Principal Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

As a Water / Wastewater Process Engineer you will apply your unique skills and insights as part of teams that span the Intermountain Region and across the United States.

The position supports delivery of public sector water / wastewater facility planning and design projects. In your role you will evaluate, design, and support startup and operation of public sector wastewater treatment facilities.

In addition, you will support projects as a critical part of the design team, a design lead, a task manager, and / or a project manager. You will prepare facility assessment and design reports, perform design calculations, perform process and / or hydraulic modeling, select and size equipment, prepare design documents and construction documents, support construction phase services both in office and in the field. Field work and site visits from planning through construction may require occasional travel. You will support and mentor junior engineers and will be supported by multiple senior mentors on projects and local and regional office leadership.

Responsibilities to include :

• Working closely with a design team from initial studies and conceptual design through construction.
• Working on water and wastewater projects, related to municipal facilities and infrastructure. Performing field work and site visits from design through construction.
• Serving in project management roles.
• Performing engineering activities for preliminary and detailed treatment process design, including review and analysis of system needs, utilizing hydraulic and hydrologic models, evaluating alternatives, and performing preliminary / detailed design.
• Reviewing vendor information to assure compliance with specifications.
• Performing equipment selection and prepares technical specifications.
• Preparing engineering specifications, data sheets, sketches, drawings and performing engineering calculations.

Work may also include a variety of other water infrastructure, including conveyance and water resource systems.

Minimum professional qualifications :