Senior Project Engineer

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Company Description Veolia Group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group provided 79 million inhabitants with drinking water and 61 million with sanitation, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours and recovered 48 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenue of 28,508 billion euros in 2021. **** 
Job Description Under the direction of Manager Network Engineering and New Business Engineer, this person will develop, implement and manage capital improvement projects for transmission, distribution and treatment systems, including preliminary concept development, detailed engineering design, bidding, construction supervision, start up process, as-built plans, and O&M manuals.
Responsibilities will include capital project delivery from inception to completion, including preliminary conceptual development, detailed engineering design with support of external engineering consultants; construction cost estimation, procurement, construction administration, supervision and inspection, startup and commissioning, and project closeout documentation delivery, including as-built plans.
The Engineer will mainly manage projects and assist T&D & New Business for the Hackensack/Franklin Lakes system. Incumbent will also assist with projects in the Highlands systems located in Passaic and Sussex Counties, in New Jersey as needed. This position will work on both water and wastewater networks; however, the majority of projects and responsibilities are in water. Strong experience and expertise in Network Engineering utility projects and project management is required for this role.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
• Prepare preliminary, engineering, and detailed cost estimates
• Project budget development and cost tracking and expenditure forecasting. Track and report on project expenditures to ensure they are aligned with budget and prioritize projects based on available funding and risk assessment
• Manage several projects simultaneously ranging is scope from small to very large
• Prepare bid documents and coordinate procurement with supply chain management (SCM) department
• Manage pipe condition assessment projects
• Emergency Supervisor Coverage (overnight and weekend) to support T&D. Coverage a full week approximately 6 times year
• Provide engineering support (on and off-site) during emergencies and large main breaks and other emergencies
• Provide engineering support to Corporate and other Engineering BUs and New Business Department.
• Participate in master planning effort of existing systems and new acquisitions (water and wastewater)
• Prepare short term and long term capital improvement plans for new acquisitions and prepare valuations of systems based on due diligence site visits and condition assessment for the purpose of formulating bids for acquisitions
• Communicate regularly in written form (email, memoranda, reports, status updates, etc.) and verbally (group meetings, virtual meetings, internal presentations, external presentations)
• Assisting the Manager of Network Engineering, SWNJ, with the implementation and delivery of capital program for SWNJ
• Senior Project Engineer will independently manage approximately $5M of of DSIC engineering network projects per year along with other projects.
• Work independently to manage all capital programs and specific projects for Network Engineering for water systems and wastewater systems as needed. Work directly with the Operations and T&D group to understand their needs in meeting operational, compliance, and health & safety goals
• Utilize good working knowledge of engineering, project management and construction management practices in managing projects
• Utilize good working knowledge of industry standards, regulatory requirements (state and federal – water quality, environmental, and safety), operational techniques and new technologies in managing projects
• Coordinate with SUEZ master planning department to assure the focus of capital project planning meets medium and long-term needs of the operations
• Manage the design (either internal or external) and construction of small and large Network Engineering projects
Provide support to the Director of Engineering & Manager of Network Engineering and the Rates Department as needed during the preparation of the rate case filling, DSIC filing as well as responding to the rate case and DSIC interrogatories
• Assist the Director of Engineering & Manager of Network Engineering in developing analysis and reports to be provided to regulators, internal or external customers as required.
• Assist and/or prepare permits (Master Permit) and reports (miles of main, in-foot)
• New Business support including review of site plans to meet company applications, review of fire suppression calculations, and preparation of refund calculations.
• Preparing and leading morning coordination meetings with internal T&D inspectors supporting field investigations and main replacement/extension projects.
• The duties of this position will require frequent travel to sites in Bergen/Hudson counties and infrequent travel to sites in Passaic, Morris, and Sussex Counties, in New Jersey.
Qualifications Core Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering
• NJ PE License is a must. Professional Engineer (P.E.) License in State of NJ is necessary for American colleges graduates/may consider foreign college graduates with min. ten years of experience and ability to obtain a PE License in no later than five years.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is a plus
• Strong experience and expertise in Network Engineering utility projects and project management is required for this role
• Experience in managing Network Engineering utility projects projects
• Experience in managing and adhering to project budgets and schedules
• 8 years of engineering experience in related field
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Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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