West Yost - Principal Engineer – Water Treatment
Requirements
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in in Civil/Environmental Engineering or related field. • 15+ years’ experience in civil engineering consulting or engineering management. • Excellent writing and communication skills are essential. • PE licensure in the State of California, or ability to obtain PE licensure within 6 months of hire. PE licensure in other states that firm is actively practicing may also be considered. • This position may require travel to other offices and/or client offices.
Responsibilities
• Lead engineering designs, construction drawings, specifications, and calculations for various projects. Review project designs and drawings for compliance with engineering principles, firm standards, regulatory compliance, customer contract requirements, and related specifications. • Establish and foster client relations and develops proposals and budgets. Meet with clients to determine recommended project scope and estimate staffing requirements and fee. • Develop and maintain client contact before, during, and after project completion. Cultivate client relationships through organizational involvement and by direct contact. • Use technical knowledge to develop technical studies/reports and designs for water treatment projects. • Make recommendations to senior management as to additional staff and resource needs. Assign staff and other resources, working with other managers to balance overall company workload and best utilize personnel. • Prepare and conduct technical review of staff, reports, correspondence, calculations and prepare technical recommendations. Prepare opinions of probable cost on current and new designs. Ensures projects are delivered on schedule and within scope and budget. • Project management of major design and construction projects. Effectively direct projects from planning through completion. Keep timely track of project progress, schedule, and budget. Monitor project scopes, request contract amendments when appropriate. • Mentor engineering staff on technical matters and procedures and act as a technical resource. • Contribute to technical journals and conference presentations. • Provide quality assurance for plans and contract documents for construction of improvements within specialty area. • Determine clients’ invoicing requirements and work with accounting staff to prepare timely monthly invoices. Prepare summary billing descriptions if appropriate or required by client.
Benefits
• Status: Full-time, Exempt • Location: Preferred locations are Irvine or San Diego, CA (https://www.westyost.com/locations/ ). • This is a Hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote. • We provide a comprehensive array of valuable benefits to protect your health, your family, and your way of life. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, health saving accounts (with West Yost contribution), paid vacation, paid sick leave and holidays, two employee assistance programs, travel assistance program, 401(k) profit sharing with employer match, leaves of absence with additional supplemental paid time off, parental leave, life and AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and even pet insurance. • You’ll be provided with support in on-going education through our 529 college savings plan/student loan repayment program, tuition reimbursement, paid professional memberships, paid training, and Leadership Academy programs. You’ll be recognized for your contributions at West Yost through milestone anniversary benefits, peer to peer recognition programs, the potential for employee stock ownership, annual monetary and paid time off bonuses, performance-based bonus eligibility, merit increase eligibility, and employee referral bonuses. We also offer a wellness reimbursement. • We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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