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GHD is seeking an experienced Senior Civil Engineer for its Water & Wastewater Treatment business in Syracuse. The role provides senior-level technical expertise on water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure projects, including technical evaluations, reports, designs, and project coordination. It also involves mentoring staff and contributing to business development, marketing strategies, client engagement, and regional collaboration. The position follows a hybrid model with three days in the office each week.
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Job Description The importance of water to the health of our world can't be overstated. As the frequency and intensity of floods, droughts and storms increases, the water industry must continue to build resiliency and lead from the front. Together with our clients, we are thinking and doing things differently to help pre-empt and prepare for what's next. Be a part of this dynamic and committed team of diverse water specialists and drive change for your community. You'll be able to apply our powerful global network of skills and decades of experience to create positive water outcomes that respect nature and nurture communities. Who are we looking for? In response to continued growth within our Water & Wastewater Treatment business, our team in Syracuse, NY is seeking an experienced Senior Civil Engineer to help support the development and expansion of our Water Business across Central New York and beyond. In this role, you'll provide senior-level technical expertise to support the successful delivery of water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure projects. Working closely with project managers and multidisciplinary teams, you'll lead technical evaluations and help develop high-quality reports, technical memoranda, designs, and other key deliverables. You'll coordinate technical activities, mentor staff, and help keep project milestones, budgets, and schedules on track while delivering practical solutions for our clients. Beyond project delivery, you'll have the opportunity to play an important role in business development, marketing strategies, and client engagement; with opportunities to shape win strategies and pricing for new work. This position also offers the chance to mentor project team members and collaborate with project team leaders across the region. If you're passionate about innovative water solutions and want to make an impact on critical infrastructure projects, we'd love to have you on our team! Our Hybrid Work Model: Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in the office three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment. Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in: Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers. Community of Practice Management: Participate actively in a community of practice in a defined area of expertise or consulting to build own expertise. Contract Management: Deliver required outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with contract service providers while working within an established contract management plan. Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conform to organizational and/or regulatory standards. Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure. Health, Safety, and Environment: Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace. Identify patterns of risky behavior within the team and take appropriate action to resolve them, escalating serious issues as appropriate. Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them. Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and deve
How this job compares
Set against the 5,102 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$95–132K/yr237 salary ranges
- US median$30–43/hr204 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 347 open Civil Engineer jobs in New York and 5,102 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Fisher Associates25 open
- Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC25 open
- City of New York24 open
- Experience
- Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (4,147 postings).
- Education
- 3,966 of the 5,102 open Civil Engineer jobs (78%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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