Senior Process and Industrial Water Engineer

Full-time - Senior

Atlanta, GA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Many of the world's top engineers and scientists come together in our Water business because they view a community's interaction with water a bit differently-as a single holistic system, rather than unconnected networks divided by jurisdictional boundaries. Working throughout the hydrologic cycle, we are delivering sustainable solutions to make sure water is where it should be and available when needed. Our experts guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. Every day, we help communities improve, reuse, and protect this precious resource for future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U. Stantec's growing Process & Industrial Water practice is seeking a highly motivated Senior Process Engineer with heavy industrial/power process, application and operations experience to join our team. Office locations include Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee, Atlanta and Alpharetta, Georgia, and Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina. The candidate will support project proposal and application processes throughout the US and Canada. The role of the Senior Process Engineer is to productively network with a wide array of engineering, environmental, power and water professionals on both technical project execution and related business development initiatives, as well as lead process evaluation and design efforts.

Responsibilities

• Perform business development/application tasks and collaborate with staff to increase project wins and develop long lasting client relationships.
• Participate in business line teams to manage and develop proposals.
• Client facing for business development contact, meetings and presentations.
• Scope of work documents and estimates.
• Division of responsibility (DOR) matrices.
• Collaboration with multiple business lines to develop opportunities.
• Quality reviews.
• Perform complex engineering design tasks on assigned water, power and industrial process and wastewater-related projects.
• Design basis documents.
• Engineering calculations including mass and energy balances.
• Engineering drawings.
• Engineering reports.
• Feasibility studies.
• Presentations to clients, regulatory agencies and/or project stakeholders.
• Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Assist project managers with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.
• Lead others in developing and coordination of project construction specifications.
• Conduct and/or coordinate quality assurance and quality control on assigned projects.
• Reviews contractor/vendor submittals for adherence to Contract Documents and industry standards.
• Involved in the permitting process of projects.
• Coordinates with the regulatory review to seek final approval.
• Assists in the development and updates of project design standards and guidelines.
• Manage a team of design professionals and technicians.
• Mentor and supervise staff and develop high-performing project teams.
• Assist with business development pursuits including proposal preparation and participation in interviews.
• Interact with clients and management regarding status of project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Lead and manage preparation of construction documents including plans, specifications, and construction cost estimates.
• Research and understand issues related to regulatory and other drivers that impact individual projects.
• Ensure that projects' needs are met in a timely and effective manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil/Environmental Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 12 years of total experience, with at least 2 years of operational experience.
• PE license required.
• Ability to perform mass & energy balance and hydraulic calculations.
• Ability to quickly assess industrial process for core plant functions.
• Working knowledge of coal combustion power generation process and plant configurations.
• Working knowledge of coal power and gas turbine power plant generation process and related emissions control systems.
• Ability and detailed knowledge of developing piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
• Ability to drive development of process control narratives to allow for programming of process control systems.
• Ability to translate industrial process into clear diagrams.
• General understanding of all phases of project document production, client procurement procedures, and regulatory approval processes.
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Possess excellent time-management skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with software such as Fathom, Arrow, ASPEN.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Understanding of local and regional jurisdictional codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Wellness program.
• Health saving accounts.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) plan.
• Employee stock purchase program.
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Short-term/long-term disability plans.
• Emergency travel benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Professional membership fee coverage.
• Paid family leave.
• Ten paid holidays in each calendar year.
• Accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year.
• Eligible for paid sick leave.