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What You Can Expect

As a Water Plant Process Improvement Project Manager, based at our University of Iowa location, you will support the Water Group by leading process, safety, and reliability improvements across ENGIE’s water treatment facilities. You will coordinate with the CapEx team and University partners, review designs, support construction, and drive projects that improve water quality, operational performance, and energy efficiency. This is a great opportunity to make a lasting impact on campus infrastructure while advancing ENGIE’s mission of sustainable energy and resource management.

Reporting to the Manager, Water Production, your roles and responsibilities:

• Lead and support process, safety, and energy efficiency projects across ENGIE’s water treatment operations.
• Coordinate with internal teams, University departments, and contractors on design and construction efforts.
• Review and provide feedback on designs, bids, and specifications to ensure alignment with operational goals.
• Analyze operational data to identify improvements and develop action plans for performance and cost savings.
• Collaborate with controls engineers to enhance automation, data collection, and system reliability.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and promote a strong safety culture.

What You’ll Bring

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with coursework in project management, business writing, or related subjects, or equivalent work experience.
• Water Treatment Operator Grade 2 or higher license, or similar experience operating a water treatment plant.
• Experience with surface water, lime softening, reverse osmosis, and conventional water treatment is a plus.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions associated with working in confined spaces, elevated locations, extreme temperatures, excavations, and other environmentally challenging conditions in accordance with OSHA standards and site-specific safety protocols.

Additional Details

• Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record.
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies.

Compensation

Salary Range: $86,500 - $105,000 USD annually

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. 

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location.

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.  But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

In 2020 The University of Iowa (UI) entered a 50-year, trailblazing partnership with the University of Iowa Energy Collaborative (UIEC), a joint venture between ENGIE, Meridiam, and Hannon Armstrong, to operate, maintain and enhance the university’s Utility System.  As the founding member of this joint venture, ENGIE designs, builds, operates, and maintains the energy infrastructure delivering safe, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy solutions in producing and distributing steam, electricity, chilled water, and domestic water to the main campus in Iowa City, Iowa and a nearby satellite campus. 

ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees.  We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.