Environmental Engineer

We respect and embrace the experiences, knowledge and contributions of our team members. We strive for a culture of belonging and balance by upholding our values : Stewardship, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Innovation. We are passionate about Missouri, our role to preserve, protect and enhance our environment and we are committed to serving its’ citizens. We believe our mission and vision serves a greater purpose and will be felt for generations to come.

The engineering section assists communities and consultants in developing cost effective infrastructure designed to protect human health and the environment by navigating the existing regulatory compliance requirements, identifying relevant water quality needs, and ensuring reliable long-term design of new and upgrading wastewater treatment systems through sound engineering practices. You will apply your engineering skills to evaluate a wide variety of wastewater treatment process designs while working in a collaborative environment with a technical team having diverse engineering experiences and backgrounds. If you are passionate about protecting Missouri’s outstanding natural resources while enjoying a variety of detail-oriented engineering work, this is the position for you.

This position will be located at Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65101

• Evaluate engineering documents such as facility plans, detailed specifications, and other submittals for wastewater collection and treatment systems to ensure compliance with standards engineering practices, regulatory requirements, and protection of public health and the environment.
• Draft construction permits for wastewater treatment systems in accordance with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Clean Water Regulations and guidance.
• Draft operating permits for new modified wastewater treatment system due to construction.
• Provide technical assistance and guidance to the regulated community, public citizens, private engineering consultants, legislators, and others with regards to laws, regulations, and engineering requirements through in-person or online meetings, written communications, and presentations statewide.
• Participate in training and technical conferences to remain current on engineering practices and innovative treatment technologies and effectively communicate this information and experience to other department engineering and engineering consultants.
• Contribute to the development of guidance and regulations pertaining to wastewater treatment and construction permits.

To be successful in this position, a candidate will need the following skills:

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving : Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation on drawing one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Planning and Evaluating : Organizes work, sets priorities, and determine resource requirements; determines short-or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• General Engineering : Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of engineering and their practical applications.
• Oral and Written Communications : Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, consider the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Equivalent to those typically gained by

• Assistant Engineer - A Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline and 0-2 years of relevant experience. Successful completion of the Fundamental of Engineering (FE) examination is preferred.
• Associate Engineer - A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering discipline and 2-4 years of progressive relevant experience. Successful completion of the Fundamental of Engineering (FE) examination is preferred.

Benefits & Work-life Balance

Our benefits package and flexible 40-hour work week promotes the mental and physical health of you and your family as you work towards achieving your professional goals. Benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance. Learn more here .

How we invest in you:

• Exceptional professional development: mentoring from experienced professionals, cross-media training, career advancement opportunities, paid trainings and continuing education tuition assistance.
• Support for professional registrations when required, through paid study materials, fees, study time, test time, exam fees and licensure renewal fees.

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• State of Missouri

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