Project Engineer - Water/wastewater

Project Engineer - Water/Wastewater

Are you highly motivated, hard-working, and seeking to join a growth-focused consulting and engineering firm? Are you looking for a company that will invest in your development and grow your professional skills? If so, consider a career with Apex! Powered by record sales, extraordinary client retention, strategic acquisitions, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing engineering and environmental consulting firms in the US. We were recently recognized by the Zweig Group as one of the fastest growing firms in the AEC industry. We take pride in providing our clients with exceptional service and have earned numerous awards for project excellence. We continue to grow, and we want you to grow with us.

Our Northeast Division is a well-respected and award-winning group where career development, training, and mentoring co-exist with diverse civil, environmental, water resources, and traffic/transportation projects in a fast-paced and challenging work environment. Our Water/Wastewater Division is hiring a Project Engineer for a hybrid position in Woburn or Quincy, MA.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepares technical memoranda, reports, calculations, correspondences, designs, drawings, specifications, permit applications, quantity takeoffs, and cost estimates for Water/Wastewater pipeline and pump station projects, under the direct supervision of senior staff
• Assists the Project Manager and other senior staff in complying with assigned project schedules and budgets on less complex projects or discrete tasks on more complex projects by actively reporting on project progress and by identifying additional work outside the contractual Scope of Work.
• Works with subconsultants under the direction of the Senior Project Engineer or Project Manager.
• May serve as Lead Designer on less complex projects or discrete tasks on more complex projects to produce a complete and coordinated project by meeting and effectively communicating with the project team.
• Reviews calculations, design assumptions, and concepts within discipline to assure quality control.
• Provides technical input into proposals on less complex projects or discrete tasks on more complex projects by developing scope of work, budgets, and schedules by relying on historical information or experience.
• Assists in the preparation of technical presentations. Participates in client meetings and/or technical presentations.
• Works effectively and efficiently within established hourly budgets and monitors self-performance.
• Develops expertise in pertinent local, state, and federal regulations.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with clients on technical issues by effectively communicating on a frequent and regular basis as directed by the Project Manager.
• Leads fieldwork such as surveying, GPS data collection, infrastructure inspections and assessment, water sampling, and construction observation.
• Assists with construction administration by tracking and reviewing submittals, preparing meeting agendas and minutes, reviewing, and compiling daily and weekly construction reports, and tracking construction schedules. Provides updates to a Senior Project Engineer and/or Project Manager.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with staff.
• May provide on-the-job training and mentoring for entry level engineers and interns.
• Develops increasing effective writing and presentation skills and can present data that supports technical decisions and the rationale for making them.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering field and 4 years of experience in water/wastewater engineering design, or a Master's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering field with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT), PE License, or actively pursuing PE registration in a state(s) where Apex does work or ability to obtain same by reciprocity.
• Ability to effectively communicate/interact within project teams and with clients.
• Demonstrates advanced skill and proficiency in MS Office, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and other associated computer based technical software specific to the discipline.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills.

Why You'll Love Working For Us:

• Company-subsidized medical and dental.
• Company-paid life, short, and long-term disability.
• 401k match, tuition assistance, and more.
• Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects.
• Performance-based bonuses or other incentives.
• Working with the best and brightest in the industry.
• 1,700+ employee national firm with 50+ locations across the US.

Apex Job Title: Project Engineer