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Lead Water Project Engineer

Wright-Pierce
Burlington, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/27/2025
Wright-Pierce, an award-winning, multi-discipline environmental engineering firm specializing in water, wastewater and civil infrastructure, is seeking a Lead Water Project Engineer to join our Water team. In this role, you will be involved with planning, design, and construction administration for drinking water and wastewater source, distribution, storage treatment projects.

Salary range is $85,000 - $140,000/yr.

NOTE: Final salary is based on education, experience, certifications, and location.

Responsibilities

  • Planning, design, and construction administration for drinking water and wastewater source, distribution, storage, and treatment projects
  • Provide support to Project Manager and other team members
  • Hydraulic design for pump and piping systems
  • Asset management
  • Writing technical reports, memos, communications
  • Working on pilot studies
  • Field work and site visits for projects in various phases

Essential Functions

  • Possessing effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Focused on building strong relationship with coworkers and colleagues
  • Committed to continual learning and ongoing professional development
  • Possessing excellent personal organization and time management skills
  • Self-motivated and results-driven with strong attention to detail

Experience

  • 7 years of previous engineering experience working on a variety of drinking water or wastewater projects
  • Commensurate experience with local, state, and federal regulatory and funding processes
  • MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams
  • AutoCAD, Revit preferred

Education

  • B.S. in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Certifications

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license

Your Benefits

Wright-Pierce’s goal is to foster a culture of health and wellness. We accomplish this by creating a work environment that promotes healthy living, encourages volunteerism, and supports personal development and well-being. To achieve this goal, we offer a variety of benefits, some of which are highlighted below. Check out our full benefits overview for more.

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance beginning on date of hire
  • Wellness program with fitness reimbursement
  • Mental health and well-being benefit
  • Paid volunteer hours
  • 401(k) match with employer match and profit-sharing contribution with no vesting period
  • Defined career development path, mentorship program, and Wright-Pierce University training program
  • Paid time off, paid and floating holidays, and paid parental leave
  • Flexible work schedules and hybrid work environment

Best in Class Engagement

Our recent employee engagement survey, conducted by The Employee Engagement Group, revealed a highly engaged workforce with 87% responding and 94% of respondents indicating they would recommend Wright-Pierce as a place to work. These results are best-in-class for the A/E/C industry and reflect our commitment to creating a positive work environment. The firm’s top performing areas, based on employee feedback, include respect for others, opportunities to socialize, career opportunities, and life-work balance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Wright-Pierce we are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We strongly encourage women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans to apply.

This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Salary : $85,000 - $140,000

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