Principal Environmental Engineer

At WSSC Water, we are passionate about our one water mission and devoted to delivering safe, seamless, and satisfying service to our 1.9 million customers. It takes teamwork to deliver the essential, which is why we proudly call ourselves Team H2O – working together, sharing our talents and creativity to safeguard public health and protect the environment.

WSSC Water seeks a Principal Environmental Engineer – Operational Reliability and Resilience to manage considerable environmental engineering analytical work with primary focus on issues regarding water and wastewater management. This role provides environmental assessment of treated effluent discharge, bio-solids disposal, odor control and air emissions, and various environmental projects and issues. Secondary focus on source water protection and management of hazardous waste contaminated sites.

• Participates in the formulation and the implementation of long-range plans for various environmental programs such as enhancement of water supply, transmission, distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment facilities including biosolids management
• Prepares, negotiates and manages engineering consulting contracts of a complex nature and prepares task orders, scope of work, cost estimates, change orders and task amendments.
• Creates and reviews environmental studies and investigations related to water supply, wastewater treatment, and biosolids management
• Consults with various groups of the Commission and provides an effective level of internal and external coordination
• Collaborates with operations departments to evaluate and optimize performance
• Performs technical analysis of proposed federal and state regulations and prepares comments and recommended responses to protect Commission interests
• Provides technical expertise for interactions with government and regulatory agencies
• Identifies emerging environmental issues with potential for significant impact on the Commission
• Proposes technical responses for these issues
• Keeps the division manager advised of environmental regulations and policies that impact the Commission
• Participates effectively in the regional and national efforts related to the environmental issues
• Analyzes relevant technical and operational reports, including process and systems efficiency data
• Identifies causes of non-routine events; recommends process and systems control strategies and adjustments to variables affecting the quantity and quality of process effluent
• Identifies how adjustments in one unit process impact other unit processes and overall plant performance
• Recommends practices to ensure that processes and systems meet or exceed Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, and other federal, state, or local regulatory/environmental requirements
• Designs and implements innovative solutions to enhance water treatment processes, water distribution systems, wastewater conveyance systems, and water resource recovery processes
• Develops conceptual level designs for water and wastewater treatment systems
• Reviews and interprets design drawings, plans, and specifications for proposed changes in existing facilities and for construction of new processes and systems; evaluates designs for functionality, safety, operability, maintainability, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance with industry practices
• Performs detailed analysis to identify inadequacies, ambiguities, errors, and potential problems
• Supports water and wastewater process and systems technology evaluation and selection
• Supports and works with scientists, engineers and other employees in the study and development of a variety of environmental projects
• Drives a vehicle to conduct WSSC Water business

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering or related Engineering field
• 5 years of experience/research in the practice of professional environmental engineering related to water supply and treatment, wastewater collection and treatment, and/or biosolids treatment and disposal
• 2 years of experience in planning and managing difficult senior engineering projects or planning/leading related research

Preferences

• Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering or related Engineering field
• Professional Engineering registration in the State of Maryland

To learn more about WSSC Water, please visit www.wsscwater.com. To review the complete job description and apply for the Principal Environmental Engineer role (vacancy #26-0114), please visit WSSC Water Careers at Careers | WSSC Water.