Water/Wastewater Design Engineer

Ardurra is seeking a Water/Wastewater Design Engineer to join our staff in Knoxville, TN. Ardurra's innovative water and wastewater design engineers collaborate closely with clients to plan, design, permit, and construct systems that address their needs comprehensively. This approach allows our clients to make smarter investments, resulting in lower life cycle costs and additional benefits. As a recognized leader in the Southeast water industry, Ardurra's projects encompass treatment and infrastructure initiatives for municipal and institutional clients. Our work ranges from drinking water supply to water reuse and wastewater management. We have the capability to support projects of all sizes within a flexible and innovative team environment. This position will be expected to plan, design, and possibly manage multidiscipline projects consisting of water/wastewater treatment and collection/distribution systems for our clients. The individual should be capable of performing the technical design and/or hydraulic modeling requirements on water/wastewater projects and additional consideration will be given to those that have experience managing a team of engineers, EIT's, CADD technicians, and sub consultants, to successfully execute these types of projects. Primary Duties

• Develop detailed designs, plans, specifications, reports and cost estimates for treatment plants, pipelines, pump stations, tanks and other water / wastewater storage and conveyance systems. More specific responsibilities include performing or managing engineering/process design, hydraulics, pumping systems, and treatment process projects
• Ability to guide, direct, and coordinate with the multiple departments and sub-consultants required for multi-discipline projects
• Ability to create, calibrate, modify and perform hydraulic modeling for water and wastewater systems, and interpret and communicate the results to others
• Assisting other Project Managers in the daily and weekly allocation of junior engineering and production staff on active projects, managing individual workloads based on project deliverables and priorities
• Preparing and/or reviewing technical engineering specifications and cost estimates
• Meet directly with Clients and perform business development duties with potential clients Education and Experience Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university or college
• 5 years of related experience in the water/wastewater design, permitting and construction
• Requires 2-4 years experience with municipal water and sewer design
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interface with clients, contractors and regulatory agencies, is critical
• Excellent technical writing skills for use in the development of engineering reports and studies
• Highly self-motivated, able to anticipate and initiate subsequent project tas.

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