Senior Wastewater Technologist
Garver
Houston, TX 77079
Description
Exciting opportunity for someone in the Houston area to support the College Station, TX Water Design Center (WDC)! This role will be based out of our Houston office with some travel to our College Station Water Design Center.
You will play an integral part in leading wastewater process direction, design and decision making in our Water Design Center, region, and across the Garver Water footprint. You will take a lead process role ranging from client interaction and project pursuit to conceptual level process work including modeling and master planning, and through final design as it is warranted on projects in our Central region, as well as across our Garver footprint. You will help grow Garver’s Process engineering capabilities and resume as we continue to do quality work for our clients.
What you’ll do:
Generally, the responsibilities of this role will entail working hand in hand with our business teams and their clients to understand wastewater treatment challenges and share your expertise. You will be involved in design proposal work, helping establish effective approaches to complex projects. You will work with and mentor other engineers on your team and within the Water Design Centers to continue to propel growth and quality. You’ll lead the wastewater process design on assigned projects in coordination with the WDC Process Team leader, including modeling, evaluations, helping the client select alternatives and preparing master plans. In detailed design, you will continue to work with the WDC to ensure continuity of intent and design quality. You will continue to learn and develop your expertise and push Garver forward by attending and presenting at conferences and other opportunities.
Day to day responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Generally, the responsibilities of this role will entail working hand in hand with our business teams and their clients to understand wastewater treatment challenges and share your expertise. You will be involved in design proposal work, helping establish effective approaches to complex projects. You will work with and mentor other engineers on your team and within the Water Design Centers to continue to propel growth and quality. You’ll lead the wastewater process design on assigned projects in coordination with the WDC Process Team leader, including modeling, evaluations, helping the client select alternatives and preparing master plans. In detailed design, you will continue to work with the WDC to ensure continuity of intent and design quality. You will continue to learn and develop your expertise and push Garver forward by attending and presenting at conferences and other opportunities.
Day to day responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Supporting regional teams with treatment related business development activities
- Be known as an industry leader in WWTP design and technologies
- Developing conceptual level designs for wastewater treatment systems
- Coordinating with process mechanical team for detailed design services for treatment facilities
- Performing modeling and design calculations, coordinating with other support discipline activities on projects, coordinating with regional Garver offices and regulating agencies, construction cost estimating, and quality assurance and control
- Lead some projects form an internal Design Phase Manager standpoint on specific projects, coordinating schedules, monitoring project budgets, and ensuring delivery of quality work products which adhere to Garver standardization
- Regularly collaborate with Water Technology Team and other Garver process experts to develop best practices and areas of focus
- Participate in client meetings, industry conferences, and serve as a subject matter expert for the Water Business Line
In addition, the Senior Wastewater Process Engineer will be responsible for:
- Assisting in recruiting top talent for the process team
- Developing scope, schedule, level of effort, and fees for projects
- Mentoring process and process mechanical team members
- Drive the detailed design through coordination with other support disciplines
- Planning, managing, and executing process staff and workload
- Developing detailed plans and specifications
- Quality program compliance
- Ensuring delivery of quality work products that adhere to Garver standardization.
- Process standards and tools development, procurement, and training
- Helping prepare Garver Water, the WDCs and your team for the future
- Perform quality reviews for projects across the Garver footprint
Some travel will be required as part of this position. Most travel will be within the Central region, as necessary based on project work. Because this position is not located in College Station, regular travel to the WDC will be expected to maintain continuity with the design team. This is anticipated to be one to two days every couple weeks and may change depending on circumstances. Travel will also be anticipated for business development purposes, including proposal development, interviews, knowledge transfer sessions, and industry related conference attendance. Project specific travel may also be required for site assessments, project workshops, design review meetings, and support during construction. Due to the collaborative nature of coordination for large infrastructure projects, candidates must have the ability to seek out and resolve issues through close interaction with other project team members.
About Garver’s College Station Water Design Center:
The College Station Water Design Center will be a knowledge-based hub that excels in highly technical, multi-discipline water and wastewater designs for clients in Garver’s central footprint, as well as across the country as necessary. The College Station WDC will specialize in large, high-volume, custom treatment plant projects with conventional and advanced technologies. A centralized WDC requires constant communication, coordination, and participation with team members. This integral working relationship benefits the client through project delivery schedule and design quality, as well as the engineer’s opportunity for team collaboration and professional growth.
Minimum Requirements:
About Garver’s College Station Water Design Center:
The College Station Water Design Center will be a knowledge-based hub that excels in highly technical, multi-discipline water and wastewater designs for clients in Garver’s central footprint, as well as across the country as necessary. The College Station WDC will specialize in large, high-volume, custom treatment plant projects with conventional and advanced technologies. A centralized WDC requires constant communication, coordination, and participation with team members. This integral working relationship benefits the client through project delivery schedule and design quality, as well as the engineer’s opportunity for team collaboration and professional growth.
Minimum Requirements:
- Master’s Degree in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE) license or with the ability to be licensed
- 10+ years of municipal water/wastewater process related design experience
- 2+ years of experience leading design projects
- Process modeling software experience such as Hydromatis GPS-X, Dynamita Sumo, and/or EnviroSim BioWin
Preferred Skills:
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE) license in several states
- 15+ years of municipal water/wastewater process related design experience
- 5+ years of experience leading design projects
- Relationships with municipal clients in WDC footprint
- Experience using hydraulic modeling software
- Proven experience overseeing process designs, including detailed plans and specifications for major projects
- Overall understanding of wastewater treatment plant systems in a campus-wide environment
- Experience using Bluebeam and MS Office products, including Excel, Outlook and Word
- Demonstrated experience performing process equipment evaluation, sizing and cost estimating
- Cost estimation experience
- Affiliation and active participation with water/wastewater organizations such as AWWA, WEF, WRF
- Use of AutoCad and/or Revit CAD programs
- Experience in giving presentations for clients and professional organizations
- Strong teaching and coaching skills to mentor and communicate with team members of all levels
Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.
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Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.
Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,400 employees, Garver provides an exceptional level of client service that reflects our people-first culture, which has achieved Zweig Group Best Firm to Work For Legacy Status. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home at GarverUSA.com.
Garver is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.
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