Process Engineer - Water
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Qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) license — Texas PE strongly preferred, or willingness and ability to obtain Texas licensure • Direct experience designing for Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) or Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR) under Texas, California, or similar state frameworks • Experience with electrochemical, electrocoagulation, or advanced oxidation processes • Modular and containerized treatment system design experience • Industrial water and wastewater experience (food and beverage, semiconductor, data center, oil and gas, mining) • PFAS treatment design experience • Familiarity with SCADA, PLC programming concepts, and instrumentation specification • Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Environmental, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering (Master's preferred) • 7+ years of hands-on water and/or wastewater treatment process engineering experience, with demonstrated breadth across multiple verticals (drinking water, wastewater, reuse, industrial) • Demonstrated track record of full system design ownership, PFDs, P&IDs, mass balances, hydraulic calcs, equipment sizing, BOMs, across multiple commissioned projects • Deep working knowledge of conventional and advanced unit processes: coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, DAF, granular and membrane filtration (MF/UF/NF/RO), biological treatment (activated sludge, MBR, MBBR, IFAS), disinfection (UV, chlorine, ozone), advanced oxidation, ion exchange, electrochemical processes • Fluency with industry-standard process modeling and design software (e.g., GPS-X, BioWin, WAVE, IMSDesign, ROSA, EPANET) • AutoCAD proficiency; familiarity with P&ID and PFD drafting conventions (ISA, ANSI) • Field commissioning experience, you have been on site for startup, not only in the office • Strong working knowledge of US regulatory frameworks, EPA SDWA, NPDES, NSF/ANSI standards, state primacy requirements (TCEQ especially valued) • Hands-on fluency with modern AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or equivalents); ability to vibe-code internal engineering tools and automations • Exceptional written and verbal communication; you can write a process design narrative, a technical proposal, and a regulatory submittal with equal clarity • Comfort with ambiguity, you do not need a senior engineer to walk you through every design
- ** As a part of our process to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of all applicants, assessment tests are required as part of our recruitment process. Unfortunately, should you elect not to participate in completing the assessment tests, your application will not be able to progress to the next stage or taken into consideration during evaluation.
About VVater
VVater is a privately held water-treatment company developing purification and reuse systems for municipal and industrial customers.
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