Digital Solutions Water/Wastewater Engineer
Ardurra Miami, Florida, United States
Civil Engineering · 51-200 employees
About the role
The Digital Solutions Water/Wastewater Engineer will bridge traditional engineering with digital technologies to improve utility operational efficiency and asset performance. Responsibilities include developing digital twin models, analyzing operational data, and integrating systems like SCADA and GIS to drive digital transformation.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and possess at least 5 years of experience in water or wastewater engineering. Proficiency in industry-standard modeling software and data analytics tools is required.
Benefits
Full description
Ardurra is seeking a Digital Solutions Water/Wastewater Engineer to join our team in Miami, FL, or the South Florida region.
Our innovative water and wastewater engineers collaborate closely with clients to plan, design, permit, and construct systems that address their needs comprehensively. This approach allows our clients to make smarter investments, resulting in lower life cycle costs and additional benefits.
As a recognized leader in Florida and the Southeast's water industry, our projects encompass treatment and infrastructure initiatives for municipal and institutional clients. Our work ranges from drinking water supply to water reuse and wastewater management. We have the capability to support projects of all sizes within a flexible and innovative team environment.
Primary Function
The Digital Solutions Water/Wastewater Engineer will bridge traditional water and wastewater engineering with innovative digital technologies, helping utilities and municipalities in South Florida, Florida and nationally improve operational efficiency, asset performance, regulatory compliance, and sustainability outcomes.
This role will partner closely with engineers, operators, data scientists, software developers, and clients to implement advanced digital solutions including real-time monitoring systems, process optimization tools, hydraulic modeling, data analytics, SCADA integrations, and digital twins.
This position is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex water and wastewater challenges and drive digital transformation across utility operations.
Primary Duties:
- Support the development and implementation of digital solutions for water and wastewater treatment facilities, collection systems, and distribution networks.
- Analyze operational, hydraulic, process, and asset management data to identify opportunities for optimization and performance improvement.
- Develop and maintain digital twin models, dashboards, and performance monitoring tools.
- Collaborate with utility clients to understand business needs and translate them into technology-driven solutions.
- Integrate and support systems including SCADA, telemetry, GIS, CMMS, asset management platforms, and cloud-based applications.
- Perform hydraulic and process modeling using industry-standard software.
- Develop data visualizations, KPIs, and reporting tools that facilitate operational decision-making.
- Assist with pilot programs, proof-of-concept initiatives, and deployment of emerging technologies.
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, and client deliverables.
- Support business development activities, including proposal preparation and client presentations.
- Stay current with industry trends, digital technologies, AI applications, and smart utility best practices.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, Mechanical, or Water Resources Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in water and/or wastewater engineering.
- Experience with water distribution, wastewater collection, treatment processes, or utility operations.
- Knowledge of data analytics, operational technology, and digital solutions within the water sector.
- Experience with one or more industry software platforms such as:
- InfoWater Pro, InfoWorks ICM, EPANET, SewerGEMS, WaterGEMS, Power BI, Tableau, ArcGIS
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
Why Ardurra?
While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.
Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.
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