Environmental Design Engineer - PFAS Remediation Focused

Description

The company's Industrial Remediation Practices group is hiring an experienced environmental engineer to help design remediation systems and run their operations, and to take on investigations of soil and groundwater and remediation work.

The role needs prior work designing remediation systems and overseeing their operation, maintenance and monitoring, along with data management and writing technical reports.

You will combine strong technical knowledge across disciplines with people skills, working on your own and with engineers and scientists across many remediation projects. Clear speaking and writing matter a great deal here.

The company is a global infrastructure firm active in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings, covering work from advisory and planning through design, engineering and construction management. It is a Fortune 500 company with over 50,000 staff and reported $16.1 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2025.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and design support for private industrial and municipal remediation projects.
• Develop, coordinate and oversee pre-design investigations in the field.
• Give specialist technical input on studies and designs in your area of expertise.
• Act as technical advisor to the team when you are the senior technical resource.
• Analyze data and prepare or review engineering reports, plans, calculations, drawings, figures and specifications using accepted practice.
• Write study and design procedures that help others produce good, cost-effective work.
• Take part in interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
• Prepare construction cost estimates and estimates of the technical effort a project needs.
• Contribute your expertise to every step of your discipline's part of the plans, specifications and estimates package.
• Check design calculations and drawings as part of quality control.
• Write technical specification sections.
• Help set the engineering budget and schedule.
• Write reports for clients and regulatory agencies.
• Plan and manage field work, including remediation system operation, maintenance and monitoring, groundwater sampling, fluid level gauging and subcontractor oversight.
• Support project managers with budgets, schedules, scope development and cost tracking.
• Support business development through pre-proposal meetings, site visits, and writing and reviewing proposals.
• Apply the company's Quality Management System requirements to project deliverables.
• Build trusting working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Mentor junior staff.
• Travel to project sites, including driving and overnight stays, at times up to 20-30% of your time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field and 6+ years of relevant experience, or demonstrated equivalent experience and/or education.
• A valid driver's license and the ability to pass a Motor Vehicle Records check under company policy.
• US citizenship or permanent residency is required because of the nature of the role. Sponsorship will not be offered now or later.
• Desired: experience in environmental water collection, conveyance and treatment system engineering, including stormwater, sediment and erosion control engineering and permitting.
• Desired: experience designing remedial technology for water and wastewater.
• Desired: PFAS experience across the project life cycle, including investigation (studies, media sampling, drinking water and water quality evaluation, groundwater monitoring), treatment and remedial design (rapid small-scale column tests, technology feasibility, pilot studies, supporting remedial treatment designs), implementation (construction support, permitting, design clarifications), and operations (treatment performance evaluation, routine and non-routine maintenance, operation and maintenance plans).
• Desired: experience modeling and analyzing remediation performance and subsurface conditions.
• Desired: knowledge of construction quality assurance and quality control principles and practice.
• Desired: a flexible approach across varied projects, a positive attitude, willingness to mentor, and a firm commitment to workplace health and safety.
• Desired: the ability to support business development, including pre-proposal meetings, site visits, and proposal writing and review.
• Preferred: direct PFAS experience.
• Preferred: a master's degree or PhD in civil or environmental engineering.
• Preferred: 10+ years in environmental consulting and remediation system design.
• Preferred: 40-hour HAZWOPER training.
• Preferred: proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Preferred: excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Preferred: excellent attention to health and safety.
• Preferred: a PE designation in any US state.
• Preferred: an FE or EIT, which the posting lists as required.

Conditions

The company plans to fill this current vacancy by January 31, 2027.

All new hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

Travel of up to 20-30% at times, including driving and overnight stays.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and handles all applicant information confidentially under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage, plus life, AD&D and disability benefits.
• Paid time off and leaves of absence.
• Voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options and well-being resources.
• Employee assistance program and business travel insurance.
• Service recognition awards.
• Retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan.
• Training and development programs to build technical and leadership skills.