Senior Implementations Engineer - REMOTE

Company: Veolia North America
Location: Riverside
Posted on: May 2, 2024

Job Description:

Company Description 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 approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website - Job Description

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.
The Plant Engineer will be the point of contact with the California Department of Toxics Substances Control's (DTSC) Senior Engineer for the purpose of assuring that the Major Systems achieve the performance objectives described in Veolia's Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring (OM&M) contract with DTSC.
Use analytical chemistry, field measurements, and field inspection data from the major systems to monitor and evaluate the performance of these systems.
Advise DTSC's Contract Manager (or designee) and Veolia's Project Manager about modifications to operations procedures that may be necessary to maintain or improve the safety, effectiveness and/or efficiency of the major systems.
Determine when the granular activated carbon systems at the three treatment facilities, the ion exchange resin bed at one of the treatment facilities, or any other treatment process similar to these require periodic backwash or replacement.
Be available to confer with the DTSC's Contract Manager (or designee) and Veolia's Corporate support team and/or outside consultants for the purpose of modifying the major systems or enhancing their performance or troubleshooting.
Ensure compliance with all requirements of the effluent disposal permit(s) and all other applicable permits/conditions issued by Federal, State, or local regulatory agencies. Oversee operation and maintenance of all equipment in a professional manner to ensure optimum efficiency and effectiveness to complete project(s) in a timely manner.
Coordinate with Veolia's Vice President of Operations, Project Manager, Health and Safety Officer, and Site Safety Coordinator (SSC) to solve health and safety problems; Conduct health and safety inspections under the direction of the project manager and regional health and safety director.
Coordinate with team members to respond to unusual or emergency conditions, implement standard procedures to restore normal plant operation, and recommend revisions to procedures to reflect the changing needs of the facility.
Help the team prepare bid documents, regularly review contract bids, and prepare cost estimates.
Help the team prepare Contract Deliverables and remediation progress monthly reports consisting of data tables, charts, texts, and exhibits.
A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or equivalent is required. Experience with SCADA and/or PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) a plus.
Experience in operating personal computers and familiarity with MS Office Suite.
Experience -in entering and analyzing data in spreadsheets, such as Microsoft Excel.
Knowledge of databases and software platforms are a plus.
Work experience and knowledge of topics in wastewater chemistry and industrial wastewater treatment, including principles of fluid mechanics, acid-base equilibria, gas-liquid equilibria, pH neutralization, contaminant adsorption, metals precipitation, ion-exchange, and air-stripping.
Must have had significant charge over the design and operation of an industrial wastewater treatment plant or a facility having unit treatment operations similar to those found at the Stringfellow Superfund Site for a minimum of five (5) years.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and remotely with project teams.
Required Certification/Licenses/Training:
- Professional Engineering (PE) License (Chemical or Civil) in California required, or ability to obtain CA reciprocity of that license in 6 months from date of hire.

Protective equipment must be worn in the performance of some duties (e.g. hard hats, safety glasses, air masks, ear protection, chemical suits, hot gloves and high voltage protective equipment, etc.).
Work with hazardous materials may be required.
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.

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