Senior Engineer - Water / Wastewater Treatment

Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities’ built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.

As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek’s culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders’ interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust:  We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect:  We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork:  We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun:  We take our work seriously…not ourselves.
Well-Being:  We care about each other’s health, safety, and total wellness.

Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work!  Our cultural programs include:

• DuGreen: Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint
• DuGood: Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office based giving and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
• eDUcate: Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
• DuWell: Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care

• Women at Dudek
• Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
• Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)

• are seeking a more broad, diversified role that includes early career exposure to business development and client relations.
• are self-starters and team players with the mentality to get tasks done and keep themselves busy.
• have early career interest in learning and gaining exposure to project management both in terms of staffing, financials, and team management as well as technical oversight and managing the completion of project deliverables.

• Execution of projects under the supervision of a Project Manager for planning and analysis of water, wastewater and/or recycled water processes and facilities, including capacity analysis, facility plans, alternatives analysis, condition assessment, process evaluations, risk assessment, O&M optimization, and more.
• Execution of projects under the supervision of a Project Manager for design of water, wastewater and/or conveyance and treatment processes and facilities, open channel hydraulics, pump stations, reservoirs / storage facilities, treatment equipment (i.e., screens, clarifiers, blowers, dewatering equipment, filters, among others), including development of project plans, specification packages, calculations packages, and construction cost estimates.
• Capability to work in the field, including construction observation, inspections, field measurements, and monitoring equipment setup, as necessary.
• Capability to travel within California including but not limited to meeting with clients, plant site walks, attending conferences and professional organization events, and perform project-related field work, as necessary.
• Training and delegating tasks to Project Engineers in order to balance workload and efficiently get project tasks completed.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline.
• 5 plus years engineering experience in planning and design of mechanical and treatment related projects.
• Professional Civil and/or Mechanical Engineer licensed in the State of California.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft office (Word and Excel), have excellent writing, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with design software including AutoCAD.
• The ideal candidate will contribute to and gain experience from Dudek’s qualified team to respond to request for proposals, deliver quality work, build relationships, and engage in professional growth opportunities.

• This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
• This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.

• This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
• This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proposed Salary Range: $98,000-$120,000 annually *

*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.

Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work–life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.

We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides a generous vacation package. If you’re tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.

Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.