Wastewater Engineer

We seek creative, service-oriented individuals to join a team of professional employees dedicated to protecting and enhancing our natural resources. We employ individuals who can communicate positively with a variety of customer groups.

Benefits to Working for the DNR

The DNR offers an excellent fringe benefit package. The Department also regularly reviews and adjusts pay rates and fringe benefits so the State, as an employer can remain competitive. These positions are part of the Professional Engineering certified bargaining unit.

Duties

Review plans and specifications for municipal or industrial sewer collection systems and waste treatment facilities and approve or reject as appropriate. Develop and issue significant industrial discharge permits.

Required Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Sanitary sewer system and sewage treatment plant design; technical engineering principles, practices, terms, and symbols to examine and interpret plans, specifications, and technical reports.

Desired Training

Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, or sanitary engineering (or a combination of the three) from an ABET-accredited program with relevant course work or experience in wastewater or water treatment design, hydrology, sanitary engineering, hydraulics, fluid mechanics, or verified equivalent.

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