Project Engineer

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General Summary

This position is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating and managing engineering activities for water treatment projects of varying size to ensure quality and cost effectiveness.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Preparing system proposals and scope of supply letters, to include preliminary process design description, budgetary and firm cost estimates, and customers' cost of system ownership
• Providing guidance to the design team in the modification of system PFDs, P&IDs, proposal and project drawings, as required, and specifying components
• Developing pilot test protocol/procedures and providing technical support for the Field Service team, as well as preparing pilot report after analysis of pilot test data
• Providing technical assistance to:
  • the Project Management team; provides direction and engineering support with current projects
  • the Field Service team; provides direction and engineering support for installation and commissioning of system
• Interacting with the Sales and Marketing team to:
  • establish/define customer requirements
  • evaluate alternative design approaches considering available technologies
• Developing and preparing process and project submittals and operations and maintenance manuals
• Stays abreast of technology in key application areas

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering, or related field preferred, or equivalent combinations of technical training and related experience.

Work Experience

• 5+ years of proven industrial and water treatment process design and application experience, including both municipal drinking water and industrial process water
• A background and knowledge base in filtration, ion-exchange and membrane treatment systems

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Proficiency with all MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.),
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, plus demonstrated ability to manage a team of varied disciplines.
• Capable of preparing water treatment system conceptual design including technology selection, sizing, etc.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• The ability to work together as a team member on all aspects of the job, including the sales effort, process design and development, engineering, procurement, project management, manufacturing and assembly, service, startup and troubleshooting
• Capable of promoting business growth through product and project development
• Provide technical training to application engineering, business development managers, account managers and technical sales specialists
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Subject to outside working conditions. At times will be working around large construction equipment, must be safety conscience.

Additional Requirements/Skills

• Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment.
• Team player
• Ability and willingness to abide by Granite's Code of Conduct on a daily basis
• Valid driver's license and ability to drive

Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disabil