Senior Water Treatment Engineer

Lochmueller Group

Senior Water Treatment Engineer leading planning and design of municipal drinking water treatment plants. Key technical expert shaping critical water infrastructure for communities.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeIndianapolis • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a technical expert and lead the planning, process selection, and detailed design for water treatment plant projects.
Provide technical oversight and mentoring to project managers and engineers, ensuring sound engineering judgment, regulatory compliance, and consistency with firm standards.
Support projects across the broader Water Resources team, integrating treatment facility expertise with conveyance, storage, pumping, and utility infrastructure projects.
Prepare project documents and designs, conduct analyses, interpret data, and plan and coordinate specific aspects of water treatment engineering work.
Perform QA/QC on project deliverables, ensuring the technical accuracy and constructability of water treatment plant designs and documentation.
Oversee project teams, ensuring alignment with technical standards, project schedules, and organizational goals.
Collaborate with senior management on strategic planning for water/wastewater services and assist with business development efforts including client engagement and proposal development.
Prepare proposals and/or funding applications.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's or master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related engineering field.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Extensive and progressive experience in water treatment facility design.
- Experience designing water treatment facilities in Texas is needed
- Proven success in managing large and/or complex water treatment facility design projects.
- Proficiency with relevant engineering software and tools for design, project management, and analysis.
- Excellent communication and client management abilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products including: Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Valid Driver's License

Benefits

Comp & perks

**Health & Wellness** (medical, dental, vision, disability, and basic life insurance w/ option for additional voluntary life insurance)
- **Work/Life Balance** (vacation, holidays, sick leave, parental leave, flexible scheduling)
- **Wealth-Building** (401k w/ company match, student loan repayment benefit, ESOP, competitive compensation package)
- **Professional Benefits** (professional membership dues, career & educational development)

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Hard Skills & Tools

water treatment facility designproject managementdata analysisQA/QCengineering judgmentregulatory complianceprocess selectiondetailed designtechnical oversightconstructability

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationcommunicationclient managementstrategic planningbusiness developmentteam leadershiporganizational alignmentproposal developmentengagement

Certifications

Professional Engineer (PE) licenseBachelor's degree in Civil EngineeringMaster's degree in Civil EngineeringBachelor's degree in Environmental EngineeringMaster's degree in Environmental EngineeringBachelor's degree in Chemical EngineeringMaster's degree in Chemical Engineeringrelated engineering field degreevalid Driver's License