Project Engineer

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we’re delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!

About Essential Utilities

Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.

Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.

We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.

Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.

- Prepares and/or assists in the preparation of studies and reports to guide company management in planning for future systems needs and improvements. Activities include developing cost estimates for capital budget planning and projects including modeling alternative evaluations, e.g. estimates costs, schedules, community impact and risks across projects in various municipalities throughout the service area.

- Drives and coordinates the long-term capital plan for the assigned division/system. Coordinates monthly capital meetings with operational personnel, tracking capital and reporting to senior management on capital.

- Coordinates and manages consultant engineers to ensure project objectives, goals, and deadlines are achieved.

- Models and reviews all waterline and sewer projects. Designs assigned aspects of projects i.e. tanks, boosters, lift stations, WTP projects, WWTP projects, regulating vaults, etc.) as needed.

- Uses the company applications such as Powerplant and SAP to create and manage capital projects. Updates, maintains, and researches information in a variety of company databases including the financial information system and capital budget system for project authorization and tracking. Ensures new equipment is logged into the appropriate maintenance system.

- Prepares and/or supervises the permit applications for selected projects and ensure all required permits are obtained with necessary approvals.

- Prepares contract bid documents, plans and technical specifications for capital projects and conducts the bid process. Negotiates and prepares property easements and oversees the preparation of property descriptions, survey and legal recording as required.

- Coordinates and manages approved construction projects including high level design, schedule and budget. Enforces contract requirements and performs construction administration on assigned projects.

- Assists in the preparation of year-end and ongoing financial accounting and record preparations including the processing of invoices. Completes all necessary paperwork needed for accounting to close the project.

- Conducts field investigations to gather information for project design. Participates in due diligence visits of potential acquisitions to develop capital investment plans.

- Assists with other tasks or projects as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function(s).

QUALIFICATIONS (Required Experience, Education, Licenses, And Certifications)

- Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering or related engineering field required; Master’s degree preferred.

- Engineer in Training (E.I.T.) or ability to achieve within 12 months of hire

- 0 -4 years of professional experience in Water or Wastewater and exposure to annual budgets. GIS interest and experience would be considered a plus.

- Experience conducting field testing, data collection programs, and master planning for water distribution systems and sewer collection systems preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: (Examples below)

- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite: Word, PowerPoint, Excel

- Familiarity with modeling software platforms (WaterGems, WaterCAD, EPAet, InfoWorks / Infowater etc.)

- Excellent written and verbal communications skills; communicate effectively (clearly, concisely and professionally) with internal customers

- Ability to work well under pressure

- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment

- A team player able to work effectively in a team fostered multi-tasking environment

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

- Perform sedentary work- exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

- See, hear, talk, and perform tasks requiring manual dexterity.

- Operate standard office equipment.

- Working conditions may include travel to work sites of Essential Utilities and/or other constituents

- Travel Requirements up to 20 %

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.

Aqua is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a condition that may prevent you from applying for a job online or need to request an accommodation during the interview process, please call (1-877-271-9012).

To Maintain The Integrity Of The Recruitment Process And To Avoid Real Or Perceived Conflicts Of Interest Due To Employment And/or Assignment Of Family Members And Personal Referrals, Specific Guidelines Apply To The Hiring And Assignment Of These Individuals Including, But Not Limited To

- Family members cannot result in a supervisor/subordinate reporting relationship

- Family members cannot work in the same department.