Water/Wastewater Engineer

Water/Wastewater Engineer

About the Water/Wastewater Engineering Group

NORESCO develops and delivers upgrades to utility client facilities that are intended to save operating costs or increase operating revenue. We deliver these upgrades that can take many forms, in a Progressive Design Build environment, with long-term operating performance guarantees. We can also provide long-term operations and maintenance for our clients.

Our water/wastewater engineers provide the specialized skills and experience associated with water and wastewater treatment plants and distribution and collection systems. NORESCO is product and technology agnostic. We are able and willing to make upgrades in any area of the water or wastewater realm. We have considered or delivered upgrades including pumping, aeration, controls, digestion, biosolids drying, renewable natural gas, and cogeneration.

This individual will be responsible for conceptual development and design of these upgrades. Specifically, the engineer will provide technical support and leadership as a part of teams consisting of both in-house staff and consulting engineers, overseeing the design process and scope, preparing design deliverables, providing QA/QC of documents, and participating in technical customer meetings.

About the role

This remote position is for an experienced water/wastewater treatment engineer. Engineers are engaged in multiple projects from opportunity identification, sales support, initial concept development, project design, construction, commissioning, performance testing, and into operations and monitoring of long-term key performance indicators.

Role Responsibilities:

• Performing and/or monitoring all engineering aspects of water/wastewater projects from the concept stage through detailed design, construction, and commissioning in a collaborative Design/Build process which leverages NORESCO technical expertise with external engineering, vendor, and subcontractor partners and consultants.
• Actively participate in design review meetings and charrettes both internal and with the customer and their advisors.
• Lead and/or perform engineering activities during project development including: site investigations, data collection, preparation of conceptual design documents, preparation for pricing-level design documents, and final design and permitting.
• Support project pricing effort in partnership with the NORESCO construction department; Bid packages, subcontractor qualification, subcontractor bid-walks, use of third-party consultants, bid reviews, value engineering, evaluation of life cycle and long-term service agreements, etc.
• Support project team during construction, commissioning, and performance phases to resolve design issues, document as-built conditions, and ensure performance objectives are met.
• Support sales and development groups to prospect clients, audit customer facilities, participate in sales presentations, and develop technical write-ups for competitive proposal responses.
• Evaluate facility upgrades through equipment or system modeling and analysis.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5 + years of engineering experience
• 20% -30% travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Eligible for Professional Engineer licensure
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or other relevant field.
• Water/Wastewater industry experience
• Excellent communication and engineering skills.
• Advanced knowledge of one or more facets of engineering; design principles, technologies, unit processes, markets, design guides, and standards.
• Desire to build and maintain respectful and inclusive working relationships with individual project team members to foster an environment of cooperation and productivity.
• Keen attention to detail and ability to identify errors, concerns, or ambiguities in documents.

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