Drinking Water Project Engineer; California

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate diverse teams and encourage collaboration in an equitable and inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues.

We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. That’s how we make a difference to our clients, people, and the planet.

Woodard & Curran is offering a unique opportunity to join our California team, providing high-quality water engineering services to municipal clients throughout the region and across the nation. The successful candidate will be a motivated, growth-oriented professional who can help lead multi-disciplined project teams from planning and conceptual design through final design, construction, start-up, and facilities operations. Our skilled team of engineers, our integrated operations professionals, and our SCADA team will help you deliver exceptional products to our clients.

You will be an active participant in our delivery system improvement programs and participate in Practice initiatives.

The successful candidate will work in a project team setting and report to Project Managers and Technical Managers. These managers provide project leadership and direction by coordinating and mentoring team members, setting the project schedule, and controlling the execution of project tasks.

Hybrid or remote (CA)

Yes, 5%

You will primarily provide engineering support on drinking water projects. However, experience with wastewater and stormwater applications is valuable. This position offers the opportunity to direct and collaborate with all levels of staff. The ideal candidate is a technically focused individual with solid experience in evaluating, planning, designing, and constructing drinking water systems. Familiarity with a broad range of issues related to master planning, treatment, and distribution systems is preferred.

With the Project Manager and/or Technical Manager, you will help lead the technical delivery of multiple projects, become familiar with local and federal regulations, and support marketing and proposal efforts.

• Coordinating your work and the work of other junior engineers.
• Developing and monitoring schedule and budget components of larger projects.
• Demonstrating strong and proactive communication skills to keep the Project Manager regularly updated on all issues and work progress on projects.
• Experience leading the design or portions of the design.
• Experience in Construction Administration, including coordinating and conducting submittal reviews, reviewing contractor requests for information (RFIs), and reviewing contractor payment applications.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD software and providing guidance to designers/drafters on design drawing production.
• Making decisions independently or with appropriate oversight on engineering problems and methods.
• Working on multiple projects simultaneously and meeting the needs of each project in a professional, reliable, and organized manner.
• Mentoring and directing staff on technical assignments, and reviewing technical work completed by engineers under supervision.
• Ability to connect and work with external suppliers and subcontractors to quote and furnish materials and services.
• Interacting with clients and representing the firm in a professional manner.
• Spending time in the field or on construction projects, as applicable to the project.
• Coordinating with contractors and clients in the field during construction to ensure that projects are executed in compliance with the specifications and drawings.
• Interfacing with local and state Department of Environmental Protection so that projects meet all code and permit requirements
• Assisted with proposal development and pursuit of new opportunities.
• Participation in professional organizations.

• 4-8 years of…