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If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!\nAbout Essential Utilities\nEssential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.\nOperating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.\nWe are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.\nOur company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.\nAre you looking for a fantastic career at Aqua? We have a great opportunity for a Project Engineer under the direction of the Engineering Manager.\nThe Project Engineer II position Manages assists the State Engineering Manager and State President to manage the Engineering & Construction Team and overall State Capital Budget. The position will manage personnel responsible for water and wastewater capital projects, from planning through design, and initial construction bidding and award, as well as manage projects directly and independently. This position will work closely with department managers, operations and engineering personnel, public officials, and developers to plan, design, permit, and execute capital work and ensure Aqua NJ can meet future compliance, growth, and operational efficiency demands.\nThe role oversees all aspects of project planning and design, including close coordination with the Operations Team to understand near- and long-term issues and translate those into the most cost effective (capital, O&M, and life-cycle costs) solutions. This is one of two additional Engineer positions requested by Aqua NJ, to address the significant capital workload associated in the 2025 5 YP, including PFAS treatment systems, lead service line replacement, growth, rehabilitation, and SCADA implementation, to be installed over the next 10 years and beyond.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES:\nResponsible for planning engineering projects in multiple divisions.\n\nManage the design of both water and sewer improvement projects i.e. tanks, boosters, lift stations, WTP projects, WWTP projects, regulating vaults, etc.) as needed.\n\nWork with hydraulic modeling team to evaluate and mitigate system-wide challenges\n\nResponsible for submittal of any required permits and approvals. Prepares and/or supervises the permit applications for selected projects and ensure all required permits are obtained with necessary approvals.\n\nCoordinates and manages construction projects including bidding, scheduling, and cost estimating. Enforces contract requirements and performs construction administration on assigned projects\n\nWork with consultants to necessary easements for all assigned projects. Negotiates and prepares property easements and oversees the preparation of property descriptions, survey and legal recording as required.\n\nResponsible for managing project financials i.e. work orders, purchase orders, invoicing etc.\n\nCollaborate with various departments state wide: operations, engineering, accounting, customer service\n\nResponsible for Due Diligence for possible new acquisitions.\n\nResponsible for reviewing water main extension plans to ensure the plans are in compliance with the Aqua NJ design standard.\n\nAssists with other tasks or projects as assigned.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required.\n\nSelected candidate must be a Registered, Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey or the ability to obtain PE license within 12 months from hire date.\n\n4+ years of relevant experience is required.\n\nExperience working within water, wastewater and buried utilities is required.\n\nValid NJ Drivers License required.\n\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:\nProficient in Microsoft Office (Email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).\n\nExcellent written and verbal communications skills; communicate effectively (clearly, concisely and professionally) with internal customers\n\nStrong customer service skills\n\nAbility to work well under pressure\n\nAbility to work on multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment\n\nA team player able to work effectively in a team fostered multi-tasking environment.\n\nWORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:\nPerform sedentary work- exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.\n\nWorking conditions may include travel to work sites of Essential Utilities and/or other constituents within the State of NJ.\n\nSALARY RANGE: base of $112,288.42 - $129,131.68\nAqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.\nAqua is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. 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