Water Modeling & Planning Project Engineer

About the Role

Garver is seeking an entry-level water industry professional to join the Water Infrastructure Modeling, Analytics, and Planning (WI-MAP) Team as a Project Engineer. This role focuses on planning and conceptual evaluations for water, wastewater, and reuse infrastructure within a developing national resource team. The successful candidate will manage and execute the technical components of water industry projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Support conceptual planning studies as a Project Engineer.
• Efficiently execute workload to maintain project schedule and project financials.
• Consistently produce high-quality work products.
• Support development of materials for client workshops and present, as necessary.
• Communicate effectively with other WI-MAP staff at different office locations.
• Coordinate with regional team client service managers and project managers.
• Coordinate with Water Design Center personnel through design phases of projects.
• Contribute to multiple projects concurrently.
• Be responsible for time management and work product quality.
• Complete assigned scope items within the allotted budget and schedule.
• Conduct written and oral project reporting for project managers, regional team client service managers, the WI-MAP team leader, and clients. Reporting includes project status, upcoming milestones, project accounting, percent completes, and progress reports.
• Contribute to preparation and execution of Project Management Plans and Quality Control Plans.
• Support internal and external project workshops.

Project Categories

Responsibilities will include projects related to one or more of the following:

• Water distribution systems: hydraulic modeling, master planning, pumping and storage evaluations, water quality evaluations, and water loss studies.
• Wastewater collection systems: hydraulic modeling, master planning, rainfall-derived infiltration and inflow analyses, and lift station evaluations.
• Water supply and integrated master planning: evaluations of surface water supplies, ground water supplies, reuse, and water rights.
• Water distribution and wastewater collection system asset management: condition assessment, sanitary sewer evaluation studies, and capital planning.
• Conveyance systems: wire-to-water analysis, pumping optimization, and transient analysis.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Display technical competency of water/wastewater engineering and civil engineering commensurate with experience level.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience with hydraulic modeling software (e.g., Bentley WaterGEMS, Bentley SewerGEMS, Innovyze InfoWater, Innovyze InfoWorks ICM).
• Strong technical background in hydraulics.
• Experience with ESRI ArcGIS.
• Experience with one or more of the main categories of work outlined previously beyond university coursework.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in civil or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program (Preferred).
• Registered as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or ability to become registered within six months of start of employment (Preferred).