Project Engineer, Water/Wastewater

Join our team! Our mission is BUILDING COMMUNITIES. IMPROVING LIVES. With a history spanning over 110 years, HR Green has consistently delivered on this mission, establishing ourselves as a trusted partner for our colleagues, clients, and communities alike. Each day, we work to find solutions that inspire our employees and fit our clients' needs to build trust to exceed their expectations. Our people are the heart of our success. We've earned national recognition, including being named a Great Place to Work and consistently ranking on Engineering News Record's Top 500 Design Firms in the United States. And we're still growing! Summary This role is built for a hands-on engineer who enjoys tackling complex municipal challenges, guiding junior staff, and collaborating with a high-performing team. You’ll be involved across the full project lifecycle - planning, design, construction, and leadership - while building expertise and shaping infrastructure that has a lasting community impact. If you’re looking for a role where your technical skills translate into visible, meaningful results, this is an opportunity worth exploring.

In this hands-on role, you’ll work on a diverse range of municipal water transmission and distribution projects, with a strong emphasis on planning, design and construction management. Beyond the technical challenges, you’ll have opportunities to lead design tasks, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with an in-house multidisciplinary team throughout the project lifecycle, from planning and design through construction and startup. You’ll also gain valuable consulting experience by taking ownership of assigned tasks, managing budgets and schedules, coordinating deliverables, and ensuring the quality and performance of your team's work. If you’re looking for a role that challenges your technical abilities, builds your project management and leadership skills, and offers the satisfaction of delivering essential water infrastructure, this is an opportunity to grow your career while making a lasting impact. And you won’t be doing it alone. You’ll have access to experienced mentors, technical training, and a deep repository of proven designs, project examples, and engineering tools developed through nearly a century of delivering similar projects. You'll have the support and resources to confidently tackle complex challenges while continuing to build your expertise and grow as an engineering leader. What You’ll Do

• Take ownership of project components (and in some cases, entire projects)
• Partner with internal teams, clients, and municipalities, to solve real-world challenges
• Lead and independently complete engineering designs using professional judgment
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate the team around you
• Support or act as Project Manager; assign tasks, set schedules, and monitor team progress
• Perform QA/QC reviews on engineering work and ensure accuracy
• Make key design decisions and coordinate impacts across projects
• Identify and resolve technical, schedule, and budget issues
• Support bidding and contractor selection; respond to contractor questions
• Monitor construction and supervise field work
• Prepare addenda, recommend change orders, and contribute to proposals (scope, schedule, cost)
• Communicate directly with clients on technical matters
• Sign and seal engineering documents; serve as technical expert or PM on select projects

You might be a great fit if…

• You’re ready to move beyond task execution and want more ownership
• You enjoy working across multiple project types instead of being siloed
• You’re looking for a firm where growth doesn’t take 10+ years

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering from an accredited program
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain within 6 months
• 4+ years of engineering/design experience, including water and/or wastewater projects
• Strong technical writing, communication, and plan-reading skills
• Ability to collaborate across teams
• Proficiency with engineering tools, analysis equipment, and software
• Solid analytical and problem-solving abilities across routine and complex tasks

Why HR Green

• Work on impactful municipal water and wastewater projects serving local communities
• Hands-on experience across design, construction, and project leadership
• Opportunities to mentor junior engineers and grow into leadership roles
• Collaborative team environment focused on delivering reliable, sustainable infrastructure
• Meaningful work that directly improves public health and essential service
• Diverse project exposure across markets
• A culture that values both technical excellence and people

Let’s make this easy - if you’ve been thinking about making a move but haven’t found the right mix of growth, impact, and opportunity, this could be worth a conversation.

Benefits

Not only does HR Green provide you with a place to grow, thrive, and enjoy your work, but we are also dedicated to delivering a comprehensive and multi-faceted benefits package. Visit our website for detailed total rewards information. https://www.hrgreen.com/careers/total-rewards/ HR Green is proud to be an affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.