Senior Civil / Water Engineer II

What would it feel like to be part of a company guided by engaged and empowered employee-owners? To have the encouragement to run with innovative ideas? To know your opinion is valued and your voice is heard? Wouldn't you love to work in an atmosphere of transparency, respect, and accountability?

Then you belong at SEH.

Our SEH Water Engineering group is growing! We are looking for a talented Senior Civil / Water Engineer to join our team. This position is open to candidates residing in the state of Wisconsin or within a 200-mile radius.

When you join SEH's Water Engineering Team, you’re making an impact from source to tap, preserving and renewing our most precious resource – drinking water. Your expertise, coupled with a highly specialized team of engineers, will create solutions involving new drinking water sources, drinking water contaminant evaluations, pilot studies and testing, water distribution and storage, and design of source and treatment systems to sustain future water needs. Forward-thinking solutions have made our team well-recognized in the industry for their award-winning work and its positive impact throughout our communities.

Selling Points:

• Immediate involvement in on-going projects with strong regional support and the opportunity to expand into new markets
• Provide technical advice, lead projects and teams, manage client relationships and deliver profitable projects to grow our water practice
• Flexibility to work from home
• Participation in SEH ESOP which provides you an opportunity to own part of the company – 100% of our profits are re-invested in our Employee Owners!
• SEH supports you living your best life! We offer flexible work arrangements and schedules, so you have options that work for you.
• Our Paid Family Leave benefit allows you to be there for the people you love - whether it’s the family you were born into or the family you chose.

What you will be doing:

• Leading drinking water infrastructure projects and project teams to support the planning, design, and construction of water treatment, pumping, distribution and and storage projects.
• Collaborating with multi-discipline teams to deliver innovative project solutions
• Maintaining close relationships with clients throughout development of projects and after completion
• Managing and mentoring junior level staff
• Building and strengthening client relationships

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Ten (10) or more years of previous experience in the design and construction of municipal, state, federal, or industrial drinking water projects, including treatment of PFAS, iron, manganese, nitrates, radium, and other contaminants removal; wells and pumphouses, storage facilities, booster stations, and distribution systems. Experience with drinking water studies, report writing, system modeling, and construction of these facilities is also preferred. Experience with regulatory agencies and the plan review processes, such as Department of Natural Resources or Department of Health, and Public Service Commission permitting.
• Minimum of five (5) years project management experience
• Minimum of five (5) years managing staff
• Knowledge of regional water issues and familiarity with the municipal government client base
• Previous experience in proposal and client management; demonstrated ability to develop new business opportunities and win project proposals
• Must be capable of scoping and budgeting new drinking water facility projects and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to travel as needed for team meetings, client consultations, business development excursions, on-site inspections/visits, etc.
• Must reside in state of Wisconsin or within a 200-mile radius

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or related field.
• Fifteen (15) years or more experience
• Previous experience managing a staff of engineering professionals and serving as a technical mentor for junior level staff
• Current affiliation and/or membership with local, state or national water societies and associations
• Knowledge and proficiency with software including Excel, MS Word, and PowerPoint

Who we are

Better Places. Clean Water. Renewing Infrastructure. Improving Mobility. Together with clients, we’re simplifying the world’s most complex challenges. And we’ve been doing this since 1927. SEH is employee-owned and our 900+ engineers, architects, planners, scientists and a wide array of professionals unite behind our core purpose of Building a Better World for All of Us®. You’ll find our employee-owners located across the U.S. and evidence of our work in nearly every state.

Base compensation is expected to be in the range of $125,000 and $145,000 based on skill set and experience. Check out our full benefits package at, SEH Hiring Journey

The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future. We are unable to provide or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role.

For confidential consideration, apply online or send your resume and salary requirements via fax to 651.490.2138. Please refer to the job title if you choose to fax.

Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees according to all applicable equal opportunity and affirmative action laws, directives and regulations of federal, state and local governing bodies and agencies. In keeping with this commitment, it is the policy of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or status as a covered veteran. Women and minorities encouraged to apply.

Notice to Third Party Agencies: SEH does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, staffing services, or other employment agencies. If a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed Service Agreement by SEH’s Director of Talent Attraction expressly requesting recruitment/staffing services for specific position(s), SEH reserves the right to pursue and hire these candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service. In such cases, any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, are deemed to be the property of SEH.

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