Civil Engineer - Water/Wastewater

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Civil Engineer, will be joining Michael Baker International's Water/Wastewater Department in San Diego, CA to make a difference by supporting our many public and private sector clients throughout beautiful Southern California with their next challenging projects, consisting of, but not limited to pipelines, pump stations, tanks, master planning, condition assessment, treatment, modeling, etc. The successful candidate will join a well-established and reputable water resource team, consisting of Project Managers (4), Department Manager (1), Engineers (7), Technical Advisors (2), Sr. Designers (3), Business Development Professional (1), Admin (1), and internships that are well established and stable. It is a rapid growth opportunity that offers the ability to lead exciting multi-disciplinary water-wastewater design work for municipal and private developer clients as well as contractors. In addition to traditional design-bid-build (DBB), we also deliver projects using Design-build and emergency projects that put us in partnership with owners and contractors and multi-disciplinary specialists to deliver projects as cohesive teams.

Across the Water Practice our team of more than 400 water staff nationally and over 150 in the West Region, Michael Baker International emphasizes a culture of open and transparent communication and collaboration among its "Wolf Pack" team members. Part of our mission is to provide an environment where honest and open discussion is encouraged. Consistently ranked nationally by ENR as a Top 20 Water Supply firm, our San Diego team invests in the education of our Early Career Professionals (ECP) by promoting mentorship programs, professional organization involvement, project peer review, and MBI Speak Easy where staff hone their presentation skills. In addition to delivering for our local clients we are committed to our local communities by volunteering our time to organizations such as AMVETS, local food banks and homeless shelters, humane society, to name a few. We build colleague relationships through annual social activities like our softball team, golf tournament, Del Mar Horse Races, outdoor hikes, monthly office lunches, and MLB Padre Game. We also make global social impacts via partnerships with Bridges to Prosperity and Water for People.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• You will be involved with a variety of water-related projects such as water and sewer master plans; pipelines, pump stations, reservoirs, tanks, wells, hydraulic structures and water and wastewater treatment facility designs, including membrane process and exchanges.
• You will work as part of a project team and be responsible for planning, design development, calculations, presentations, and overall project development for a variety of projects.
• Prepare design calculations, drawings, and specifications for water and wastewater pipelines and pump stations.
• Conduct technical evaluations to support planning and design related to water and wastewater systems.
• Prepare and review technical memoranda, reports, drawings, specifications, submittals, and miscellaneous contract documents.
• Assist technical marketing during the procurement of key projects.
• Communicate effectively and coordinate with project teams including other disciplines (cost estimators, GIS, designers, and other technical staff in and outside Michael Baker).
• Coordination with internal and external partners in organizational leadership initiative.

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering with an emphasis on water resources and/or environmental engineering, or related engineering field and a minimum of 5 years’ of experience.
• Professional Engineer registration in California (
• Be interested in working on a variety of projects supporting the Water and Wastewater Department.
• Have good technical writing and communication skills.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and / or MicroStation
• Proficient in Hydraulic Modeling of water distribution and sewer collection systems
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite including Word, Outlook, Project, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with GIS, and other engineering software is a plus.
• History of leadership and active participation in professional or company organizations.
• Successful junior staff management and development

COMPENSATION

The approximate compensation range for this position is $90,000 to $120,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, and skillset.

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