Senior Engineer - Water / Wastewater Treatment

Who We Are

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Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that helps public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities' built and natural infrastructure.

Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.

As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek's culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits.

We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders' interests to help clients achieve project goals.

We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work! Our cultural programs include :

• DuGreen : Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint
• DuGood : Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office-based giving, and the opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
• eDUcate : Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
• DuWell : Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care

At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, trust, and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our firm.

Dudek's Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) operate as diversity champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and brainstorm ways to make Dudek's work community more inclusive.

We currently have ERGs for :

• Women at Dudek
• Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
• Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)

About The Job

Dudek is currently seeking a full-time Senior Engineer in our Engineering Division. This position provides planning and design support as part of a project team for water, wastewater, and recycled water projects, predominantly focused on treatment-related planning and design.

The ideal candidate would be a professional engineer with 5 plus years of experience in water infrastructure and treatment and civil engineering.

This position will be based out of one of our California offices with work-from-home flexibility available.

Our Work

Our engineering work specific to water and wastewater treatment facilities is particularly exciting and rewarding. Our smaller and nimble team structure allows us to fill a market inefficiency because most water and wastewater treatment engineering services have been consolidated to either larger firms and / or specialized firms, leaving a hole for our team to fill in the small to mid-sized treatment plant market (up to 15 MGD capacity).

Our high-quality work has led to long-lasting and rewarding relationships with agencies who appreciate our custom-engineered solutions for their needs after being overlooked and / or underserved by bigger firms.

We typically get involved with our clients at the planning stage and work with them through planning, design, and construction to see projects through from start to finish.

We emphasize collaboration with our clients' operations and maintenance staff to provide engineering solutions that meet their needs within the available budget.

A senior engineer in this role would gain exposure to a wide variety of treatment-related engineering projects, including planning work (facility plans, process evaluation, alternatives analysis, O&M optimization, risk & reliability assessments, etc.

design work (unit process design and / or full plant design including in-house mechanical design, civil design, and coordination with subconsultants for electrical, structural, and architectural design), and engineering services during construction (submittal & RFI review, change order review, and startup support).

Our work is diverse and exciting which leads to rapid career growth and persistent learning opportunities for our team members.

Our senior engineers enjoy the opportunity to gain client-facing opportunities and exposure to business development and project management tasks and responsibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Execution of projects under the supervision of a Project Manager for planning and analysis of water, wastewater and / or recycled water processes and facilities, including capacity analysis, facility plans, alternatives analysis, condition assessment, process evaluations, risk assessment, O&M optimization, and more.
• Execution of projects under the supervision of a Project Manager for design of water, wastewater and / or conveyance and treatment processes and facilities, open channel hydraulics, pump stations, reservoirs / storage facilities, treatment equipment (i.

e., screens, clarifiers, blowers, dewatering equipment, filters, among others), including development of project plans, specification packages, calculations packages, and construction cost estimates.

• Capability to work in the field, including construction observation, inspections, field measurements, and monitoring equipment setup, as necessary.
• Capability to travel within California including but not limited to meeting with clients, plant site walks, attending conferences and professional organization events, and performing project-related field work, as necessary.
• Training and delegating tasks to Project Engineers in order to balance workload and efficiently get project tasks completed.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline.
• 5 plus years engineering experience in planning and design of mechanical and treatment-related projects.
• Professional Civil and / or Mechanical Engineer licensed in the State of California.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), with excellent writing, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with design software including AutoCAD.
• As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment : pre-employment drug test and background check.

Proposed Salary Range : $98,000-$120,000 annually *

Final agreed-upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual's related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.

Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.

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