Water & Wastewater Designer 1 (EIT early-career)

DOWL•Reno, NV

17h

About The Position

The Water & Wastewater Designer 1 provides entry-level assistance with the planning and design of water and wastewater systems including pipelines, pump stations, storage facilities, and other water-related facilities. Duties include assisting with site visits, calculating pressure, flow and capacities, designing underground and above-ground piping systems, selecting and specifying equipment, coordinating with government agencies and other stakeholders, and preparing plans, specifications and estimated costs for project bidding and construction. The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic, a desire to learn new design concepts, and have good organizational and communication skills. A Water & Wastewater Designer 1 should demonstrate basic proficiency with drafting and design software and be able to quickly learn and apply 2D and 3D design concepts. This person is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary. This position works under the guidance of a licensed professional engineer.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required
EIT/EI required (within 6 months of hire)
Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Basic
Market Sector Software (C3D/P3D/GIS/WaterCAD) - Basic
Basic understanding of technical fundamentals
Team player who mostly functions in a supporting role in a project team setting
Collaborates, listens, takes direction well, and retains information provided
Motivated to grow skills and help the team
Basic understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets
Demonstrates basic familiarity with governing state water/WW rules
Demonstrates basic familiarity with AWWA standards (water)
Demonstrates basic familiarity with Uniform Fire Code
Demonstrates basic familiarity with NFPA820 Fire Code for WW Facilities
Demonstrates basic familiarity with 10 state standards
Reads emails, occasionally attends client meetings, listens

Nice To Haves

Desire to learn new design concepts
Good organizational and communication skills
Basic proficiency with drafting and design software
Able to quickly learn and apply 2D and 3D design concepts
Works well with others
Absorbs and applies constructive criticism
Seeks guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary
Motivated to learn new technical skills through self-study and mentoring
Collaborates with supervisor and/or resource manager to plan work time on assignments
Conducts basic monitoring of budget and schedule for simple project tasks assigned
Infrequent direct client interaction

Responsibilities

Assisting with site visits
Calculating pressure, flow and capacities
Designing underground and above-ground piping systems
Selecting and specifying equipment
Coordinating with government agencies and other stakeholders
Preparing plans, specifications and estimated costs for project bidding and construction
Performs basic technical tasks assigned by market sector with oversight from others
Produces basic water and sewer pipeline evaluation and design under close oversight
Performs field data collection
Performs water and sewer infrastructure sizing
Performs basic hydraulic calculations
Performs project layout
Prepares technical memoranda
Creates CAD/GIS drawings
Creates standard details
Prepares report figures
Conducts alternatives/economic analysis
Performs quantity takeoffs
Performs cost estimating
Drafts specifications
Provides limited construction inspection assistance
Listens and prepares meeting minutes
Performs basic levels of technical work on projects in support of more experienced staff within the market sector