Director Of Engineering

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose:

The Director of Engineering leads the process and engineering team within the Northeast region Municipal Water Contract Operations business. The role oversees the implementation and support for the region’s engineering activities, process control, optimization, troubleshooting and other technical support for wastewater and drinking water systems. The role works with a variety of people across the organization to ensure that operations receive adequate support to meet environmental compliance efficiently and in a sustainable manner and performs business development activities to obtain new contracts.

The Director collaborates frequently with other regional and corporate technical support teams to share strategy, best practices and resources.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manages and supervises the regional Process and Engineering team.
• Provide oversight of and support for engineering activities related to the operation of the drinking water, wastewater and biosolids systems across the Northeast.
• Provides and leverages technical expertise to improve environmental compliance and technical and economic performance of the contracts and facilities in the region.
• Supports operations for process troubleshooting to avoid non-conformance or rapidly return to regulatory and contractual compliance.
• Develops and supports operational efficiency plans with focus on chemicals and energy use optimization; coordinate with the financial team to adequately record costs savings.
• Develops and oversees implementation of internal programs, KPIs, dashboards and reports for the continuous monitoring of operations.
• Coordinates and participates in audits and review of operations performance.
• Conducts and supports modelization effort using applications such as Biowin, WaterGEMS.
• Reviews engineering work performed by outside engineering firms.
• Provides support to regional business development and account management for the development of new operation activities in the region. Participate in the risk analysis/technical due diligence of new projects and the development of new offerings and support operations for their implementation.
• Provides support with Hach WIMS database set up and use by operation teams.
• Develops and maintains relationships with pertinent water industry professionals and environmental regulators (AWWA, WRF, EPA, State, etc.).
• Develop processes to ensure coordination to share best practices and disseminate appropriate information.

Education/Experience/Background:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering with coursework in Water Treatment.
• Master's Degree is preferred.
• 8-10 years experience in a related field.
• Extensive knowledge of wastewater and drinking water treatment processes.
• Knowledge in stormwater, biosolids, air emissions and industrial pretreatment is desired.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral) across all levels of the company.
• Ability to design and interpret bench/pilot testing, water quality sampling protocols, and plant performance testing.
• Proficiency in utilizing computers, databases and software including but not limited to Google, Hach WIMS or other water quality data management systems.
• Proficiency in using water process and systems modelization tools such as Biowin, WaterGEMS or equivalent.
• Ability to network with water industry professionals and environmental regulators.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to use sound judgment to make decisions.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills.
• Analytical thinking in regards to ensuring all regulatory requirements are met especially in times of emergency.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

• Valid Driver’s license and safe driving record.
• P.E. an/or Water Operator Licenses are a plus.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Main work environment is equivalent to office environment.
• Job will require travel to sites and walk through sites and corresponding mobility and ability to travel up to 40% of the time in the Northeast region.
• This job involves working primarily indoors with occasional outdoor site inspections under a variety of weather conditions to participate in system field reconnaissance, inspections, assessments and equipment installation.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.