Entry-Level Water Design Engineer

Job Description:

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level

Kleinfelder, a Forbes' Top Employer for Engineers in North America, is committed to a people-first culture, technical excellence, and creating opportunities where employees can thrive!

Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions.

Step into Your New Role

As an Entry-Level Water Design Engineer joining Kleinfelder’s Water Technologies (KWT) team, you’ll become part of a collaborative group delivering innovative water and wastewater solutions across Ohio and beyond. This role is designed for a motivated early-career professional ready to contribute to meaningful infrastructure projects and grow alongside experienced engineering, design, and implementation professionals.

This position supports our Toledo and Columbus, Ohio offices (Perrysburg, Hilliard, and Defiance), and offers flexible remote work arrangements. While daily in-office presence is not required, periodic travel to project sites or offices is expected.

This is an excellent opportunity to build your expertise on a wide range of water infrastructure projects—while working in a supportive, team-oriented environment that prioritizes your development.

What You’ll Do:

• Support Water Infrastructure Projects:
  Assist in the planning, design, and delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure for public and private clients. Projects may include membrane treatment systems, water reuse strategies, permitting, and system integration.
• Design & Engineering Analysis:
  Contribute to process design and equipment layout, assist in preparing plans, specifications, and cost estimates, and support the implementation of water resource systems.
• Planning & Modeling:
  Support feasibility studies, treatment evaluations, and modeling efforts (process, hydrologic, and hydraulic) to inform infrastructure design and system performance.
• Construction Support:
  Participate in bidding support, construction administration, and field inspection tasks to ensure quality execution of project designs.
• Technical Documentation & Collaboration:
  Assist in preparing technical reports, permitting documentation, and engineering memos for clients and regulatory agencies. Collaborate across project teams and disciplines, contributing to design discussions and project coordination.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Professional Experience: 0–3 years of civil engineering experience, with an emphasis on water and/or wastewater projects
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication, organizational abilities, and technical writing proficiency
• Technical Aptitude: Eagerness to learn and expand your technical skillset across a variety of project types
• Software Skills: Familiarity with AutoCAD and GIS preferred
• Location Flexibility: Based near or able to travel to our Ohio offices in Perrysburg, Hilliard, and Defiance for site visits, team collaboration, or client meetings

Qualifications

• Education: B.S. or M.S. Chemical or Environmental Engineering
• Certification: EIT certification is a plus, but not required—motivated individuals are encouraged to apply

Kleinfelder Water Technologies, a division of Kleinfelder, provides innovative solutions for water and wastewater treatment, focusing on technologies that address water quality, efficiency, and sustainability. They design, implement, and optimize systems that help municipalities, industries, and utilities manage water resources effectively. Our services include water purification, wastewater treatment, and stormwater management, using advanced technologies to ensure clean, safe water while reducing environmental impact. By leveraging cutting-edge solutions, they assist clients in meeting regulatory standards, improving water system performance, and promoting sustainability. Kleinfelder Water Technologies works closely with the larger Kleinfelder organization, offering integrated engineering and environmental services for comprehensive project delivery. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.

Why You’ll Love Working at Kleinfelder:

• Career Development: We’re committed to your growth. Access resources, training, and mentoring to help you expand your skills and advance your career.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible work arrangements that allow you to balance personal and professional commitments.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Kleinfelder offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.
• Inclusive Culture: Diversity drives innovation. At Kleinfelder, we embrace diverse perspectives and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Move Forward with Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver.

Progress with an Employer that Values You

Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:

Benefits: Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.