Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer

Ardurra is looking to hire an experienced Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer to join our team in our Knoxville, TN office.

Our innovative water and wastewater engineers collaborate closely with clients to plan, design, permit, and construct systems that address their needs comprehensively. This approach allows our clients to make smarter investments, resulting in lower life cycle costs and additional benefits.

As a recognized leader in the water industry, our projects encompass treatment and infrastructure initiatives for municipal and institutional clients. Our work ranges from drinking water supply to water reuse and wastewater management. We have the capability to support projects of all sizes within a flexible and innovative team environment.

Primary Function:

The role includes providing technical expertise in the design, management, and optimization of water and wastewater projects. You will be responsible for technical leadership and supporting strategic direction for a wide variety of water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure projects, performing or overseeing the technical design and hydraulic modeling requirements.

Primary Duties:

• Develop detailed designs, plans, specifications, reports and cost estimates for treatment plants, pipelines, pump stations, tanks and other water/wastewater storage and conveyance systems.
• More specific responsibilities include performing or managing engineering/process design, hydraulics, pumping systems, and treatment process projects.
• Ability to coordinate with the multiple departments and sub-consultants required for multi-discipline projects.
• Ability to research and utilize available resources.
• Candidate must be self-motivated and able to lead or assist a project team in completing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Effectively communicate, in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Gathers data for engineering analyses through phone contacts, written correspondence, and research sources.
• Perform calculations and research in support of designs using engineering formulas and skills in formulating possible results based on different scenarios.
• Prepare engineering reports, opinions and recommendations.
• Maintain completed project files and proper document control.
• Prepare design drawings, technical specifications, material quantity take-offs and develop construction cost estimates for projects.
• Provide other duties as may be assigned by the Project Managers/Task Leads to support project team.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or related field required
• 8 years of experience within water/wastewater engineering 
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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