Associate Engineer - Municipal Water Conveyance & Storage

ASSOCIATE ENGINEER - MUNICIPAL WATER CONVEYANCE & STORAGE

We are a water-focused engineering consulting firm, certified as a Great Place to Work® based on feedback from our community of over 260 team members. We ranked top three in the AEC Advisors 2021 and 2022 Diversity Index Top Firms and have been recognized as one of Fortune’s® Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services from 2023 – 2025. Since 1990, our mission has been to be the water firm of choice for both our clients and our team.

Over the years we have built upon that mission and now integrate a host of high-quality services in groundwater, water supply, water and wastewater treatment, water and wastewater infrastructure, stormwater, recycled water, construction management, and operations technology from our multiple locations in the west. As a team, we work with our clients to understand their true needs. Our long-term relationships are based on integrity, partnership, and high-value solutions.

In 2025 and beyond, West Yost is advancing water resources for future generations and living our core values every day.

COMPENSATION RANGE: $97,250 - $116,610. Based on our Irvine, CA office location. (West Yost uses geographic salary differentials that would apply for candidates in other regions).

** This is a Hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.**

We provide a comprehensive array of valuable benefits to protect your health, your family, and your way of life. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, health saving accounts (with West Yost contribution), paid vacation, paid sick leave and holidays, two employee assistance programs, travel assistance program, 401(k) profit sharing with employer match, leaves of absence with additional supplemental paid time off, parental leave, life and AD&DD insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and even pet insurance.

As an Associate Engineer you will be performing tasks and handling routine and complex aspects of engineering assignments within our Infrastructure business sector. Thin includes projects involving the design of pipelines, pump stations, lift stations, wells, and storage tanks & storage facilities.

Essential Duties and Accountabilities

• Perform engineering tasks including engineering designs, preparing reports, construction drawings, specifications, and calculations for various projects.
• Prepare designs and drawings in compliance with engineering principles, firm standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Cultivate professional relationships throughout the organizational.
• Work closely with other engineers and with managers to balance personal workload demands.
• Assist in mentoring and training junior Engineers and Engineering Interns.
• Plan, organize and supervise work of interns and technicians as needed.
• Prepare specifications and contract documents.
• Prepare opinions of probable cost and construction schedules/sequencing on current and new designs.
• Act as project engineer or task leader on design and construction support projects.

Required Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in in Civil/Environmental Engineering
• 4+ years of relevant experience
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Experience with CAD and GIS
• PE licensure

Preferred Education and/or Experience

• Master’s degree in in Civil/Environmental Engineering

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

* This position may require travel to other offices and/or client offices.

Our commitment to quality begins with our hiring practices. We employ the most talented team members in our industry from all backgrounds. We are highly selective of the individuals we choose to represent the firm, seeking only those individuals whose technical abilities and commitment to client service matches our vision for excellence. We are dedicated to our number one asset, our employees.

Because we are employee‑owned, we are responsible for and rewarded by our own success. Come to West Yost where, with our support, you’ll do the best work of your life.

A day in the life:

You will experience many opportunities to grow and develop…