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Senior Wastewater Process Engineer

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Location
Chattanooga, TN
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Professional Engineer LicenseBachelor's degree

Job overview

Jacobs seeks a Senior Wastewater Process Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert in wastewater treatment technologies. The role applies process engineering, pilot-scale evaluations, treatment technologies, and regulatory knowledge to develop solutions for wastewater projects. It also includes project management, business development, and strategic market leadership, with collaboration across local, regional, national, and global teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Wastewater Treatment TechnologiesProcess EngineeringPilot-Scale EvaluationsRegulatory FrameworksProcess PlanningProcess EvaluationsPilotingModelingDesignProject ManagementTask LeadershipWastewater Treatment ProjectsIndustrial TreatmentLiquids and Solids ProcessesResource RecoveryBusiness DevelopmentProject Team LeadershipClient Networking

Qualifications

Bachelor's in EngineeringProfessional Engineer License12+ Years Process Engineering and Project Delivery ExperienceProject Management and Task Leadership ExperienceMaster's or Graduate Engineering Degree20+ Years Wastewater Treatment Experience

Full job description

We challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re interested in a long and rewarding career working with the industry’s best and most innovative engineers, then Jacobs is where you belong. We are looking for a driven and curious Senior Wastewater Process Engineer in the Southeast.

As part of our team, you’ll engage as a subject matter expert in wastewater treatment technologies. You’ll leverage your expertise in process, pilot scale evaluations, treatment technologies, and applicable regulatory frameworks to collaborate with our team to strategize and deliver meaningful solutions for wastewater treatment project challenges locally, nationally, and across the globe. You’ll also engage in project management, business development, and strategic market/positioning leadership roles as part of our local, regional, and national client engagement, technical solutions, and marketing and sales teams.

At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our global delivery teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

Join us and continue the development of your skills and advancement of your career path as you explore all that you can do across our global company and share your knowledge along the way.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical preferred)

  • Professional Engineer license (P.E.)

  • A minimum of 12 years of progressive process engineering and project delivery experience with wastewater and/or industrial treatment, including process planning, evaluations, piloting, modeling, and design

  • Proven experience working on wastewater treatment projects

  • Related project management and task leadership experience, including demonstrated ability to successfully manage and deliver projects and tasks

  • Familiarity with State and Federal government regulatory frameworks related to wastewater treatment

Ideally, you'll also have

  • Master’s or other graduate degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical preferred)

  • 20 or more years of direct experience in wastewater treatment

  • Wastewater experience including diverse liquids and solids processes, including resource recovery

  • Experience as a "seller/doer" identifying, winning, and then leading project teams delivering wastewater treatment projects

  • A strong network with local municipalities or other water/wastewater clients

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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,333 open Process Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Tennessee median$92–146K/yr26 salary ranges
  • US median$38–50/hr255 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 52 open Process Engineer jobs in Tennessee and 3,333 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Tennessee
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Process Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,650 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,210 of the 3,333 open Process Engineer jobs (66%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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