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Process Engineer Lead - Wastewater

  2025-11-04     Garver     Greenville,SC  
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Process Engineer Lead - Wastewater

Greenville, South Carolina

As part of the Greenville Water Design Center (WDC) for Garver, this Process Engineer Lead will be responsible for building, leading and managing an integral group of engineering professionals in support of various projects for Garvers Greenville Water Design Center. As part of a multi-discipline team, your team will be responsible for process design and management in support of Water Services Group projects company-wide. Diversity in high-volume, custom plant projects will allow this senior engineer the opportunity to be hands-on with design, implement, and optimize water and wastewater treatment processes directly involved with client services, provide mentorship to team members, and actively participate in marketing initiatives.

What youll do:

Generally, the responsibilities of this role will entail taking projects from conceptual planning to bid ready documents, including facility and equipment layouts, design calculations, equipment vendor coordination, management and coordination of support discipline activities, coordination with regional offices and regulatory agencies, as well as quality assurance and control. Ideal candidates shall be capable of evaluating and designing major process equipment for a wide variety of water and wastewater related infrastructure projects, including water and wastewater treatment plants and facilities.

Day to day responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Supporting regional teams with treatment related business development activities
  • Developing conceptual level designs for water and wastewater treatment systems
  • Developing detailed designs, including contract documents (plans and specifications)
  • Coordinating with process mechanical team for detailed design services for treatment facilities
  • Preparing design calculations, coordinating with other support discipline activities on projects, coordinating with regional Garver offices and regulating agencies, construction cost estimating, and quality assurance and control
  • Managing and mentoring teams, coordinating schedules, monitoring project budgets, and ensuring delivery of quality work products which adhere to Garver standardization
  • Be included in client meetings, industry conferences, and serve as a subject matter expert for the Water Business Line

In addition, the Process Engineering Manager will be responsible for:

  • Recruiting top talent for the process team
  • Developing scope, schedule, level of effort, and fees for projects
  • Managing, mentoring and professional development for process team members
  • Drive the detailed design through coordination with other support disciplines
  • Planning, managing, and executing process staff and workload
  • Developing detailed plans and specifications
  • Coordinating and maintaining project schedules
  • Planning and monitoring budgets
  • Quality program compliance
  • Ensuring delivery of quality work products that adhere to Garver standardization.
  • Process standards and tools development, procurement, and training

Some travel may be required for business development purposes, including proposal development, interviews, knowledge transfer sessions, and industry related conference attendance. Project specific travel may also be required for site assessments, project workshops, design review meetings, and support during construction. Due to the collaborative nature of coordination for large infrastructure projects, candidates must have the ability to seek out and resolve issues through close interaction with other project team members. In addition, the candidate shall be able to maintain a positive team attitude and interpersonal effectiveness to recruit, develop and maintain an efficient and productive process team. The process group leader will also be responsible for coordinating process team workload across Water Design Centers.

About Garvers Greenville Water Design Center:

The Greenville Water Design Center will be a knowledge-based hub that excels in highly technical, multi-discipline water and wastewater designs for clients in Garvers eastern footprint, as well as across the country as necessary. The Greenville WDC will specialize in large, high-volume, custom treatment plant projects with conventional and advanced technologies. A centralized WDC requires constant communication, coordination, and participation with team members. This integral working relationship benefits the client through project delivery schedule and design quality, as well as the engineers opportunity for team collaboration and professional growth.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Masters Degree in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) license or with the ability to be licensed
  • 10+ years of municipal water/wastewater process related design experience
  • 2+ years of experience leading design projects
  • Process modeling software experience such as Hydromatis GPS-X, Dynamita Sumo, and/or EnviroSim BioWin

Preferred Attributes:

  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) license in several states including SC, NC, GA, FL, TN
  • 15+ years of municipal water/wastewater process related design experience
  • 5+ years of experience leading design projects
  • Relationships with municipal clients in WDC footprint
  • Experience using hydraulic modeling software
  • Proven experience overseeing process designs, including detailed plans and specifications for major projects
  • Overall understanding of water and wastewater treatment plant systems in a campus-wide environment
  • Experience using Bluebeam and MSOffice products, including Excel, Outlook and Word
  • Demonstrated experience performing process equipment evaluation, sizing and cost estimating
  • Cost estimation experience
  • Affiliation and active participation with water/wastewater organizations such as AWWA, WEF, WRF
  • Use of AutoCad and/or Revit CAD programs
  • Experience in giving presentations for clients and professional organizations
  • Strong teaching and coaching skills to mentor and communicate with team members of all levels

Grow With Us

Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.

Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Records Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,400 employees, Garver provides an exceptional level of client service that reflects our people-first culture, which has achieved Zweig Group Best Firm to Work For Legacy Status. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home at .

Garver is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

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