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Planning Engineer (Water / Wastewater)

Planning Engineer (Water / Wastewater)

Nexus Water GroupSugar Land, TX, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

For over 50 years, Texas Water Utilities has been a trusted provider of water and wastewater utility services. Today, we serve over 143,000 customers in 207 Texas communities. Our service area reaches throughout the state of Texas from Mitchell County in central Texas to Matagorda on the Gulf Shores. It all starts with our people - proud members of their communities, dedicated to delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective water utility services.

Overview

The Planning Engineer will plan for system improvements and capital needs of water and wastewater systems to ensure reliable delivery of service to our customers within the state.The engineer forecasts, analyzes, and plans water and wastewater systems and growth in accordance with local, state and federal regulations and ensures work is carried out in accordance with the corporate goals and philosophies.

What We Offer

  • Paid Time Off : Starting at 3 weeks annually along with 11 company-paid holidays.
  • Health and Wellness Benefits : The first day of the month after your start, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well.
  • 401(k) Program with Matching Contribution : We offer a 100% match on contributions up to 4% of your salary, plus an additional 3% employer contribution.
  • Grow With Us : Professional development opportunities through training, professional certifications, and education allowance.
  • Additional Benefits : Other great benefits include company provided life insurance and Employee Assistance Program just to name a few.

What You'll Do

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position will be willing and able to perform the following duties and others as assigned :

  • Gathers, analyzes, and compiles highly technical data for the preparation of special reports to management and governmental agencies that may require specialized investigation and analysis within any of the major engineering principles. Obtains and presents engineering information and data to internal stakeholders. Resolves engineering related problems and explains new procedures and techniques, etc. Prepares memos, letters, reports, and other communications.
  • Establishes and updates Risk and Resilience of systems and regularly updates risk matrices to determine relative importance of projects, providing input for short- and long-term planning needs.
  • Visits system sites for condition assessments and coordinates with operations staff on system performance and issues.
  • Provides recommendations and guidance within Engineering and to Area Supervisors based on system modeling for capacity needs for pipelines wells, storage, and treatment facilities.
  • Prepares hydraulic analysis and water flow calculations and provides analysis for new and future developments.
  • Ranks relative importance of projects through matrices and other methods to aid with the annual and long-range capital budget, both forecasting future equipment needs and planning cost-effective strategies formeeting those needs.
  • Promotes safe working conditions and assures that safety standards are followed.
  • May oversee work of contracted consultants depending on business needs.
  • May have other job-related duties assigned by management.
  • What You'll Bring

    Education

  • B.S. Degree in Civil, Mechanical, Sanitary, Environmental Engineering, or related is required.
  • Experience

  • 0 - 2 years engineering
  • Nice to Have

  • 2 years of progressive experience in the water industry, including routine engineering responsibilities, preferably including project management capabilities of public works and / or water and wastewater utility projects.
  • Experience with engineering modeling software for water and sewer systems, industry asset management practices, and general project management is preferred.
  • Experience with water and wastewater system modeling software such as WaterCAD (or equivalent software) is desired.
  • Experience using GIS map viewer software, and field data collection devices such as GPS, valve operating data, etc. is desirable.
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Ability to obtain a professional engineering license, preferably in the state of work. If licensed in another state, reciprocity license will be preferred within two years of hire.
  • Work Environment

    Majority of time spent working indoors, under normal office conditions. May require moderate travel between work sites and use of specialized PPE will be worn for work tasks as required.

    We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic or condition protected by Federal, state, or local law.

    We are an E-Verify participating employer.

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