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Water/Wastewater Process Engineer Professional Associate

Jacobs Solutions · Holladay, UT

Level
Engineer
Team
Process
Base pay
$120k–$133k
Travel
10%
Degree
Required
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
Recently

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level process role at Jacobs Solutions (industrial) in Holladay, UT. Provide planning, consulting, design, and construction-phase services for municipal, federal, industrial, and other clients for water and wastewater treatment.

They ask for
3+ years · degree required
Base pay
$120k–$133k
Day to day
some off-shift / weekend coverage · about 10% travel

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026

Process Engineer roles in Utah: typical posted base $100k–$125k. This one lists $120k–$133k.

Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 18 process engineer openings in Utah, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 17 other live process postings in Utah.

Experience asked
Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • SPC 44%
  • Cost reduction 44%
  • Root cause 28%
  • FDA / GMP 22%
  • EHS / safety 22%
  • Lean 22%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 3+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coverage

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  3. 3

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    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
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    • How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
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Requirements

This position requires a Master degree or foreign equivalent in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Chemical Engineering, with an emphasis in water and wastewater treatment and 3 years of work experience as a Wastewater Engineer or in a closely occupation.

  • ✓In Lieu of the

requirements

listed above, employer will accept: a Bachelor degree or foreign equivalent in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Chemical Engineering, with an emphasis in water and wastewater treatment and 5 years of work experience as a Wastewater Engineer or in a closely occupation.

  • ✓SPECIFIC SKILLS: Expertise and knowledge of: Expertise with water treatment processes that may include coagulation, rapid mix, flocculation, sedimentation, biological treatment, granular media filtration, biological filtration, membrane filtration, disinfection (ozone, UV, free chlorine, chloramine), post-filter adsorption, and other treatment processes. Expertise with wastewater treatment processes that may include fine and coarse screening, grit removal, odor control, primary clarification, secondary biological treatment processes such as activated sludge process, secondary clarification, tertiary treatment processes such as media filtration or biological filtration, membrane filtration, disinfection (ozone, UV, free chlorine, chloramine), aerobic digestion, anaerobic digestion, sludge thickening, advanced wastewater treatment processes such as aerobic granular sludge. Expertise with water and wastewater treatment process modelling tools such as waterpro, biowin or sumo demonstrating mathematical modeling of chemical/physical/biological processes in water and wastewater treatment. Expertise with hydraulic design and analysis: use of hydraulic model tools such as fathom, ability to develop spreadsheets for hydraulic calculations. Perform engineering design: prepare and review engineering drawings, preparing design standards and calculation spreadsheets, writing and reviewing specifications for treatment equipment and technologies, writing engineering reports, equipment design and selection, reviewing construction submittals, shop drawings, and responding to request for information (RFI) forms. Expertise with pilot testing: designing pilot testing experiment including sample collection and testing for engineering design, conduct pilot testing. Expertise with developing control strategies/narratives for treatment process and equipment operation.
  • ✓Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.
  • ✓The base salary range for this position is $120,182.00 to $132,775.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
  • ✓We value collaboration and b
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  • •At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
  • •Your impact
  • •Provide planning, consulting, design, and construction-phase services for municipal, federal, industrial, and other clients for water and wastewater treatment. Work with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve successful design of water and/or wastewater treatment facilities and help lead clients to the correct treatment approach by utilizing desktop calculations, bench analysis, pilot plant operation, and full-scale operational troubleshooting. Support business development efforts and help in the pursuit of new projects, as well as work directly with clients on the projects and tasks, developing long-term client relationships. Perform a variety of municipal drinking water and wastewater treatment and potable reuse engineering work in the initial planning and design phase of projects. Work on projects evaluating and selecting the best treatment approach to solve a client’s challenges and planning and designing treatment systems and plant improvements. Work with water treatment processes that may include coagulation, rapid mix, flocculation, sedimentation, biological treatment, granular media filtration, biological filtration, membrane filtration, disinfection (ozone, UV, free chlorine, chloramine), post-filter adsorption, and other treatment processes. Work with wastewater treatment processes that may include fine and coarse screening, grit removal, odor control, primary clarification, secondary biological treatment processes such as activated sludge process, secondary clarification, tertiary treatment processes such as media filtration or biological filtration, membrane filtration, disinfection (ozone, UV, free chlorine, chloramine), aerobic digestion, anaerobic digestion, sludge thickening, advanced wastewater treatment processes such as aerobic granular sludge.
  • •Hybrid schedule is allowed.
  • •Travel: up to 10% domestic travel for site visits and client meetings.
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