Wastewater Engineer - Journey - Modeling
Wastewater Engineer - Journey - Modeling
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26-04-2025
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$ 107692 - 136505
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
26-04-2025
Job Description
Summary
About the Role:
This is a great opportunity to apply your skills to solve real world problems to improve our regional infrastructure the environment and water quality. You will combine data analysis and science to develop synthesize and communicate model simulations of sewer flows wastewater conveyance and treatment plant operations water and sediment quality. This is advanced level engineering work developing evaluating and implementing hydraulic and hydrodynamic models performing calibration summarizing and interpreting model results. These studies will include analyzing the impacts of proposed projects and operational changes for individual facility and systemwide scenarios. You will have the opportunity to work individually and as part of a team with a wide range of people throughout WTD with consultants and other governmental agencies.
Some of the primary functions of this role:- Data analysis of observational data and model simulations
- Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling to support conveyance system capital projects
- Modeling effects of climate change on the wastewater system
- Programming to create upgrade or maintain data synthesis or visualization tools
- Apply mechanistic hydrodynamic and water quality models
This position performs work remotely and onsite.
About the Team:
The Modeling Group provides costeffective analyses and predictions of the quality and quantity of water to support capital project planning design and operating decisions/strategies that affect the protection and improvement of public health and the environment. Our group is an open and supportive group of professionals dedicated to producing high quality products that inform many aspects of WTD. Our work spans a wide range of activities including calibrating models analyzing data collecting field data evaluating design questions addressing climate change and sea level rise issues and solving urban hydrology problems. Modeling works together as a team but also provides individual autonomy and responsibility to complete work tasks. We seek to understand the big picture encourage innovation and strive to improve how we do our work. We have a strong work ethic and equally strong belief in a balanced worklife ethic.Join our team dedicated to ensuring clean water for generations to come! With over 900 employees engaged in planning designing building and operating treatment facilities our agency is at the forefront of environmental stewardship. Success for us means upholding our legacy while promising future generations a pristine environment.
We partner with regulatory agencies to reduce harmful waste discharge and actively educate the public and businesses on water quality protection. We prioritize accountability to our ratepayers and operate a wellmanaged agencythat serves over 2.3 million King County residents. Our regional wastewater treatment system not only sustains a healthy environment but also fuels economic development fostering prosperity in our region. If youre passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative environment join us in our mission to safeguard our precious water resources.
Commitment to Equity Racial and Social Justice:
King County named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity racial and social justice making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a Wastewater Engineer Journey Modeling you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at now for a rewarding career at the Wastewater Treatment Division of King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP). Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient sustainable and equitable communities. Enjoy training comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
- Perform hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for combined and separated sewer systems.
- Calibrate computer models and perform hydraulic modeling to determine sizing of conveyance and combined sewer overflow facilities.
- Develop wastewater flow projections to assess future wastewater facility needs.
- Perform hydrodynamic water quality wastewater treatment process and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling.
- Develop data analysis data management systems and graphical display programs for computer model input/output and other data sources.
Experience Qualifications Knowledge Skills
Qualifications You Bring:
- Bachelors degree in engineering or related field; masters or Ph.D. degree preferred.
- Knowledge of hydrology hydraulics turbomachinery environmental fluid mechanics open channel flows.
- Advanced analytical problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Skills in conducting research on specific work assignments.
- Curiosity and growthmindset.
- Knowledge of computer programming methods and ability to develop computer programs.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to synthesize technical information and communicate in writing and verbally to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals from contractors elected officials the general public and other King County staff. Must play well with others.
- Nimble Learning Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
- Manages Complexity Making sense of complex high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Instills Trust Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty integrity and authenticity.
- Customer Focused Building strong customer relationships and delivering customercentric solutions.
- Resourcefulness Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently.
- Washington State Drivers License.
- EngineerInTraining (EIT) certificate or BS plus four years of applicable graduate education or engineering work commensurate with an EIT. The training and/or experience should include a preponderance of sewer freesurface hydraulics and/or surface water modeling experience.
- Strong background in numerical wastewater stormwater and/or water quality modeling.
- Extensive knowledge of environmental fluid mechanics fate and transport modeling open channel flow wastewater treatment processes.
- Strong understanding of hydraulics including unusual or severe situations that may impact facilities or data collection.
- Knowledge of hydraulic machinery particularly hydraulics/hydrodynamics of pumps and pump stations and control strategies
- Strong computer programming experience (e.g. Python FORTRAN Visual Basic VBA R MATLAB C C etc.
- Experience calibrating the hydrologic hydraulic and/or water quality responses for sewer stormwater or receiving water systems.
- Experience with the MOUSE/MIKE Urban/MIKE model.
- Experience with CFD modeling using STARCCM and/or FLOW3D HYDRO software packages.
- Experience applying mechanistic hydrodynamic and water quality models such as EFDC CH3D CEQUALICM SSM
- Experience with Wastewater Treatment Process modeling using Biowin GPSX or SUMO.
- Strong Excel spreadsheet programming experience.
- Knowledge of King County and City of Seattle sewer systems and controls.
- Knowledge of basic project management concepts.
- Experience using an automated calibration tool.
Supplemental Information
Working Conditions:
- Remote and Onsite Work Details:Employees in this role work remotely from a home location with onsite reporting requirements 1 2 times monthly at King Street Center. The frequency of onsite work is determined by business needs and may be adjusted accordingly. Onsite reporting locations may be at various King County worksites including the collaboration space at King Street Center 201 S. Jackson St Seattle WA 98104 and treatment plant facilities. This work arrangement promotes worklifebalance and reduces carbon footprint under the departments vision of Green Where We Work.
- Requirement:Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.
- Work Schedule:This fulltime position works a 40hour work week. This position is exempt from the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) and is not overtime eligible.
- Union Representation:This position is represented by Technical Employees Association (TEA).
Application and Selection Process:Discover More About the Wastewater Treatment Division: Visit our websiteand check us out at Facebook X (formerly Twitter) InstagramYouTube and theWTD Blog.
We welcome applications from all qualified applicants. We value diversity diverse perspectives and life experience and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Application materials will be screened for clarity completeness and alignment with the experience qualifications knowledge and skills essential for this role to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
To apply submit a:- Complete Application
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Responses to the supplemental questions
Note: Additional documents wont be considered during minimum qualification screening.
Discover More About DNRP: Visit our DNRP website explore an interactive map of our recent accomplishments and check us out at Facebook X (formerly Twitter) LinkedIn TikTok Instagram YouTube and Keeping King County Green News.
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Forbes named King County as one of Washington States best employers.
Together with leadership and our employees were changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a differenceCome join the team dedicated to serving one of the nations best places to live work and play.
Guided by our True North we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting support and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply including Native American and people of color immigrants refugees women LGBTQ people living with disabilities and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race color religion national origin sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) age genetic information disability veteran status or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions including but not limited to recruitment hiring selection for training promotion transfer demotion layoff termination rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
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