Process Designer – Water/Wastewater

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they're facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we're helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world's most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

As part of our team, you will work to plan, design, and develop complex water infrastructure projects, supporting some of the region's largest water and wastewater projects. You will perform a variety of complex tasks that may include conducting analyses and preparing project documents and reports, preparing plans and specifications, engaging with clients on technical issues, and coordinating with project teams and project managers.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop project concepts and support design tasks on assigned projects under the supervision of a Project Engineer, Technical Lead and/or Project Manager.
• Support alternative analyses (treatment trains, technologies, capacity and expansion, and optimization analyses) to support business case evaluations for making project decisions as part of the project engineering team.
• Conduct process analyses and designs for wastewater treatment systems.
• Participate in field sampling studies, pilot studies, and other data analysis activities supporting water/wastewater design.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and help resolve conflicts during the development and implementation of a project. Have the ability to initiate appropriate corrective actions.
• Work with other team members, technical leads, and project managers to complete complex projects with high quality.
• Be familiar with industry standards and manuals (i.e. ASTM, AWWA, ACPA, etc.) as well as client and regulatory agency standards and requirements.
• Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Qualifications - External

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Has well-developed understanding of concepts of relevant areas of water/wastewater treatment infrastructure design.
• Possesses excellent time management skills; thorough understanding of task assignment and schedule, budgeting and efficient use of time and resources.
• Ability to effectively discuss project issues with the project team and support the development of project solutions.
• Proficiency in relevant discipline software programs and tools, such as BioWin, SUMO, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and others is preferred.
• Ability to solve complex problems using sound professional judgment, creativity, collaboration, and innovation.
• Strong interpersonal skills for working in diverse team environments with staff, clients, and stakeholders, including working in remote/virtual settings.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or other relevant engineering field. Master of Science preferred.
• Be able to apply and obtain PE certification
• Minim of 5 years related work experience

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us.

Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a 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 and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Primary Location: United States | PA | Pittsburgh

Organization: 2243 Water-US Delivery-Pittsburgh PA

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 11/11/2025 08:11:19

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