Senior Process Engineer, Water

Stantec•Walnut Creek, CA

About The Position

Stantec's Water practice is seeking a highly motivated Senior Process Engineer to join our highly successful water team working on iconic projects in California. Primary responsibilities include client service management, project delivery, and project management for water treatment projects. We are looking for someone with experience or interest in the evaluation, planning, design and construction administration of water and recycled water infrastructure projects including proposal, scope, and fee development; alternatives analysis; treatment plant, pump station, and pipeline design; and engineering services during construction. This position offers the right candidate the ability to make a major career advancement. This is an opportunity to improve and grow leadership skills and become a recognized technical resource for a growing northern California water practice. If you are a project engineer or project manager looking for a chance to contribute to significant projects in one of the largest engineering markets in the country, this may be the right time to make a career move.

Requirements

Experience with design of water infrastructure.
Experience with engineering services during construction.
Strong client service, project management, and/or design management skills.
Must have a good driving record and valid driver’s license
B.S. degree in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering, M.S. preferred
Minimum of 15 years of water treatment experience
Valid California Professional Engineering license, or Professional Engineering license in another state with ability to obtain California license within 1 year of employment required.

Responsibilities

Manage and execute work involving conventional types of civil and utility engineering principles and other related activities for new and existing water, recycled water, and conveyance projects.
Provide technical guidance and leadership in the development of innovative technical solutions for treatment process work.
Develop and prepare reports, planning studies, specifications, detailed design drawings, and construction submittal reviews calculations, models and other technical deliverables for treatment, conveyance, and infrastructure related projects.
Lead project teams in planning and/or designing a major engineering project and coordinate special planning and engineering studies.
Direct the work of, communicate effectively, and coordinate with project teams including other disciplines (drafters, designers, and other engineers).
Communicate effectively and coordinate with clients on projects during planning, design, and construction.
Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, subcontractors, and vendors.
Assist with business development pursuits, as requested.
Local travel and off-site field visits to client treatment plants.
Become engaged in active project delivery as a client-facing Project Leader in the Municipal Water and utilities markets in California, particularly Northern California.
Develop and foster strategic client relationships throughout the region.
Support Stantec’s reputation for innovation and research through bench/pilot/demo-scale testing and participation in local and national conferences, professional associations, and academic partnerships.
Mentor young professionals in the Walnut Creek office and across the region.