Senior Process Water Treatment Lead
Senior Process Water Treatment Practice Lead
Are you a recognised technical leader in municipal wastewater treatment looking to influence major infrastructure programmes, mentor high-performing teams, and shape the future of water quality solutions?
The Opportunity
This role is ideal for a senior wastewater treatment professional who enjoys balancing technical excellence, client engagement, and team development.
You'll act as a trusted technical advisor across complex municipal wastewater projects while helping win and deliver high-profile programmes that improve communities and protect critical water resources.
The position offers a blend of technical leadership, project collaboration, business development, and mentoring, giving you visibility across some of the most significant treatment projects in the industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead wastewater treatment process design and technical delivery for municipal infrastructure projects from planning through detailed design.
- Act as a subject matter expert across conventional activated sludge, BNR, MBR, tertiary treatment, disinfection, sidestream treatment, and advanced wastewater processes.
- Develop and review process flow diagrams (PFDs), P&IDs, design criteria reports, basis of design memoranda, process models, and mass balance calculations.
- Perform treatment process evaluations, technology selection studies, pilot testing reviews, and optimisation assessments.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver innovative treatment solutions for complex water and wastewater facilities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing technical guidance, strategic planning support, and regulatory compliance expertise.
- Support business development activities through proposal development, client presentations, technical interviews, and pursuit strategy.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with municipal utilities, industry partners, and key stakeholders.
- Mentor, coach, and develop junior and mid-level engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to practice growth by identifying emerging market trends, innovative technologies, and new service opportunities.
- Present technical papers, project successes, and thought leadership initiatives at local, regional, and national industry events.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, or related Engineering discipline.
- Professional Engineer (PE) licence or ability to obtain one.
- 10+ years of experience delivering municipal wastewater treatment projects.
- Strong understanding of biological and advanced wastewater treatment processes.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams and complex technical workstreams.
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
Why Join?
✅ Employee-owned culture with a shared commitment to long-term success
✅ Hybrid working environment offering flexibility and work-life balance
✅ Access to large-scale, nationally recognised water and wastewater programmes
✅ Clear pathway into senior technical, practice leadership, or operational leadership positions
✅ Collaborative culture that values innovation, mentorship, and professional growth
✅ Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, retirement contributions, and performance incentives
Make an Impact
This is an opportunity to join a company where technical expertise is valued, innovation is encouraged, and employees play a direct role in shaping the future of water infrastructure. You'll work alongside some of the industry's most respected engineers while helping communities address critical water quality and sustainability challenges.
Keywords:Wastewater Treatment | Process Engineering | BNR | MBR | Municipal Infrastructure | Water Reuse | Process Design | Treatment Plants | Wastewater Practice Leader | Water Engineering | Environmental Engineering
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