PFAS Water Treatment Technical Specialist - HDR (Job)
Description:
We are seeking a PFAS Water Treatment Technical Specialist to support HDR’s industrial water, landfill leachate and remediation practices. The role has a senior responsibility level and will support PFAS treatment design, pilot testing, system optimization, and integration with industrial, solid waste and remediation projects across HDR’s multidisciplinary teams.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide strong technical expertise in PFAS treatment, industrial wastewater processes, and remediation system integration.
- Lead bench-scale and pilot-scale treatability studies, including adsorption, foam fractionation and membrane performance, AOP evaluation, destruction technologies, residuals management and hydraulic stress testing.
- Conduct field diagnostics, process optimization, mass-balance evaluations, and full-scale performance validation for industrial and remediation systems.
- Support and provide subject matter expertise.
- Perform data analytics and modeling to support treatment design, including breakthrough analysis, fouling assessments, reactor sizing, and lifecycle cost evaluations.
- Prepare technical reports addressing PFAS feasibility studies, industrial wastewater characterization, remedial technology selection, and regulatory compliance.
- Mentor team and contribute to technical leadership within related professional organizations including committees, papers and conference presentations and panels.
- Execute complex engineering assignments requiring independent judgment and advanced process evaluation.
- Make key technical decisions related to PFAS treatment configuration, concentrate management, and integration with remediation systems.
- Serve as a Technical Specialist or Project Manager on mid-size industrial water, landfill leachate and remediation projects.
- Supervise small teams in laboratory testing, field investigations, pilot deployment, and system startup.
- Perform additional duties supporting industrial water treatment and site remediation programs. Promote and collaborate with HDR practice groups.
- Leverage HDR’s performance metric tools to monitor the health (direct labor, bookings, and project losses) of your business class to help drive the success of the RBG.
- Support development and application of remediation technical tools, technology, standards, recommended practices and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency.
- Perform other duties as requested
Skills/Eligibility:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering or closely related Engineering field
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in remedial investigation, design and implementation of remedial actions, as well as some project management experience
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Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications (including Access, Excel, Word)
- Excellent communication skills are essential
- Experience with soil and groundwater remedial technologies is preferred
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
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