Wastewater Process Specialist / Engineer

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Your impact

If you have been searching for a career changing chance to grow your technical skills, an opportunity exists in Toronto to join a dynamic and growing team within Jacobs and work with industry leading experts in Canada.

At Jacobs, we provide the opportunity to design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

The Wastewater Process Specialist/Engineer position is a critical role for delivering Jacobs’ projects in the municipal wastewater industry locally and nationally. The candidate will lead ongoing and upcoming projects that are driven by Canada’s population growth targets and evolving environmental standards. By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to deploy your technical skills and develop solutions to solve our clients’ challenging wastewater needs in Canada.

The candidate will

• Work with Jacobs’ global team of experts to support municipal wastewater treatment planning, modelling, design, construction, and facility operation projects based on established standards and software.
• Work with a variety of treatment processes that may include a combination of conventional and advanced chemical, physical, and biological processes such as coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, secondary biological treatment, nutrient removal and recovery, membrane systems, disinfection, and solids handling/stabilization processes
• Use their expertise in process modelling, water chemistry and quality, physical and biological treatment processes and equipment, and applicable regulations to lead process engineering teams in the production of meaningful solutions to local and national project challenges
• Develop of engineering studies, reports, drawings, specifications, contract documents, proposals, and cost estimates with limited direction; and provide construction administration services and field engineering services during construction as needed
• Represent Jacobs at select events and conferences.
  
  
  

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

• Masters in Chemical Engineering is required
• PhD in Chemical, Environmental, or Civil Engineering with a focus on biological wastewater treatment is an asset
• Licensed as a professional engineer in the province of Ontario or eligible to be licensed
• 10+ years of engineering experience working on municipal and industrial wastewater treatment projects including chemical and biological nutrient removal, nutrient recovery, biosolids treatment, and anaerobic and low operation systems
• Advanced knowledge of commercial wastewater process modelling software including modelling experience for design, optimization, and operational troubleshooting for municipal wastewater treatment plants (example commercial platforms include SUMO, BioWin, GPS-X, SIMBA)
• Demonstrated understanding of process and process mechanical design and wastewater unit processes and technologies
• Experience with engineering calculations and modelling for wastewater treatment equipment sizing and selection
• Experience delivering municipal design/bid/build (DBB) projects in Canada including preparation of design reports, drawings, and specifications
• Experience assisting project managers and multidisciplinary and multi-office project teams on projects
• Experience managing and coordinating multiple disciplines on projects, including the ability to successfully manage scope, schedule, and budget
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (proposals, technical memoranda, reports, presentations, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
• Attention to detail, self-motivation, and the ability to work independently with minimal direction
• A willingness and ability to travel to project sites inaccessible by public transit
  
  
  

Other Information

• Terms of Employment Full Time – 40 hours /week
• Language of work English
• Location of work Jacobs Consultancy Canada Inc; 2100-121 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 3T9
• Benefits Medical, dental, vision, disability, sick time, health or personal spending account, life and AD&D insurance, RRSP employee match up to 4.5%, association/license fees, vacation time – minimum 15 days, but varies as per Jacobs policy
• Contact information https//www.jacobs.com/locations/canada
• Salary $105,000 to $125,000 for 40-hour work week
• Eligible for overtime if in accordance with Jacobs policy
• Eligible for bonuses and annual salary increases
• Travel within North America may be required for client interaction, representation at events, or project delivery; international travel may also be required
  
  
  

Posted Salary Range Minimum

87,600.00

Posted Salary Range Upper

153,300.00