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WSP has a career opportunity for an Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Lead Operator/Site Manager for the Captain Jack Mine Superfund Site in Boulder, CO. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations and maintenance of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facilities to meet goals and to ensure efficiency and timeliness of work. Also, to ensure that site activities comply with laws, policies and regulations and provide technical support and information to site staff within the scope of experience.
Your Impact
Supervision & Oversight:
- Supervise assigned site staff; meet regularly with site staff to resolve workload and technical issues; prioritize and assign tasks and projects
- Monitor site staff work and safety performance and provide instruction on work/safety performance improvement, as needed
- Oversee and audit the operations and maintenance staff as they perform their rounds monitoring the process equipment throughout the WTF
- Ensure staff adhere to policies and procedures in compliance with local, state and federal regulations
- Assist with recruitment of replacement staff if/when staff vacancies occur
Inspection & Reporting:
- Inspect plant processes and equipment, analyze instrument readings and laboratory data
- Review and edit daily operations staff notes for accuracy and trend data to provide input into plant process improvement
- Prepare monthly reports for review by Project Manager
Health, Safety Security and Environment:
- Ensure site staff operate and maintain all equipment in a safe and controlled manner in accordance with site health and safety plans and industry best practices and applicable federal programs such as OSHA
- Ensure operations staff operate treatment equipment in accordance with discharge permits or other regulatory requirements
- Ensure maintenance staff perform preventive and corrective maintenance in a safe, controlled and timely fashion to maximize WTP online availability
- Identify and report potential and existing site hazards, incidents, Fatal Risk Controls, and pSIFs to project management and safety personnel
Team Work & Collaboration:
- Assist WSP project management with training and evaluating staff
- Assist safety resource personnel with ensuring OSHA compliance and safe practices are being followed by staff
- Assist maintenance staff with the preventive maintenance program as needed; ensure equipment needing repair remains isolated until repaired
- Participate in decisions on plant process operation
- Direct maintenance staff for ordering and maintaining parts and supply inventories; assist operations staff with ordering process and laboratory chemicals and supplies
- Lead site meetings and handoff meetings
-
Development of strong diverse teams to meet project objectives
-
Adherence to timelines of client and WSP strategic project objectives
- Complete training on assigned tasks.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- 11+ years of operations and maintenance (O&M) work at wastewater treatment plants or similar facilities
- Two additional years of experience supervising (O&M) staff at wastewater treatment plants or similar facilities
- Ability to obtain a 40-hour OSHA HazWOPER certificate or have a current certificate
- Colorado Industrial Wastewater Treatment Operator Certification class “B” or higher
- Excellent client relationship and communication skills and ability to manage day to day Client and WSP tactical objectives
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate degree or higher with emphasis on business management, cost accounting, safety systems or human resources
- Experience with extensive programmatic health, safety, security and environment and operational excellence systems
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $42.12 - $64.04
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP has a career opportunity for an Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Lead Operator/Site Manager for the Captain Jack Mine Superfund Site in Boulder, CO. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations and maintenance of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facilities to meet goals and to ensure efficiency and timeliness of work. Also, to ensure that site activities comply with laws, policies and regulations and provide technical support and information to site staff within the scope of experience.
Your Impact
Supervision & Oversight:
- Supervise assigned site staff; meet regularly with site staff to resolve workload and technical issues; prioritize and assign tasks and projects
- Monitor site staff work and safety performance and provide instruction on work/safety performance improvement, as needed
- Oversee and audit the operations and maintenance staff as they perform their rounds monitoring the process equipment throughout the WTF
- Ensure staff adhere to policies and procedures in compliance with local, state and federal regulations
- Assist with recruitment of replacement staff if/when staff vacancies occur
Inspection & Reporting:
- Inspect plant processes and equipment, analyze instrument readings and laboratory data
- Review and edit daily operations staff notes for accuracy and trend data to provide input into plant process improvement
- Prepare monthly reports for review by Project Manager
Health, Safety Security and Environment:
- Ensure site staff operate and maintain all equipment in a safe and controlled manner in accordance with site health and safety plans and industry best practices and applicable federal programs such as OSHA
- Ensure operations staff operate treatment equipment in accordance with discharge permits or other regulatory requirements
- Ensure maintenance staff perform preventive and corrective maintenance in a safe, controlled and timely fashion to maximize WTP online availability
- Identify and report potential and existing site hazards, incidents, Fatal Risk Controls, and pSIFs to project management and safety personnel
Team Work & Collaboration:
- Assist WSP project management with training and evaluating staff
- Assist safety resource personnel with ensuring OSHA compliance and safe practices are being followed by staff
- Assist maintenance staff with the preventive maintenance program as needed; ensure equipment needing repair remains isolated until repaired
- Participate in decisions on plant process operation
- Direct maintenance staff for ordering and maintaining parts and supply inventories; assist operations staff with ordering process and laboratory chemicals and supplies
- Lead site meetings and handoff meetings
-
Development of strong diverse teams to meet project objectives
-
Adherence to timelines of client and WSP strategic project objectives
- Complete training on assigned tasks.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- 11+ years of operations and maintenance (O&M) work at wastewater treatment plants or similar facilities
- Two additional years of experience supervising (O&M) staff at wastewater treatment plants or similar facilities
- Ability to obtain a 40-hour OSHA HazWOPER certificate or have a current certificate
- Colorado Industrial Wastewater Treatment Operator Certification class “B” or higher
- Excellent client relationship and communication skills and ability to manage day to day Client and WSP tactical objectives
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate degree or higher with emphasis on business management, cost accounting, safety systems or human resources
- Experience with extensive programmatic health, safety, security and environment and operational excellence systems
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $42.12 - $64.04
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Wastewater Treatment Engineer
Credential your Australian engineering degree formally
U.S. employers and USCIS need to confirm your Australian engineering degree meets specialty occupation standards. A credential evaluation from a NACES-member agency translates your qualification into U.S. equivalency and removes the most common E-3 visa objection before it arises.
Target municipal utilities over private contractors
City and county water authorities file LCAs regularly and have established HR processes for foreign workers. Private contractors often lack in-house immigration experience, making the sponsorship conversation harder even when they want to hire you.
Search E-3 sponsorship roles using Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to identify employers actively hiring Wastewater Treatment Engineers with visa sponsorship. The platform surfaces LCA-eligible roles and handles the DOL filing and consulate paperwork from offer through approval.
Clarify PE licensure expectations early
Some U.S. employers require a Professional Engineer license, which Australians hold as a CPEng through Engineers Australia. Clarify whether the role requires a U.S. PE or accepts foreign equivalency so you can address it during the offer stage, not after.
Negotiate LCA filing into your offer timeline
The DOL certifies most LCAs within seven business days, but your start date depends on the employer filing promptly after signing. Ask your hiring contact to confirm their immigration counsel is briefed before you accept, so there's no gap between offer and filing.
Separate your E-3 visa from your consulate appointment date
Your E-3 is approved at the consulate interview, not when the LCA is certified. Australian consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth handle E-3 appointments independently, and wait times vary by location. Book your interview slot as soon as the LCA is certified to avoid delaying your start date.
E-3 Visa Wastewater Treatment Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Wastewater Treatment Engineer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to find Wastewater Treatment Engineer roles where U.S. employers are open to E-3 sponsorship. The platform filters for LCA-eligible positions so you're not cold-applying to employers who have never sponsored a visa before, which is where most Australian engineers waste time in their search.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Wastewater Treatment Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes. Wastewater Treatment Engineer is classified under SOC code 17-2081 (Environmental Engineers), a role USCIS consistently recognizes as requiring a bachelor's degree in engineering. Your Australian degree in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering directly supports the specialty occupation requirement, provided the job duties align with engineering practice and not general operations work.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for Wastewater Treatment Engineers?
The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, meaning you can apply any time you have a job offer, not just once a year in April. The H-1B visa requires winning a random lottery with a roughly 25% selection rate. For Australian engineers, the E-3 is a direct path the H-1B cannot match for predictability and timing.
Can my employer start my E-3 application without a finalized project assignment?
Yes. The LCA filed with the DOL can reflect your base work location and anticipated role without requiring a specific project assignment. What matters is that the job title, duties, and prevailing wage level are accurate. Many wastewater engineering roles involve rotating projects, which is normal and does not disqualify the application.