Project Engineer

Job Description – Project Engineer

BCR Environmental Corporation is a solutions company transforming the way municipalities and industrial processors treat and manage biosolids, organic wastes, and other process streams. BCR patented technologies convert organic waste and other process streams into valuable products that may be further processed or used as end products. BCR is growing rapidly because we offer solutions that lower costs and reduce risk. BCR has a significant U.S. market position as a technology innovator and leader in the municipal biosolids sector. Our Whole Solutions eliminate odor, improve regulatory compliance, simplify biosolids and organics management, and convert waste streams into renewable resources. Further, BCR is rapidly expanding into industrial markets through resource recovery projects, environmental remediation, and difficult heat transfer and processing solutions.

BCR has an outstanding opportunity to add a Project Engineer to work within the company’s Engineering Team. BCR maintains a family first culture and a fun working atmosphere, where each person contributes to a successful team. If you are looking for a place to immediately provide impact and grow in a high growth and sustainable industry - this is the place.

Position Summary:

Perform broad support engineering functions for BCR’s engineering group in assistance to project and product related taskings from Engineering Management for the thermal product line. Enable successful task completion to produce technical value from the company.

Applies knowledge and understanding of process, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering to form documents, calculations, and drawings.  Manages projects on multiple technologies, and contracts as required. Aids in procurement, document control and other technical administration functions. Develops new suppliers and supply philosophies for thermal products.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Aids in growth of company with a focus on wastewater business line technical services, ranging from Biosolids treatment to conveyance and disposal management.
• Engages clients in meaningful discussions about their most critical issues and translates those discussions into opportunities to deliver complete Project solutions. Captures technical notes.
• Actively participate in pursuit decisions, and in proposal and pricing development.
• Engage and develop relationships with key Industry partners including Vendors, Contractors and Licensing agreements that can help advance BCR’s position in the marketplace.
• Responsible for collecting all regulatory required data, compiling regulatory reports, maintaining files of analysis results and regulatory reports and coordinating research.
• Manage the technical aspect of projects through the engineering process by assigning work, controlling standards, and evaluating results while controlling engineering costs. Reporting on any variations to management.
• Assist in developing Vendor document requirements, Equipment submittals, Drawing Packages, O&M Manuals.
• Works in close collaboration with the Engineering Team and Product Manager.
• Troubleshoots and/or reviews wastewater treatment processes and facility designs; evaluates process technologies; performs initial data gathering, analysis of the existing systems, initial process design.
• Develops and maintains new procurement philosophy for the thermal product line.
• Develops alternative suppliers for industrial equipment.
• Aids in process hazard assessments, safety in designs.
• Aids in generating new ideas for product improvement, reliability, and cost reduction.
• Forming, maintaining, and improving standard designs of technologies for repeatability
• Aids in management of change planning.
• Responsible for managing documents in the document control process.
• Develop and provide ISA data sheets, engineering descriptions, preliminary/final engineering designs, and recommendations for process upgrades.
• Work across teams that provide solutions to client’s needs.
• Performs any other duties related to Technical/Engineering as directed by the Project Engineering Manager or Engineering Manager.
• Maintains P&ID and other job related documentation

Minimum Requirements:

• BS Mechanical, Civil, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering degree preferred, others suitable with commensurate experience.
• 3-5 years of experience working with water and/or wastewater treatment plants and equipment
• Excellent proficiency to read, write, and understand the English language.
• Climb stairs and ladders, comfortable working at heights.
• Travel up to 25%, potential.
• >2 years of experience in working and interacting with customers and vendors.
• >2 years of experience in developing budgets, schedules, plans, and forecasts.
• Skilled in MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, and AutoCAD products.

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of Engineering Document Control standards
• Experience with use of management of change controls for engineering documentation
• 2+ years’ experience in Project Management for Industrial Equipment
• 2+ years forming process engineering documents such as P&IDs, Equipment Datasheets, Functional Descriptions, Submittals and Project Schedules, Document Indexes etc.
• Experience in speaking effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
• Experience in Supply Chain, Supplier evaluation, Negotiation, and supplier accountability
• Experience using SmartSheets