Water & Wastewater Process Design Practice Leader

Overview

At Lockwood Andrews & Newnam Inc. (LAN) we help Texas communities solve real infrastructure challenges. Water and wastewater treatment facilities are among the most consequential projects we design: they protect public health support growth preserve resources and need to work reliably for decades.

We are looking for a respected curious and technically grounded process engineer to lead this work across LAN. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to complex engineering while also shaping how a growing firm serves its clients. You will guide treatment-process decisions on important projects help establish the technical direction of our water and wastewater practice and build a team around the work that most energizes you.

LAN has a strong foundation in water and wastewater process design and is investing in the next phase of that capability. This is an invitation to build a practice that looks forward: bringing sound engineering judgment a strong point of view on emerging technologies and a genuine interest in helping others grow.

Summary

As LANs Water & Wastewater Process Design Practice Leader you will serve as the firms principal technical resource for process design. You will work alongside project managers discipline leaders and client-service teams to solve complex treatment challenges across Texas from planning and alternatives evaluation through design construction startup and operational support.

You will have room to help define the practice. That may include growing a dedicated process-design team developing technical standards and training pursuing specialized work and building relationships with clients and industry partners around the areas where you see the greatest need and opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership and quality oversight for complex water and wastewater treatment projects including process planning alternatives evaluation treatment selection design criteria and process modeling.
• Serving as a trusted advisor to municipal clients and project teams on treatment-process decisions regulatory considerations resiliency operational performance and lifecycle value.
• Leading conceptual and technical reviews for significant or challenging projects and helping teams make sound decisions early when they matter most.
• Staying actively engaged with new and proven treatment technologies research regulatory developments and industry practices then helping LAN and its clients adopt innovation thoughtfully.
• Setting a high bar for process-design quality consistency constructability and practical operability across the firm.
• Recruiting mentoring and developing engineers who want to build expertise in water and wastewater process design.
• Partnering with LAN leaders to identify strategic pursuits support proposals and interviews and grow the firms process-design capability in areas that align with community needs and your professional interests.
• Sharing expertise outside the firm through technical papers conference presentations client workshops professional committees and other visible contributions to the industry.
• Collaborating across disciplines including civil structural mechanical electrical instrumentation and controls and construction-phase services to deliver integrated solutions.

• Bachelors degree in civil environmental chemical or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer license with the ability to obtain Texas licensure if not already licensed in Texas.
• Typically 12 years of progressively responsible experience in water and wastewater treatment process design planning or operations support.
• Demonstrated technical depth in municipal water and/or wastewater treatment processes.
• Experience leading technical work mentoring engineers and communicating directly with clients.
• A record of involvement in professional organizations technical committees publications or presentations is strongly preferred.

Why LAN and this Opportunity

LAN is committed to growing its technical bench investing in people and giving strong leaders room to make a meaningful mark. This role will have a direct voice in how we build our process-design practice develop future technical leaders and serve communities across Texas.

For the right person this is a chance to remain deeply connected to the engineering while building something durable: a practice known for technical excellence practical solutions thoughtful innovation and people who genuinely enjoy learning from one another.

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