Senior Environmental Process Engineer

4 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States CDM Smith Full time
Job Description:

As a Senior Environmental Process Engineer at CDM Smith, you will play a key role in supporting municipal water/wastewater projects across the Greater Chicago region. Your expertise will be instrumental in setting and executing process mechanical designs for large-scale water and wastewater projects.

  • With high-level goals provided, you will create water and wastewater treatment facilities, water and sewer systems, pipelines, pump stations, remediation sites, and solid waste facilities.

You will be responsible for reviewing draft designs and reports for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, and signing off on completed designs. Additionally, you will ensure that firm policies and practices are followed on all designs.

  • Perform site reviews and studies as needed to ensure designs align with location specifications.
  • Update design requirements as necessary.
  • Perform water quality analyses and modeling.
  • Contribute to the firm's technical knowledge management by developing white papers and technical design documentation of new or special case designs, studies, etc.
  • Submit technical papers and designs for publishing to technical journals.
  • Collaborate with sales staff to create proposals in response to current and potential client requests for proposal (RFPs).
  • Review draft proposals for adherence to firm, industry, state, local, and federal regulations and best practices.

You will also be responsible for meeting with current and potential future clients to review their current and future design needs. Additionally, you will attend conferences, symposia, etc., to improve the visibility of the firm's products and services in collaboration with applicable sales staff.

  • Provide technical guidance and training to more junior staff.
  • Mentor more junior staff and develop them for future growth within the discipline and firm.

This is a full-time, regular position with 10% travel required. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering or a related discipline, and a Professional Engineering (PE) license. A minimum of 10 years of related experience is required, with equivalent additional experience considered in lieu of a degree.

The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, knowledge of computer-assisted design and drafting (CADD) 3D and 4D software and practices, and knowledge of engineer principles of design. Additionally, they will have knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations, and excellent problem-solving skills.

CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.



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