CIVIL Wastewater Engineer

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Your Opportunity

Stantec's Water practice has a unique opportunity for a Civil Engineer with experience in civil, water/wastewater, municipal utility, or water resources engineering to join our team in Houston, TX. This role will support City of Houston wastewater projects in a full-time staff augment position located at city offices. The role of the Civil Engineer would include managing on-going and planned design contracts, reviewing, evaluating and/or designing sub-systems and product, material, and equipment specifications. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include preparing calculations, conducting field work, coordinating simple tasks, and preparing meeting documentation.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support the project team in the development of design plans and specifications for a variety of water/reclaimed water/wastewater distribution and collection systems, and wastewater treatment projects primarily for public municipal clients
• Assist with the review and/or preparation of detailed engineering studies, technical and infrastructure planning reports, hydraulic models and design tasks associated with municipal distribution and collection systems, and related facilities
• Perform quality reviews of documents in various phases of design development including engineering calculations, design reports, and construction plans.
• Assist in the evaluation and selection of civil systems, equipment, and materials.
• Support senior staff in review and preparation of project cost estimates and participate in value engineering exercises.
• Review and manage the preparation, revision, and coordination of permit applications and documentation for utility, environmental, and municipal permits through local, state and federal jurisdictions; respond to requests for additional information, and monitor and report status of various permit submittals
• Attend and participate in project meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants.
• Attend and participate in meetings with clients, municipal officials, and contractors to review project needs
• Take sufficient notes at meetings to document discussions and organize follow-up action items.
• Coordinate and keep consistent communication with other project team disciplines to ensure entire design team has same design intent and is on schedule