WaterBridge is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Corporate Engineer to support hydraulic modeling, system capacity planning, and engineering standards across our pipeline and water infrastructure operations. This role blends technical modeling expertise with cross-functional collaboration, providing engineering leadership during estimation, design, and digital transformation initiatives.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Utilize and develop models using hydraulics software to simulate pipeline and system behavior
- Perform short-term and long-term system capacity modeling
- Identify system bottlenecks
- Develop scope for associated optimization projects
- Provide continual hydraulic model stewardship, including updating the standard hydraulic model with as-builts and confirming equipment specifications and capacities
- Match in-model facilities to in-the-field real equivalents
- Perform system modeling, surge analysis, and hydraulic calculations to support new and existing infrastructure
- Collect and analyze field and operational data to build and validate system models
- Support the development and implementation of corporate engineering standards to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance across projects
- Provide technical leadership during the estimation and design phases of projects
- Collaborate with project managers, field personnel, and design teams to ensure engineering solutions meet functional and operational needs
- Assist in the implementation of new technologies to improve engineering and operational workflows
- Contribute to digital transformation initiatives through coding and automation of engineering workflows
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- Intermediate coding experience in at least one of the following languages: Python, SQL, VBA, MATLAB, or C++
- Introductory experience in steady state hydraulic modeling
Preferred Qualifications:
- Mechanical Engineering degree
- Proficiency with one or more hydraulic modeling software tools, such as Pipesim, AFT Fathom, Synergi Pipeline Simulator (SPS), Synergi Liquid, or equivalent tools
- Introductory experience in water hammer / surge analysis
- Experience in operational data gathering and analysis
- Programming and scripting skills in SQL, Python, or VBA
Key Competencies:
- Strong analytical and technical modeling skills with attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate effectively across project management, field, and design teams
- Self-directed with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving system issues
- Comfortable applying coding and automation skills to improve engineering workflows
Working Conditions/Environment:
Operates in a professional and/or business casual office environment.
Position Type:
This is a full-time position.
Position Location:
Houston, TX
Benefits:
At WaterBridge, our employee benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Prescription Drug Coverage
- Voluntary Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, & Child(ren)
- Employee Basic Life and AD&D Insurance 6 Company Paid
- Short Term & Long Term Disability 6 Company Paid
- 401(k) or Roth 401(k) Retirement Plan, plus a company match
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- And many other benefits not listed here
