Senior Environmental/Water Engineer

Cynet Systems • Houston, TX

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About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Environmental/Water Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of experience in either environmental engineering or water treatment. The role requires a strong understanding of environmental engineering principles, including permitting support, discharge criteria, waste and wastewater interfaces, regulatory compliance documentation, and environmental design inputs. The candidate will be responsible for developing and reviewing environmental deliverables and coordinating with various stakeholders to resolve environmental interfaces and compliance impacts. Additionally, a strong understanding of water treatment principles, including source water characterization, pretreatment equipment, RO feed requirements, water balances, utility interfaces, and reject stream management is essential. The candidate will also develop and review water treatment deliverables and coordinate water treatment scope with multiple disciplines and external parties. This position offers the opportunity to provide technical guidance on treatment technology selection and execution impacts.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in either environmental engineering or water treatment.
• 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.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Prioritization skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Influencing skills.
• Knowledge of environmental engineering principles.
• Knowledge of water treatment principles.
• Knowledge of RO pretreatment.
• Knowledge of equipment specifications.
• Knowledge of technical requisitions.
• 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.

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.

What This Job Offers

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