Manager Environmental Engineering & Wastewater Operations (Industrial Wastewater)

Location: Fort Worth, Texas, 76131; onsite at BNSF’s headquarters. Leads the southern territory covering Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama. Travel is required 50% of the time, including nights, weekends, and holidays as necessary. Relocation assistance may be offered.

Salary: $110,430–$122,700 annually.

Company

hirify.global operates railroad transportation infrastructure and associated environmental systems.

What you will do

• Lead the southern-territory industrial wastewater operations and maintenance program, including treatment plants, oil-water separators, lift stations, lagoons, contract operators, field engineers, technicians, consultants, and contractors.
• Provide strategic leadership, performance monitoring, coaching, safety oversight, and operational support for wastewater systems.
• Manage wastewater permitting, regulatory compliance, inspections, sampling, laboratory quality assurance, exceedances, violations, root-cause analyses, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate capital, infrastructure, maintenance, control-system, and technology projects, including scopes of work, specifications, bids, contractor selection, construction, and regulatory approvals.
• Manage budgets, purchase requests, purchase orders, invoices, project financial status, schedules, and program funding.
• Use and develop SharePoint, project dashboards, Power BI, Tableau, and other technology systems to improve efficiency, reduce risk and cost, and support sustainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Civil, Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, or another comparable Engineering discipline.
• 2–3 years of experience in program and/or project management.
• Ability to lead and manage contract providers and operators systemwide.
• Strong commitment to safety, including Job Safety Analyses, hazardous energy control, confined-space requirements, OSHA requirements, and BNSF requirements.
• Proven program and/or project management experience, including strategic leadership and management of project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Superior verbal, written, and electronic communication skills; ability to build strong relationships and collaborate with internal departments, regulators, consultants, contractors, and providers.
• Self-starter with strong initiative and a drive to succeed.
• Knowledge of computer technologies including AutoCAD, Visio, MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, and related technology systems.
• Knowledge of industrial wastewater operations, treatment systems, equipment, process instrumentation, and industrial control systems/SCADA, including lift stations, oil-water separators, chemical feed systems, clarification, storage tanks, dissolved air flotation, effluent sampling, sludge handling, skimmers, pumps, and aerators.
• Knowledge of laboratory water-quality assurance practices, Standard Methods, compliance testing, and sampling for BOD, COD, TSS, oil and grease, and nutrients.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree.
• Project Management Certification, E.I.T., P.E. registration, relevant experience, or professional association involvement.
• Experience with ISO Management Systems, including ISO 14001, and Environmental Management Information Systems such as Enablon.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-focused and value-driven operating culture with emphasis on sustainability, pollution prevention, value engineering, and continuous improvement.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan, Railroad Retirement, life insurance, and incentive compensation plan.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Pre-employment background investigation, medical evaluation, drug screening, and employment, driving, education, and criminal-history checks are required.