Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Project Engineer - Water/Wastewater

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants$115K — $170K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field; Master's preferred
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain within 6 months
  • Over 5 years of experience in water/wastewater engineering
  • Proficient in AutoCAD, MicroStation, Civil3D, and Microsoft Office
  • Strong communication skills for interacting with teams and clients

Responsibilities

  • Prepare detailed designs, specifications, and drawings
  • Conduct design calculations with senior support
  • Provide technical expertise to project teams
  • Write and maintain technical reports and project documentation
  • Support projects from conception through construction
  • Lead smaller projects and coordinate with teams
  • Attend internal and external project meetings

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401k plan with contributions
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional registration support
  • Flexible PTO and holiday plan
  • Bonus opportunities for performance and incentives
  • Healthy work-life balance with hybrid work model
Full Job Description
Kennedy Jenks is seeking a dynamic Project Engineer to join our Washington team. This role is ideal for an individual skilled in managing multiple tasks and deadlines while working with multi-disciplinary teams across water, wastewater, recycled water, utility infrastructure, and treatment process improvement projects.

This is an opportunity to step into a project-focused engineering role where you will support larger projects, lead smaller projects or project components, and coordinate with Project Managers, team members, and sub-consultants to deliver high-quality infrastructure solutions.

You'll play a key role in planning, design, construction support, field coordination, and technical documentation while helping advance critical municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects for our clients and communities.

What You'll Do

As a Project Engineer, you'll contribute across key focus areas, including engineering design and analysis, project coordination, technical support, field work, documentation, and client collaboration.
  • Design and analyze: Prepare detailed designs, drawings, specifications, and calculations for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
  • Manage technical tasks: Support planning, design, and construction support activities for civil infrastructure projects while helping manage scope, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
  • Coordinate project delivery: Support larger projects or lead smaller projects and components by coordinating with Project Managers, internal teams, and sub-consultants.
  • Provide technical guidance: Apply industry standards, client requirements, and regulatory guidelines to support multi-disciplinary teams working on pipelines, tanks and reservoirs, pump stations, and treatment facilities.
  • Conduct field work: Perform site inspections, collect field measurements, and support accurate data collection and analysis for project teams.
  • Prepare documentation and communicate with stakeholders: Prepare engineering and contract documents, review shop drawings and submittals, respond to requests for information, prepare site observation reports, assist with client presentations, and coordinate with other disciplines to support design intent.

What Makes This Role Different
  • Broad infrastructure impact: You will support a variety of water, wastewater, recycled water, utility infrastructure, and treatment process improvement projects that directly serve communities.
  • Balanced technical and project ownership: You will contribute technical knowledge while also supporting project budgets, schedules, deliverables, coordination, and client communication.
  • Multi-disciplinary collaboration: You will work closely with other engineers, Project Managers, sub-consultants, clients, and other disciplines to advance design quality and project delivery.

What You Bring
  • Communication and collaboration: Ability to coordinate with Project Managers, team members, sub-consultants, clients, and other disciplines to support project alignment and design intent.
  • Industry background: Background in water, wastewater, recycled water, utility infrastructure, pipelines, tanks and reservoirs, pump stations, and/or treatment facilities.
  • Problem-solving or execution: Strong ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, prioritize competing needs, and deliver accurate, timely work across project phases.
  • Tools, systems, or methods: Experience preparing engineering documents, contract documents, construction specifications, plans, calculations, submittal reviews, RFI responses, and site observation reports.
  • Work style or leadership approach: Collaborative, detail-oriented, and adaptable, with the ability to support larger project teams while taking ownership of smaller projects or defined project components.

Qualifications
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related scientific discipline required; master's degree preferred.
  • Experience: 5+ years of relevant experience in the planning, design, and analysis of water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
  • Areas of Knowledge: Broad understanding of municipal engineering, site development design, construction methods, and design and construction codes.
  • Certifications or licenses: Professional Engineer (PE) license in Washington preferred, or ability to obtain PE within 6 months of hire.
  • Driver's license: Valid driver's license and good driving record required.

Kennedy Jenks supports a healthy work-life balance and utilizes a hybrid model of home and office work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office. This approach empowers our people to thrive, collaborate, and do their best work.

Salary range for this position is anticipated to be between $115,000 and $170,000, and may vary based upon education, experience, qualifications, licensure/certifications, and geographic location.

Benefits summary: Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; a health savings account; a 401(k); bonus programs; tuition reimbursement; employee ownership opportunity; professional registration support; business travel assistance; competitive paid time off and holidays; an employee assistance program; and additional programs that support your wellbeing and professional growth.

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About Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants is an engineering and consulting firm that specializes in water and environmental projects. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Kennedy/Jenks offers a wide range of services, including planning, design, construction management, and operations and maintenance. The company works with clients in both the public and private sectors, including municipalities, utilities, and industrial clients. Kennedy/Jenks is known for its expertise in water treatment and distribution, wastewater treatment and disposal, and environmental remediation.
Learn more about Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Size
500 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$100 million

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