Engineer in Training - Water Utilities

ID 2025-2729
Job Locations
US-SC-Columbia
Workplace Type
Hybrid

Overview

Seeking a new career challenge? Then Woolpert is seeking you! Woolpert is hiring a Water Resources Engineer to join our dynamic Water team at our Columbia, SC office. This position is key in improving levels of team technical competence, quality and efficiency.  This position will be part of a team engaging with clients across the Water market in support of client objectives in the areas of Stormwater/Wastewater/Water Design, Data Analytics, Asset Management, and related studies and analyses.  

 

This position is a hybrid (Columbia, SC office/remote) work position primarily responsible for assisting with technical delivery and reporting on projects as assigned.  This position is key in improving levels of team technical competence, quality and efficiency.  This position will be part of a team engaging with clients across the Water market in support of client objectives in the areas of Stormwater/Wastewater/Water Design, Data Analytics, Asset Management, and related studies and analyses.  This position will perform other duties as assigned. 

 

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

 

Responsibilities

  • Support various phases of our water/wastewater/stormwater management projects from communication with clients to deliverable generation. 
  • Perform technical aspects of specified deliverables and/or lead team of technical staff in creating deliverables consistent with scope, schedule and budget. 
  • Meet internal and external project deadlines.  
  • Complying with and implementing clearly defined QA/QC measures.  
  • Communicates issues affecting phase/task or project schedule, budget or quality and escalates unresolved issues to project manager, team leader, and/or discipline leader. 
  • Delegating work to appropriate technical team members as necessary. 
  • Minimal field work, as needed, to meet project demandsExpected to be less than 20% of total workload. 

 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering or environmental science program. 
  • 2+ years of experience is preferred. 
  • Must possess strong communication skills, both written and oral. 
  • Must possess strong organizational skills to successfully manage multiple, competing priorities. 
  • Must be able to interface effectively with clients, and other internal Woolpert resources. 
  • Proven efficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word and Excel). 
  • Intermediate or better proficiency in AutoCad Civil 3D is preferred. 
  • Intermediate or better proficiency in GIS software is preferred. 
  • Proven experience with stormwater design is preferred. 
  • Must be able to make sound decisions/recommendations based on the evaluation and synthesis of project information and data. 
  • Must be physically and mentally capable of performing all essential duties, including field work, required of the position. 
  • Task and personnel management experience is preferred. 
  • Able to be in the Columbia, SC office any day of the week, as required, to meet project team goals. 

 

Unique Benefits

Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Woolpert is one of the fastest growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial (AEG) companies in the world. With over 60 offices and countless projects around the globe, Woolpert makes a real difference at home and abroad. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

  • Diverse experiences: Work on meaningful projects that improve quality of life around the world.
  • Freedom to work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
  • Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
  • Flexible vacation
  • Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
  • Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
  • Paid sick time, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more: Choose the benefits that work best for you.

 

 

Level up your career with Woolpert. Apply today and join our team to help shape the future of tomorrow!

 

Why Woolpert?

Woolpert is looking for supportive, goal-oriented, and career-minded individuals who are, or are looking to become, industry leaders in their fields. We blend design excellence with innovative technology and geospatial applications to deliver exceptional value to our clients. When you join us, you'll join a team of experts who are passionate about their work and dedicated to building the next generation of industry leaders. Woolpert embraces progress and innovation, creating limitless opportunities for your career growth.

 

 

Our vision: http://woolpert.com/about-us/

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Posted Salary Range

USD $75,000.00 - USD $85,000.00 /Yr.

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