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General Summary
This position is responsible for providing technical engineering and cost information to ensure work complies with all engineering standards for water treatment system installations.
Essential Job Accountabilities
- Preparing system proposals and scope of supply letters, to include preliminary process design description, budgetary and firm cost estimates, and customers’ cost of system ownership for water treatment systems
- Providing guidance to the design team in the modification of system PFDs, P&IDs, proposal and project drawings, as required, and specifying components of systems
- Developing pilot test protocol/procedures and providing technical support for the Field Service team, as well as preparing pilot report after analysis of pilot test data
- Providing technical assistance to:the Project Management team; provides direction and engineering support with current projects the Field Service team; provides direction and engineering support for installation and commissioning of system
- Interacting with the Sales and Marketing team toestablish/define customer requirements evaluate alternative design approaches considering available technologies
- Developing and preparing process and project submittals and operations and maintenance manuals
- Stays abreast of technology in key application areas
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Environmental Engineering preferred, or equivalent combinations of technical training and related experience.
Work Experience
- 2+ year’s construction estimating support, engineering, field support, or similar experience.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Proficiency with all MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.),
- Exposure and expertise in a wide range of water treatment technologies and processes, including both municipal drinking water and industrial process water
- A background and knowledge base in filtration, ion-exchange and membrane treatment systems
- Capable of preparing water treatment system conceptual design including technology selection, sizing, etc.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- The ability to work together as a team member on all aspects of the job, including the sales effort, process design and development, engineering, procurement, project management, manufacturing and assembly, service, startup and troubleshooting
- Capable of promoting business growth through product and project development
- Provide technical training to application engineering, business development managers, account managers and technical sales specialists
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills· Excellent computer skills
- Ability to assume responsibility, interface and communicate effectively with others.
- This position will require working both in a quiet office as well as traveling up to 20% of the time in the field to meet clients.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Subject to outside working conditions. At times will be working around large construction equipment, must be safety conscience.
Additional Requirements/Skills
- Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment.
- Team player
- Ability and willingness to abide by Granite’s Code of Conduct on a daily basis
- Valid driver’s license and ability to drive
Our Benefits at a Glance:
Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.
Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.
Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.
Base Salary Range:
$72,355.00 - $108,534.00
Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.
About Granite Construction Incorporated
Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
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Notice to Staffing Agencies
Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.
