclaimed water, and alternative water resources across diverse regulatory environments.
- Evaluate and advance wastewater discharge strategies, including NPDES permitting, indirect discharge programs, land application, water reuse, collect and haul, and emerging management approaches.
- Coordinate with engineering teams on water and wastewater infrastructure planning, treatment system integration, conveyance requirements, and utility interface design.
- Provide technical and regulatory guidance on water treatment, wastewater treatment, cooling water systems, industrial wastewater management, and water reuse applications.
- Collaborate with utilities, municipalities, regulatory agencies, and client stakeholders to address water supply, wastewater, and permitting challenges.
- Support water strategy development throughout the project lifecycle, from site selection and due diligence through permitting, construction, startup, and ongoing operations.
- Provide regulatory oversight for Safe Drinking Water Act compliance programs for utilities and industrial clients.
- Support national responses to Notices of Violation, corrective actions, enforcement negotiations, and regulatory inspections at local, state, and federal levels.
- Support treatability studies, system upgrades, startup, retrofits, and optimization of drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.
- Provide engineering solutions for projects involving emerging contaminant treatment and control.
- Support proposal development, including scope preparation, fee development, teaming strategies, and project execution planning.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, invoicing, change management, and overall financial performance.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across multiple Langan offices to deliver integrated water, environmental, and infrastructure solutions.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to clients, regulators, contractors, attorneys, and other project stakeholders.
- Collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary, multi-office teams supporting projects nationwide.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Paid pregnancy disability leave
- 401(k)/Roth with company match
- Paid time off, including parental and military leave
- Employee referral bonuses
- Professional license bonuses
- Educational reimbursement
- Employee resource groups
- Flexible work schedules
- Extensive training
- Wellness programs
- Buddy and mentoring programs
- Up to 20 days of paid vacation time
- 10 days of paid sick time
- 10 paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
