What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wastewater Engineer position at Hazen and Sawyer?
Join our Hazen team and make the world a better place providing superior solutions in all things water® for our clients. Hazen is a creative, employee-owned company with minimal bureaucracy where employees are allowed to thrive.
Hazen has outstanding opportunities for motivated, talented people that enjoy teamwork and collaboration, client service, and solving our clients’ most difficult water challenges. You will be supported by multiple mentors on projects and local office leadership.
As a detail-oriented Wastewater Engineer with 5 to 10 years of experience in design of municipal wastewater projects, you will apply your unique skills and insights as part of teams providing wastewater treatment and overall nutrient management solutions across the Pacific Northwest Region.
In your role you will evaluate, model, plan, and support startup and operation of public sector wastewater treatment facilities. Your expertise in and understanding of wastewater treatment processes guides the design of these important facilities.
You will support projects as a critical part of the design team, a design lead, and task manager. In your role you will be actively involved in at least one large project and/or several smaller projects simultaneously. 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 may support and mentor junior engineers and will be supported by senior mentors on projects and local and regional office leadership. The position will lead to an increasing level of client development and management commensurate with experience, supported by our local office and firm-wide technical resources. You will work with local and regional staff to grow the wastewater practice in the Pacific Northwest.
Qualifications And Skills Required
Hazen has outstanding opportunities for motivated, talented people that enjoy teamwork and collaboration, client service, and solving our clients’ most difficult water challenges. You will be supported by multiple mentors on projects and local office leadership.
As a detail-oriented Wastewater Engineer with 5 to 10 years of experience in design of municipal wastewater projects, you will apply your unique skills and insights as part of teams providing wastewater treatment and overall nutrient management solutions across the Pacific Northwest Region.
In your role you will evaluate, model, plan, and support startup and operation of public sector wastewater treatment facilities. Your expertise in and understanding of wastewater treatment processes guides the design of these important facilities.
You will support projects as a critical part of the design team, a design lead, and task manager. In your role you will be actively involved in at least one large project and/or several smaller projects simultaneously. 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 may support and mentor junior engineers and will be supported by senior mentors on projects and local and regional office leadership. The position will lead to an increasing level of client development and management commensurate with experience, supported by our local office and firm-wide technical resources. You will work with local and regional staff to grow the wastewater practice in the Pacific Northwest.
Qualifications And Skills Required
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Multiple years following PE licensure of documented design experience for water/wastewater facilities projects
- Experience working on and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in roles including Task Manager and/or Design Lead
- Experience supervising, coordinating and reviewing work by junior and technical staff
- Ability to estimate workload and develop schedules
- Engagement with professional societies and similar organizations by participating in meetings and conferences
- Proficient in standard software platforms (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam, etc.)
- Strong organizational skills
- Oregon State PE or licensed PE in another state with ability to obtain Oregon State PE within 6 months of hire date
- Bachelor of Science degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering
- Master’s degree in engineering preferred
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans)
- Pre-tax flexible spending plans for medical, dependent care, and transportation
- Short and long-term disability, and employer paid life insurance
- Paid holidays, floating holidays, and paid time off (PTO)
- Employer-contributed 401(k) plan and additional financial planning support
- Professional growth opportunities, including tuition reimbursement, in-house training, and incentives for professional registration and professional organization memberships
- Starting pay range for this position depends on skills, experience, education and geographical location