Civil Engineer - Water/Wastewater

  • Michael Baker International
  • San Diego, California
  • Full Time

DESCRIPTION
We are hiring a Civil Engineer to support our Water/Wastewater group in San Diego, CA. The selected candidate will assist in providing challenging design work on airfields as well as ancillary/supporting facilities surrounding airports - access roads, parking lots, and development sites.

The Civil Engineer, Water/Wastewater will be joining Michael Baker International's Water group in San Diego, CA and will make a difference by supporting our many public and private sector clients throughout beautiful Southern California with their next challenging projects. The successful candidate will join a well-established and reputable team of water resources project managers, engineers, and designers that is well funded and stable. It is a rapid growth opportunity that offers the ability to lead exciting multi-disciplinary water-wastewater design work for municipal and private developer clients as well as contractors. Design-build and emergency projects put us in partnership with owners and contractors and multi-disciplinary specialists to deliver projects as cohesive teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • You will be involved with a variety of water-related projects such as water and sewer master plans; pipelines, pump stations, reservoirs, tanks, wells, hydraulic structures and water and wastewater treatment facility designs, including membrane process and exchanges.
  • You will work as part of a project team and be responsible for planning, design development, calculations, presentations, and overall project development for a variety of projects.
  • Prepare design calculations, drawings, and specifications for water and wastewater pipelines and pump stations.
  • Conduct technical evaluations to support planning and design related to water and wastewater systems.
  • Prepare and review technical memoranda, reports, drawings, specifications, submittals, and miscellaneous contract documents.
  • Assist technical marketing during the procurement of key projects.
  • Communicate effectively and coordinate with project teams including other disciplines (cost estimators, GIS, designers, and other technical staff in and outside Michael Baker).
  • Coordination with internal and external partners in organizational leadership initiative.

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Possess a Bachelors degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering with an emphasis on water resources and/or environmental engineering, or related engineering field and a minimum of 5 years of experience.
  • Professional Engineer registration in California (P.E.)
  • Be self-starter, versatile and interested in working on a variety of projects supporting the Water and Wastewater Group.
  • Have excellent technical writing and communication skills.
  • Proficient in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and / or MicroStation
  • Proficient in Hydraulic Modeling of water distribution and sewer collection systems
  • Proficient with Microsoft Suite including Word, Outlook, Project, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Experience with GIS, and other engineering software is a plus.
  • History of leadership and active participation in professional or company organizations.
  • Successful junior staff management and development

COMPENSATION

The approximate compensation range for this position is $90,000 to $120,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

Job ID: 484542484
Originally Posted on: 7/9/2025

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