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Project Engineer

companyVeolia North America
locationHarrisburg, PA, USA
PublishedPublished: 9/6/2024
Engineering
Full Time

Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

BENEFITS 

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose: 

This role provides technical assistance to the operation’s team to provide the necessary expertise to develop and support the various work management processes.

This position will support the various activities primarily in the production and water quality function; however, this position may support other activities in all other functional areas as needed.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Develops, with the support of engineering, operations and management, annual and medium-term capital plans that achieve operational and business needs while adhering to company financial goals.
  • Leads and manages sub-contractors including negotiations of sub-contract agreements, delivery of projects on time and within pre-established budgets. Support the oversight of field and contract personnel to ensure timely completion of assignments, within budget and adherence to standards.
  • Provide technical expertise on engineering and operational issues and support facility condition assessments for the division's operations.
  • Works with the Engineering Dept. In the development/maintenance of company master plans, ensuring projects are aligned to Master Plans.
  • Ensure corporate Technical and Environmental Health and Safety/Security standards are incorporated into the designs.
  • Maintains relations and interacts with external entities, elected officials, and regulators to ensure compliance and accomplishment of company needs.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental or Civil Engineering / PE Strongly Preferred.
  • Experience with operational functions and technologies.
  • Worked in water or wastewater or environmental areas.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

  • Strong leadership, motivational and change management skills.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, ability to prioritize and meet goals.
  • Effective communication, presentation and reporting skills planning/performance monitoring tools a plus).
  • Ability to work collaboratively as a team member and support multiple activities.
  • Financial analysis skills, including budget management, ongoing assessment of project risks/opportunities and basic accounting knowledge.
  • Fundamental knowledge of operational technologies including SCADA, AutoCAD and GIS, hydraulic network modeling/analysis, work and asset management systems, AMR/AMI.
  • Ability to travel.
  • Ability to serve on a 24-hour emergency callout duty on an as needed basis.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.