{"id":4259332,"url":"https://alion.io/job/veolia-senior-lead-engineer","title":"Senior Lead Engineer","company":{"id":3493,"name":"Veolia","domain":"veolia.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/veolia-environnement-sa","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":416,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.986,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":31,"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Minnetonka, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-13T14:04:17Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-13","last_verified_at":"2026-11-13T14:47:26Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.\nWithin this framework,Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.\n This position is remote and can be located anywhere in North America\nThe Senior Lead Engineer (LE) is accountable for multi-disciplinary engineering deliverables to our customers for custom municipal and industrial treatment systems. The LE is responsible for determining the required resources and guiding a multi-disciplinary team, to ensure accuracy of design, timeliness of submittals, and adherence to budget.\nThe LE, Project Manager and Sourcing Project Leader, form a project leadership team. This leadership team works together to support the job and deliver what was sold to our customers. This team works to manage the project in its entirety and generates and maintains critical project reporting.\nAble to manage a team of multi-discipline engineers, or multiple teams of engineers executing project(s) with an engineering utilization rate of approximately 4,000 hours per month, or about 30 full time engineers.\n\nHave an understanding of project execution from a commercial standpoint from sales to project closure, and support the commercial team with bid activities including technical reviews, labor estimates, and sub-contracting strategies.\n\nProficient in executing projects with balance of plant (BOP), and site installation scope.\n\nBroad responsibility to direct and monitor an engineering project team. This consists of Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls engineers, as well as various project support functions (Document Control, Sourcing, Finance, etc).\n\nThe LE coordinates the delivery of all of the engineering output on their assigned projects. While the LE has a strong engineering background, it is key for an LE to be skilled at building teams, communicating a vision, and delegating work. This includes being an effective facilitator of project team meetings and deliverables, and as needed conflict resolution within the project team.\n\nThey are thoughtful, cooperative, and creative. They are able to handle multiple shifting demands with professionalism and good judgment. The LE is the face of Veolia Engineering.\n\nAccountable and Responsible for ensuring that all engineering deliverables are completed. As part of this, the LE must ensure that proper review of work is carried out on project deliverables either through facilitating formal review processes (such as E-Table) but also through in-function review by peer engineers and/or Technical Domain Leaders with pertinent expertise. Some of these engineering deliverables include, but are not limited to Process & Instrument Diagrams, equipment drawings, datasheets, plant and piping arrangements, instrumentation and controls architecture, and design specifications.\n\nCoordinate all engineering activities, internal and external, across all functions by using industry standard tools such as project schedules, master document lists, rolling action item lists, risks and opportunities, change orders, engineering project reports, etc.\n\nEnsures that the technical review of vendor selection and fabrication occurs, employing the right project team members to do so.\n\nThe LE coordinates technical requirements with suppliers and ensures the project team is providing information required to our vendors on schedule. The LE supports Sourcing in vendor management; ensuring our suppliers are on track and performing to the project’s expectations.\n\nAct as a customer liaison, working and resolving technical queries, setting and managing expectations, and maintaining a relationship with the customer.\n\nEmpowered to bring in project team members or pertinent technical domain leaders to maintain relationships with key customer counterparts.\n\nThe LE is responsible for the project team’s resource budget, and identification of potential needs for competency development of the project team to ensure a successful project.\n\nDrive team collaboration to ensure project activities are properly coordinated to maximize engineering performance. Structure project team rhythms and meetings to drive action plans, outcomes with clear and concise communication.\n\n Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:\nImpeccable planning, organization and time management\n\nClear, concise communication and presentation skills\n\nGood meeting facilitation skills with clear objectives, action plans for expected outcomes\n\nTeam player, with the ability to exercise good judgment under changing conditions\n\nEducation & Experience - Required:\nBachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering field\n\nTen years project experience in engineering or a related field\n\nEducation & Experience - Preferred:\nExperience with industrial processes and system engineering - direct experience in water treatment, oil & gas, chemical or power industries\n\nExperience with EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contracts\n\nProfessional Engineer’s License, or the ability to obtain one within 1 year\n\nWorking Conditions:\nThe role requires the ability to travel domestically and internationally 5-10% of the time\n\nAdditional Information\nAt Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.\n At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.\nTo ensure transparency and compliance with employment laws, we provide the following details regarding this position:\nCompensation:\nThe compensation range is tied to the market for similarly bench-marked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $120,000 - $130,000 USD.\n\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure:\nWe do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position.\n\nVacancy Status:\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy.\n\nDisclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.\n****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in Canada. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for Canadian work authorization (e.g. closed work permit) for this opportunity****\nVeolia does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. 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