Wastewater Engineer Jobs

Brown and Caldwell is seeking a Construction Wastewater Process Engineer to provide project management, design, coordination, and technical support for a key client delivering a diverse portfolio of several environmental infrastructure projects at a wastewater treatment facility. Working on-site, this individual will gain hands-on exposure to project execution, facility operations, system automation, equipment upgrades, and infrastructure improvements in a fast-moving project environment.

The position will coordinate closely with the client, contractors, vendors, operators, and project teams to manage priorities, schedules, risks, work orders, and overall project execution. Responsibilities include maintaining project controls and tracking tools, coordinating condition assessments and equipment inspections, developing scopes and work orders, supporting cost estimates and technical recommendations, and tracking equipment repairs, materials, and deliveries.

This role will also maintain accurate, client-ready documentation and reporting, including project schedules, risk logs, daily reports, meeting notes, technical memoranda, and quarterly updates, while proactively communicating project status, schedule impacts, safety considerations, risks, and upcoming work.

This is a dynamic learning and growth opportunity for someone interested in building broad experience across environmental infrastructure delivery. With exposure to project management, field coordination, operations, maintenance, and facility automation, the role offers the opportunity to develop a well-rounded understanding of how complex wastewater infrastructure projects move from planning through implementation.

**Field Requirement: This position requires availability to work on-site at client facilities throughout the Atlanta area up to five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Project Management / Coordination
  • Manage priorities, ownership, deadlines, risks, and overall execution across multiple projects.
  • Coordinate with client, contractors, vendors, operators, and the project team.
• Project Controls & Tracking
  • Maintain the master spreadsheet, work order tracker, risk log, schedule dates, percent complete, and equipment/repair status.
  • Perform weekly status checks and keep records current and client-ready.
• Field & Condition Assessment Support
  • Coordinate condition assessments, equipment inspections, field activities, work plans, and safety plans.
  • Document equipment IDs, condition, repairs, and maintenance activities.
• Technical / Work Order Support
  • Develop scopes and work orders, review maintenance against operations and maintenance requirements, and support cost estimates and technical recommendations.
  • Track quotes, equipment/material deliveries, and follow-up actions.
• Reporting & Documentation
  • Maintain daily reports, meeting notes, project files, and quarterly updates.
  • Support Gantt chart updates, technical memoranda/reports, and timely communication of status, risks, safety concerns, and upcoming work.
• Manage all engineering aspects of complex construction projects and ensure successful on time completion
• Oversee and make recommendations on selection of materials for construction projects, considering quality, sustainability, and cost.
• Review vendor designs and details and offer knowledgeable feedback and modification suggestions.
• Coordinate construction sequencing and logistics, ensuring smooth operations.
• Contribute to design-build coordination and design optimization.
• Apply value engineering principles to deliver cost-effective solutions.
• Perform startup and commissioning duties to ensure operational effectiveness of the completed projects.
• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.

Mentorship

• May provide mentorship, guidance, support, and knowledge-sharing to help less experienced team members develop their skills and grow within their roles.

Skills and Competencies

• Highly proficient in the key aspects of construction, including materials selection, vendor design review, construction sequencing, and logistics coordination.
• Proficiency in design optimization and value engineering.
• Adept at managing projects independently and unsupervised.
• Strong knowledge of project management techniques
• Ability to keep abreast of industry trends and practices to make recommendations

Experience

• Typically requires minimum of 10 years of construction engineering, project management or related experience related field or equivalent experience is required.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with design and construction of wastewater and combined sewer overflow treatment and conveyance facilities.
• OSHA 30 Certification or have completed training
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Familiarity with Primavera 6
• Professional Engineering license strongly preferred or the ability to obtain

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in construction engineering or related field is required.

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Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location A: $117,000 - $159,000

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Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here (https://brownandcaldwell.com/careers/benefits/) to see our full list of benefits.

About Brown and Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com (http://www.brownandcaldwell.com)

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

Notice to Third Party Agencies: Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

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