Growing, Succeeding and Designing Our Future Together

We are looking for future team members who are excited to make an impact. As an employee-owned company, we are dedicated to the betterment of our clients, our communities, and our employees. Your contribution is key to the quality-of-service SMA delivers. Throughout your career with SMA, there will be opportunities for you to improve the skills you need to achieve your professional goals. We encourage you to explore innovative ways to develop solutions while collaborating with team members inside and outside the organization by providing the framework for you to find success.

We don't just talk about being client-focused; the engineers, scientists, surveyors, technicians and other professionals at SMA live and breathe it. After all, we are members of the communities we help.

Why Join Us?

• Ownership & Impact: Experience the unique advantage of employee ownership, where your contributions directly shape our company's future.
• Community Focus: We're deeply committed to the communities we serve. Our engineers, scientists, surveyors, and professionals are dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that make a real difference.
• Growth & Development: We invest in your professional growth, providing opportunities to expand your skills and collaborate with a dynamic team.
• Proven Excellence: With a legacy dating back to 1985, SMA is a leading engineering firm, renowned for our commitment to infrastructure, water safety, environmental remediation, and more.

SUMMARY:

Souder, Miller & Associates is recruiting for a Project Water and Wastewater Process Engineer I-III position in our Water Resources tech sector. The position is in our Cortez, CO or Albuquerque, Farmington, Las Cruces, or Santa Fe, NM offices. This position requires a bachelor's and/or master’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university and a minimum of 6 years post-graduation experience in water and wastewater process engineering. SMA will consider candidates with professional experience in either water or wastewater, but experience in both is strongly preferred. The preferred candidate will have a Colorado or New Mexico P.E. registration.

The Project Water and Wastewater Process Engineer I-III is responsible for planning, designing and directing water treatment, wastewater treatment, water distribution, and wastewater collection projects locally and/or remotely on a corporate and/or local level. The position requires the ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, design plans and governmental regulations as well as the ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. These abilities must also translate into the effective presentation of information and response to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public. The position typically has a balanced exposure internally (employees) and externally (clients/regulators) but also can be focused on an area of specific technical discipline. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As professional engineer of record, lead water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant projects for new plants and upgrades to existing plants, including project scoping and cost estimating, planning, design, and oversight of construction.
• Solicit quality control and quality assurance reviews from senior engineers.
• Conduct occasional marketing efforts for water treatment and wastewater treatment work regionally to expand company market share.
• When required, lead water distribution and wastewater collection projects, including project scoping and cost estimating, planning, design, and oversight of construction.
• Review local, state and federal permit requirements for operations facilities; prepare compliance monitoring schedules for clients and staff; prepare permit renewal applications.
• Utilize Asset Management principles for developing equipment maintenance and replacement schedules and budgets for clients and staff.
• Prepare and monitor budgets for assigned projects; has direct responsibility for the profitability of assigned projects.
• Responsible for monitoring and managing work-in-process, accurate and timely client billings, outstanding accounts receivable and collection efforts on assigned projects.
• Responsible for project and team schedules, and timely completion of assigned projects. Prepare and monitor forecast of workload for any assigned staff.
• Prepare or direct preparation and modification of reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, studies and/or designs for project.
• Develop, analyze and provide peer review on reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, tests and/or aerial photographs for quality assurance and to plan and/or design projects.
• May use computer assisted engineering, technical and/or design software and equipment to prepare simple to complex engineering, analysis and design documents.
• Supervise and monitor client relationship strategies is the primary client contact for assigned clients.
• Develop and review pricing, estimating, scoping and marketing strategies for assigned projects.
• In coordination with the direct supervisor and possibly TS Director/Manager, develop and provide peer review of contract agreements for assigned projects.
• Attend client meetings, day or night; ability to complete overnight travel unassisted, occasionally extending five or more consecutive nights.
• Visit project site(s) to monitor progress and other duties per the contract documents as the registered professional of record.
• Under the direction of the direct supervisor and in coordination with the MS Director/Manager, manage specific marketing responsibilities with clients to obtain work for the firm.
• Develop peer-to-peer communication skills locally and intra-office.
• Develop technical skills relevant to areas of practice.
• Recognize and operate within limitations while seeking advice as needed.
• Advance awareness of potential liabilities associated with the technical aspects of the area of expertise.

SALARY GRADE: $82,000 - $103,000 (Salary)

TRAVEL: up to 25%.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in appropriate engineering or science. (Master’s degree a plus).
• Minimum 6 years of experience in water and wastewater process engineering required post-graduation.
• Professional/Occupational (PE) licensure required.
• Must have a valid driver's license and be able to pass the drug test.

Please note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.