Wastewater Process Engineer - Mid Atlantic South

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Virginia Beach, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an employee-owned company, Black & Veatch puts its people at the center of everything they do, empowering them to grow, explore new possibilities, and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction, Black & Veatch is building a world of difference. This role offers a competitive compensation, 401K match, and benefits that start on day one. The hybrid environment allows for a balance between work and personal life, and employees are empowered to own their careers with purpose and meaning. The company fosters an environment where employees feel safe to be themselves, speak up with concerns or questions, and utilize their diverse talents and perspectives.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
Minimum of 11 years related work experience.
All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Most positions - depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division - will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit of such registration.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (Master’s or Doctoral) in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering preferred.
10 years of experience in wastewater water treatment with at least 5 years in water quality and treatment (water quality analysis, treatment evaluations, process design, regulatory compliance assessments, etc.).
Advanced knowledge of process design for treatment of municipal wastewater, engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline.
Experience with using modern process simulators such as BioWin, GPS-X, Sumo, and/or Simba.
Established leadership skills with deep understanding of consulting, project execution, client services, and business development.
Effective written and oral communications, Drive for Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, And Building Effective Teams.

Responsibilities

Function in a lead wastewater process engineer role as a technical specialist in the areas of conventional wastewater treatment.
Use processes such as physical/chemical primary treatment, conventional activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, fixed-film processes, membrane bio-reactors (MBR), sidestream treatment, tertiary filtration, and disinfection.
Provide technical guidance over a process team, supervise engineering staff on projects, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams to implement complex treatment solutions.
Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Black and Veatch policies.
Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards.
Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines.
Independently applies knowledge and complies with Black and Veatch quality program relative to assigned tasks.
May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Black and Veatch quality program.
Provides related guidance and direction to others.
Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects.
Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work.
Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods.
Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments.
Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project.
Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.
Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances.
Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects.
May offer other services to the clients.
Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.
Serves as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area.
Typically supports multiple projects on the complex technical challenges.
Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring.
Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems.
Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required.
May participate in career planning, and learning and development.
Implements resource management strategy.
Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline.
Administrative responsibilities may include office administration.
Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup.
Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs.
May approve timesheets and expense reports.