Local recruitment: Engineer (Registered) - Water and Wastewater Treatment

Bigen

Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦

BEng/BSc Engineering (Civil, Chemical or Environmental Engineering)

Professional Registration with ECSA
Minimum 5 years’ relevant consulting engineering experience
Experience in water and/or wastewater treatment design

Experience in one or more of the following will be advantageous
• Potable Water Treatment Works
• Wastewater Treatment Works
• Water reuse schemes
• Biological nutrient removal
• Activated sludge systems
• Clarifiers and filtration systems
• Sludge treatment and handling
• Membrane technologies
• Industrial water treatment
• Desalination
• Pump stations associated with treatment facilities

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the design of water and wastewater treatment facilities.
• Undertake process evaluations and hydraulic assessments.
• Prepare design reports, specifications and tender documentation.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams.
• Support construction, commissioning and optimisation activities.
• Engage with clients and regulatory authorities.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Technical Skills
• Process design and optimisation
• Hydraulic profiling
• Process modelling (BioWin or similar)
• Treatment process selection
• Design of treatment structures
• Energy optimisation
• Mechanical and electrical coordination
• Commissioning and performance testing

2 days remaining

Apply by 31 July, 2026

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DEGREE REQUIRED

IHE Delft - MSc in Water and Sustainable Development