Water Resources Engineer - Hydrogeology

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Houston, TX

24d•Hybrid

About The Position

Black & Veatch is seeking a motivated, self-reliant, and detailed oriented person to join our team. This position will consist of an approximate mix of field and office assignments. There is also the potential for assignments outside of their home office locality. While this role is focused on work located in Texas, it also includes opportunities to support the team nationally. This person will plan and oversee tasks such as water supply evaluations, installation of groundwater production wells, well testing and analysis, injection wells, quantitative hydrogeology and other tasks associated with hydrogeology and geology. This individual will also be responsible for leading field data evaluations, preparing well permit applications, generating technical specifications and bid documents, developing schedules and budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance, collaboration across disciplines, and report preparation. This position provides an opportunity to provide guidance, training, and oversight to early-career professionals, growth and development in technical experience, project task management, and presentation skills.

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 or equivalent experience in Engineering work.
Minimum of 5 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.
Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.

Nice To Haves

5-8 years of relevant experience in the field of water resources engineering, hydrogeology, geology, geosystems engineering
Professional Engineer certifications
Advanced experience in water supply well specifications and design, water well construction, well pump design/pump selection, well maintenance and rehabilitation, performing aquifer pump tests
Strong understanding of wells and wellfield asset lifecycle, maintenance strategies, and regulatory compliance.
Strong understanding of federal and state water regulations, permitting processes, and compliance
Active participation in professional organizations
Experience mentoring and developing junior staff in technical and professional growth
Strong communication and presentation skills and experience engaging executive level stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver high quality client outcomes.

Responsibilities

Strong organizational and communication skills (written, verbal, graphical)
Work independently on tasks and projects with limited supervision
Adherence to internal company health and safety and other processes and policies
Provide professional hydrogeological support for a wide range of domestic and potentially international projects
Develop and support proposal, work plan, and report deliverables
Work with project technical leads, project managers, and delivery teams to ensure that work products meet client needs
Ensure regulatory compliance with federal, state, and local requirements
Evaluate and interpret collected geologic and hydrogeologic data
Prepare or review graphical and tabular data summaries
Develop and support the presentation of project findings to clients and technical professionals
Oversight of subcontractors and adherence to project specifications and designs
Mentor junior staff and contribute to knowledge sharing across the practice