Lead Process Engineer - Water Market

Position Overview

We are hiring Lead Process Engineers to drive the technical development, design integration, and execution of municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment projects across North America. In this role, you will serve as the process discipline lead on pursuits and projects, guiding treatment process selection, developing process design packages, and coordinating closely with mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, and construction teams to deliver safe, cost‑effective, and constructible solutions. This position is ideal for an engineer with 10 plus years in Municipal and industrial Water/Wastewater treatment, who thrives in a design‑build/EPC environment, enjoys solving complex treatment challenges, and can translate process engineering into practical, field‑ready designs.

Our Process team supports all sectors of our business for Water and Wastewater treatment. Projects could include chemical, physical and/or biological wastewater treatment technologies such as coagulation/flocculation, filtration, UF/RO, chemical precipitation of metals, chemical oxidation and reduction, oil/water separation and biological/biosolids treatment (thermal hydrolysis, advanced anaerobic digestion) as applicable in the petroleum, chemical, power and renewable gas markets. This is a great opportunity to lead teams and projects and make your mark in our growing Water/Wastewater division.

District Overview

The Kiewit Water Engineering team, which includes process, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation and control, structural, and civil disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on collaborative Design-Build (progressive and/or fixed price) and EPC delivery models for complex water projects. The team brings project solutions to life across North America in the following areas:

• Water Treatment
• Potable Municipal and Groundwater Desalination
• Advanced Water Reuse
• Groundwater Remediation
• Storm water Recycling
• Industrial Water Treatment
• Wastewater Treatment
• Biosolids Treatment
• Pipelines and Conveyance

Clients are turning to Kiewit during all stages of design-build projects to lead and manage multi-disciplined design teams to work together to improve schedule, track design progress, control costs and minimize risk. We are a high performing team of engineers and designers that leads the water engineering process and collaborates with Kiewit’s construction teams to approach construction-driven engineering with a focus on safe, cost effective, and innovative designs, all working to develop the best possible delivery of water facility projects to our clients.

Location

This role will be based out of our Lenexa, Kansas, Lone Tree, Colorado office. We do provide relocation assistance. Options for remote locations near other Kiewit hubs in Houston, Dallas/Fortworth, may be considered for Senior level candidates with 10 plus years experience that have subject matter expertise in both Municipal and Industrial Water/WW industries in which we work.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and engineering leadership for industrial water and wastewater facility design including treatment process evaluation, process selection, and optimization and conduct evaluations of full-scale plant operations, pilot studies and bench studies as required. Identify and evaluate process lifecycle costs.
• Oversee and participate in the preparation of engineering reports, engineering drawings and specifications for complex water/wastewater projects such as PFD’s, P&ID’s, process simulations, datasheets, and engineering calculations including hydraulics and equipment sizing.
• Perform process systems and hydraulics modeling and scenario studies.
• Provide front line issue resolution of technical issues associated with design, construction, equipment and/or operations.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers within a budget and schedule to execute design and engineering on projects.
• Interface with clients and partner engineers to support project and business development needs. Work directly with clients and partners on projects and tasks to develop long-term relationships. Attend client development activities and functions.
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• Provide consultation in specialized areas related to treatment plant planning and design.
• Communicate/present industry trends, competitive situations or technology/regulatory issues.
• Support business development efforts and help in the pursuit of new projects. Contribute to the development of client proposals and project cost estimates.
• Actively participate in professional organizations. Prepare and make presentations to clients and professional organizations.
• Serve as a representative of Kiewit at meetings, presentations and public hearings/meetings relative to assigned projects.
• Participate in improving company resources and tools to improve design production and efficiency.
• Mentor Kiewit’s entry and mid-level engineers for skill development. Review their progress and results. Provide direction and coaching, as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical, Mechanical, or Civil/Environmental Engineering
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in process development, conceptual and detailed design with a background in municipal and industrial water/wastewater markets., performing functions as outlined above
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred
• Understanding of federal, state and local regulations and requirements related to water characterization, treatment and discharge
• Experience as process design engineering lead on design-build projects is preferred
• Must be willing and available to accommodate intermittent travel of @25% if located in a Kiewit office in Lenexa or Lone Tree. Candidates located in remote locations will be greater up to 40%.
• Preferred experience utilizing AFT Fathom or AFT Arrow hydraulic simulation software (or equivalent) and/or experience with process modeling and simulation software applications such as Biowin, GPS-X, Hysys and/or Aspen, WatPro, AqMB, SIMBA etc.

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