Senior Water %26 Wastewater Treatment Specialist

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HDR is seeking a motivated problem solver to serve as a Senior Water and Wastewater Treatment Specialist for our Texas Gulf area in the South Central Region. In this role, you will work with both municipal and industrial water and wastewater clients to solve water quality, treatment, compliance, and operations challenges. Projects can range from small municipalities to large municipalities and several types of industrial clients. Our engineering staff partner with our senior specialists to create solutions that enhance reliability and improve operability for our clients.  

You will not only be a part of our Texas Gulf area team, you will play a key role in collaborating with staff for these types of services across the South Central region. You will also have the opportunity to connect with our national Operations Team and serve as a connection point to bring expertise to the area and region. This team is made up of other experienced maintenance and operations experts, and coordinate to share best practices, experience, and opportunities to utilize every team member’s unique expertise.

At HDR, we know work isn’t only about who you work for; it’s also about what you do and how you do it. Led by the strength of our values and a culture shaped by employee ownership, we network with each other, build on each other’s contributions, and collaborate together to make great things possible. When you join HDR, we give you license to do the same. We help you take charge of your career, giving you multiple growth opportunities along the way.  

In the role of Senior Water and Wastewater Treatment Specialist, we'll count on you to:

• Support HDR project leaders in the Tx Gulf area and South Central Region with water and wastewater process and treatment projects
• Serve as technical leader, advisor, quality reviewer for water quality related studies and assessments, including regulatory compliance reviews, process / water quality evaluations, and testing programs
• Support Utility Management Services related projects (i.e., condition assessment, process performance assessment, master / facility planning, asset management)
• Manage operations and maintenance projects with both municipal and industrial clients. This may include client interfacing, regulatory reporting, as well as personnel, subcontractor, and maintenance management
• Develop startup and commissioning plans and host workshops to share those ideas with client’s contractors and operators to confirm the plan will work for the specific plant
• Perform startup and commissioning of new water and wastewater treatment facilities.  This work involves you playing a key role in working alongside contractors and engineers to ensure the new equipment functions correctly before handing it over to the operations and maintenance staff  
• Perform formal and informal training to help our clients’ treatment plants operate as well as they can operate
• Participate in the testing of facilities to ensure they are ready for startup and after startup they meet the capacity requirements of the design
• Perform condition assessment and asset management tasks on water and wastewater facilities, using state of the art evaluation tools to efficiently capture the information and opinions that you generate 
• Perform operational or maintenance troubleshooting and evaluations on municipal and industrial water facilities
• Engage client development activities with area Water Business Group leaders and Client Service Leaders
• Collaborate with area leadership to develop market sector growth strategies and identify and recruit potential additional team members to support overall growth of our drinking water and wastewater market sectors in the Corpus Cristi and Texas Gulf area
• Support marketing activities for opportunity pursuit; identify potential opportunities
• Participate in professional organizations
• Work closely with the project staff to prepare project deliverables including reports, and other technical documents
• In collaboration with Water Business Group Manager, Business Class Leads, and Project Managers, coordinate and adjust staffing to confirm the work is completed within the parameters of the agreed to schedule and budget 
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• Minimum 10 years field experience in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation equipment at water and wastewater treatment facilities and/or resolving water treatment process problems. Additional construction experience is a plus
• High level water and/or wastewater treatment operator license or professional engineering license 
• Ability to interpret engineering plans and specifications 
• Microsoft Office product and computerized maintenance and management systems experience required
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must 

• Valid driver’s license

  
   

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