UPW - Wastewater Engineer

ABM.Com$200K — $240K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental Engineering, or related discipline (Master's preferred)
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in industrial or mission-critical water utility systems, preferably in semiconductor or advanced manufacturing environments
  • Strong background in UPW, PCW, wastewater treatment, industrial water chemistry, and commissioning
  • Experience with fluid dynamics, pump systems, membrane systems, filtration technologies, and process controls
  • Experience with BMS, SCADA, and CMMS system integration
  • Strong communication skills and willingness to travel regionally

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering and technical oversight for UPW, PCW, and wastewater systems
  • Monitor and optimize key system performance parameters
  • Lead or support commissioning, startup, retrofit, and capital improvement projects
  • Validate system compliance and performance during startup activities
  • Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs
  • Conduct root cause analysis for system and equipment failures
  • Ensure compliance with environmental and regulatory standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Military and veteran friendly employer, with encouragement for military candidates to apply
Full Job Description
Job Description

Pay: $200,000.00-$240,000.00/annually

The pay listed is the salaried range for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant's experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.

Benefit Information:

ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM's benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Staff & Management.

Responsibilities

Engineering Oversight & System Reliability
• Provide engineering and technical oversight for UPW generation and distribution systems, PCW systems, industrial wastewater treatment and reclaim systems, chemical feed systems, and water storage and pumping infrastructure.
• Monitor and optimize system performance parameters including flow, pressure, temperature, resistivity, conductivity, TOC, pH, chemical balance, redundancy, and capacity utilization.

Commissioning & Capital Projects
• Lead or support commissioning, startup, retrofit, and capital improvement projects for UPW, PCW, and wastewater systems.
• Validate flushing, passivation, leak testing, water quality stabilization, and system alignment with design intent.
• Review vendor submittals, P&IDs, construction documents, and contractor installations for compliance.

Reliability & Maintenance Optimization
• Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs for RO and membrane systems, ion exchange, polishing loops, degasification systems, pumps, heat exchangers, and wastewater treatment equipment.
• Conduct root cause analysis for water quality excursions, system instability, equipment failures, and compliance deviations.

Documentation & Standardization
• Develop and maintain P&IDs, utility diagrams, control narratives, SOPs, and maintenance procedures.
• Drive standardization and best practices across sites for water utility engineering and documentation.

Compliance & Environmental Stewardship
• Ensure compliance with wastewater discharge regulations, environmental permits, SEMI standards, ASME codes, and site-specific EHS requirements.
• Support audits, inspections, and environmental reporting requirements.

Controls & Systems Integration
• Support integration of UPW, PCW, and wastewater systems into BMS, SCADA, CMMS, and facility monitoring systems.
• Analyze alarm trends and system data to enable proactive issue detection and mitigation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental Engineering, or related discipline (Master's preferred).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial or mission-critical water utility systems, preferably in semiconductor or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Strong background in UPW, PCW, wastewater treatment, industrial water chemistry, and commissioning.
• Experience with fluid dynamics, pump systems, membrane systems, filtration technologies, and process controls.
• Experience with BMS, SCADA, and CMMS system integration.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to travel regionally.

Preferred Qualifications
• Semiconductor fabrication facility experience.
• Knowledge of water reclaim and sustainability initiatives.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or pursuit of licensure.
• Familiarity with high-purity piping standards and clean construction practices.

Military and veteran friendly employer, veterans and candidates with military experience encouraged to apply

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