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

Support construction projects with periodic field site visits, construction observation, and witnessing utility testing

Assist in the review of contractor shop drawings and submittals, respond to request for information, prepares site observation reports, and performs other construction administration tasks

Prepared to step in and assist with any of the project teams tasks in order to complete projects on time, on budget, and with quality design