Project Engineer Water/Wastewater Treatment: Process and Design

Project Engineer Water/Wastewater Treatment: Process and Design

NCS Engineers

 Phoenix Arizona

 Job Location: Phoenix AZ or Houston, TX

Full-time, in-office, occasional travel to job sites required.

Salary: Depending upon experience, prevailing industry standards, and open for discussion.

*Not a remote position, applicants must reside in either the Phoenix, AZ or Houston, TX metropolitan areas.

Job Summary:

NCS Engineers has added a full-time position for mechanical, chemical, civil, or environmental project engineers with experience in Water/Wastewater Treatment to join us as Project Engineer in our Water/Wastewater treatment department at our Phoenix, AZ and Houston, TX locations. This position offers challenging technical and professional opportunities working on the leading edge, high-tech water and wastewater treatment design projects providing innovative treatment design services for municipal clients.

We are seeking individuals who is interested in being mentored by leaders in the Water/Wastewater treatment industry. If you would enjoy an interesting and challenging career within a family-oriented atmosphere with advancement opportunities, please let us know.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in mechanical, civil, chemical, environmental, or related field.

• Minimum of 2 years in design engineering with a focus on water/wastewater treatment.

• Passed the FE exam OR ability to take (and pass) the exam within 1 year of start date.

Qualifications/Skills Requirements:

   Expertise in the following:

• Ability to demonstrate familiarity and experience with water/wastewater treatment processes.

• Working knowledge of civil, mechanical, piping, and equipment design.

• Working knowledge of water/wastewater treatment design (filtration, chemical feed systems, activated sludge, solids handling, biological treatment, and disinfection).

• Ability to demonstrate CAD design experience. 

• Ability to integrate design of overall facility with pumping system and storage tanks.

• Basic knowledge of material properties and corrosion.

• Organized and self-motivated, strong interpersonal communication skills.

• Possess excellent time-management skills, thorough understanding of task assignments and schedule, budgeting, and efficient use of time and available resources.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including detailed report preparation.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office software.

• Excellent computer, math and English skills.

• Ability to drive to work, including remote job sites.

• Ability to travel for work up to 10% of the time.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Knowledge of advanced treatment equipment such as MF, UF, NF, RO, and ceramic membranes, DAF, ozone, dewatering devices, chemical feed systems, ion-exchange, absorption, etc.

• Ability to manage and work independently on design projects.

• Microsoft Project experience.

• Hydraulics and/or treatment modeling software experience (i.e. AFT Fathorn, Biowin by EnviroSim, etc.).

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Specify and design water/wastewater treatment, piping, and plumbing systems including facility and equipment layout, and coordination with other engineering disciplines.

• Prepare design reports for process design and hydraulic criteria for water/wastewater treatment, advanced treatment (RO/UF/GAC/UV, etc.), and treatment residual handling systems projects as well as, municipal water, groundwater, and biological wastewater treatment projects.

• Be responsive to clients’ needs and keep department managers informed of progress on projects.

• Practice safe work practices by following Company safety rules and OSHA regulations.

• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift, up to 15 pounds at times.

• Must be able to travel to various job sites and traverse locations to obtain necessary data.  

About Our Company:

NCS is an experienced, well-established water, wastewater, and electrical engineering design firm with offices in Arizona, Maryland, Nevada, Texas, and California. We provide a wide range of civil, water, wastewater, environmental, electrical design, and research-related services to public agencies and private industry clients throughout the United States and globally. We offer challenging technical and professional opportunities working on exciting, leading edge, high tech environmental and water projects. We are committed to providing proven, yet innovative solutions to our clients’ technically challenging problems. We strive to create a work environment that challenges and values our employees. NCS attracts the best people in the industry by supporting their efforts to learn and grow. If you are interested in a challenging and enjoyable career within a diverse and family-oriented atmosphere with advancement opportunity, apply now!  

Benefits:

 Position is eligible for full benefit package and performance bonus program. 

Equal Employment Opportunities:

NCS provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, NCS complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

NCS prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.