Senior Environmental Engineer

Job Title: Environmental Engineer III / Water Treatment Engineer III

Location : Spring, TX - up to 10% travel

Schedule : M-F, 40 hrs/week (occasional night calls)

Duration : 1-year W2 contract (possibility of extension)

Position Overview

The Environmental Engineer III / Water Treatment Engineer III serves as a technical leader and subject matter expert in water treatment, including raw water, utility water, wastewater, and produced water systems. This role provides expertise across operating facilities, capital projects, research initiatives, technology development programs, and sustainability efforts.

The position is responsible for addressing complex water treatment challenges, advancing treatment technologies, supporting operational excellence, and leading multidisciplinary teams to optimize water sourcing, treatment, reuse, and conservation strategies. As a recognized technical authority, this individual influences key business decisions and mentors engineering and technical professionals across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, evaluation, selection, and implementation of water, wastewater, and produced water treatment solutions for oil & gas and industrial process facilities, ensuring alignment with operational, reliability, economic, and sustainability objectives.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, including project basis development, treatment system design, engineering quality reviews, startup support, and optimization of both existing and greenfield facilities.
• Lead technical studies, root cause investigations, treatment chemistry assessments, and corrective action initiatives to improve system reliability and performance.
• Assess, develop, and implement established, emerging, and proprietary water treatment technologies while applying engineering standards and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, research, technology, and business teams to develop effective, sustainable water management solutions.
• Serve as Lead Process Engineer and/or Technology Lead for water, wastewater, and produced water projects, providing technical oversight for system design, specification, and operation.
• Provide technical expertise on water stewardship, water reuse, resource optimization, and long-term sustainable water management programs.
• Advise leadership on water treatment, reduction, and reuse initiatives by evaluating technical, operational, business, and sustainability risks and opportunities.
• Mentor and develop early-career and mid-career engineers and technical professionals while promoting knowledge sharing and technical excellence.
• Conduct site visits and travel as required to support operations, project execution, technology implementation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Provide management with a clear understanding of the technical and business risks associated with water treatment, water reduction, and water reuse strategies.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in industrial water treatment, wastewater treatment, produced water treatment, water reuse, process engineering, or related fields, with demonstrated success developing and implementing water management solutions.
• Experience supporting both operating facilities and capital project execution .
• Experience within industries such as energy, chemicals, refining, petrochemicals, mining, or manufacturing. Experience with water utilities is preferred but not required.
• Strong troubleshooting and operational support experience with most of the following: biological wastewater treatment, water chemistry, ion exchange systems, membrane technologies, produced water treatment, industrial water and wastewater operations.
• Experience supporting industrial (not municipal) operations rather than exclusively designing or commissioning projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and influence technical decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule to support global teams, including participation in early morning and evening virtual meetings.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a collaborative team environment.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel .
• Experience using water chemistry modeling software such as OLI is preferred.
• Oil & Gas industry experience is preferred.