Industrial Wastewater Process Engineer

About the Role

Arcadis' Industrial Water Treatment and Optimization (IWTO) team is seeking a wastewater process engineer to contribute to the design of industrial water and wastewater treatment plants. This entry-level position will utilize your technical knowledge of wastewater treatment to assist project teams on projects for industrial clients. Typical projects involve front-end treatment concept development, detailed design of industrial wastewater treatment systems, water conservation, nutrient removal, sustainability, and pollution prevention.

This position offers opportunities for rapid advancement within the company into areas such as project management, client development, seller/doer roles, and technical direction.

This is a hybrid work position.

Key Responsibilities

• Function as the wastewater process engineer on industrial water/wastewater projects, working on design tasks with assistance from Arcadis’ IWTO process engineers, senior engineers, and subject matter experts.
• Support engineering designs by developing drawings, specifications, P&IDs, calculations, technical reports, and equipment selection for industrial water/wastewater projects.
• Work with drafters/designers and coordinate with other disciplines to complete construction documents.
• Support engineering services during construction on projects, including submittal reviews, responses to requests for information, and other construction-related office-based engineering work.
• Verify performance and/or conformity with design drawings and specifications through field inspection and testing during construction and commissioning.
• Perform process troubleshooting and optimization, pilot testing, bench scale testing, and lab analysis of conventional and advanced water treatment technologies.
• Analyze data including water quality, technology evaluations, and plant operations information.
• Routinely seek out guidance and implement feedback received from senior engineering staff.
• Manage small to medium design tasks as a wastewater process engineer on projects.
• Conduct site visits during various project phases, which may include tasks such as equipment evaluation, process testing and troubleshooting, construction inspection and observations, and other types of field work.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Exposure to engineering drawings, calculations, process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), specifications, and technical reports for industrial clients.
• Sufficient knowledge to support the design of water and wastewater projects and prepare construction documents.
• Expect to support the development of process and mechanical drawings, P&IDs, specifications, control narratives, technical reports and memoranda, operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals, etc.
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Access, Outlook, etc.).
• Experience performing engineering calculations using computer software.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Master’s degree in either environmental or chemical engineering.
• Strong foundational knowledge with water/wastewater treatment processes.