Blue JOBS
Jobs in water-related industries keep our Blue Economy growing strong. This curated list of water-related roles is for professionals at any stage in their career and across all sectors. You'll find a range of professions with varying qualifications and experience levels. We're committed to updating this list on a regular basis, so check back frequently for new listings. Know of any roles that touch water, which we should include? E-mail George Brigandi.
Opportunities With Current and Our Members/Partners
Current
Water Innovation Engineering Internship: Assist the team in executing technology and research-related projects.
Water Innovation Communications/Marketing Internship: Assist the team with numerous different aspects of the organization’s internal communications and external marketing efforts.
Analytical Labs Internship: Analyze wastewater samples following standard operating procedures.
Engineering Utility Internship: Read underground wastewater and utility plans, using response software systems, and maintaining direct contact with requestors.
Treatment Plant Operations CWRP Internship: Assist with the duties related to key operations at the south side location.
General Job Application: Complete and return for employment for general application.
Director of Community and Strategic Initiatives: Lead current and new projects to achieve the vision of making the Chicago River system a healthy blue-green corridor of public, open space that benefits people and wildlife.
Environmental Internship: Assist community organizers with research, outreach, meeting facilitation, and follow-ups to groups, agencies, and institutions involved in environmental work.
CBRE
GIS Specialist: Map focused developer, with strong emphasis on python, with the ability to bridge the gap between graphical design, coding, and technical implementation.
Instrumentation and Controls Tech: Assist instrument mechanics in locating and correcting trouble in control systems and instruments of combustion equipment and chlorinators, water treatment systems, etc.
Electrical Engineer: Provide electrical, communications, fire alarm engineering, and process control design services in water and wastewater treatment plant facilities, pump stations and lift stations.
Electrical Engineer Internship: Diverse range of assignments and projects including water, wastewater, and infrastructure electrical system.
Director of Water Resources: Continue to build the organization’s environmental policy and programming. Focus on water supply and stormwater initiatives, growing the program to more expansively target climate resilience and other pressing environment challenges.
Internships
Technical Water Management Intern: Take water tests, maintain equipment, assist with creating and maintaining Comprehensive Water Management Programs, and analyze engineering, microbiological and water chemistry data.
Civil Engineering Intern: Work on transportation, structural, stormwater and infrastructure projects. Assist with preparation of civil engineering design drawings, specifications, estimates, and supplemental reports.
Utility Operation Intern: Learn about the water and wastewater industry. Build a skill and competency set that is relevant and valuable to their career development in utility operations and management.
Entry Level
Water Plant Operator: Skilled and technical work operating the water treatment plant and pumping equipment.
Water Treatment Specialist: Site reconnaissance and preparation for water treatment activity. Operation and maintenance of water treatment equipment. Manage portable water supplies. Monitor the storage, transport, and disposal of waste. Water quality analysis and testing, etc.
Wastewater Facility Operator Trainee: Perform a wide variety of customer service, operating, maintenance and custodial duties. Such as operating and maintaining the facilities/equipment related to the waterwater treatment plants, lift stations, and collection systems.
Water Quality Specialist: Meet with clients to provide water related solutions including on-site water quality testing, on-site interpretation of results, communicating results to client, training client personnel, inventorying products, etc.
Water Resource Engineer I: Manage the design and analysis of stormwater detention and conveyance systems, and stormwater quality BMPs. Perform hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, drainage investigation, and floodplain and floodway analyses, and prepare drainage studies and hydraulic reports.
Groundwater Field Technician: Operate various types of monitoring and sample collection equipment to collect representative samples for analysis in laboratory.
RiverWatch Technician: Assist in training Citizen Scientists to sample and analyze stream and river water; collecting stream data from the field and processing samples including identification of aquatic invertebrates. Also assist in record-keeping, data entry, and clerical tasks.
Environmental Technician: Variety of field and laboratory support for research occurring at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) Costello Confluence Field Station. Activities will include day-to-day support of NGRREC scientists and research equipment.
Clean Water Advocate: Work with experienced team of lobbyists, researchers, organizers, and communications experts on advocacy campaigns for bold policy changes.
Intermediate or Experienced
Water Resources Engineer: Support project assignments related to drainage engineering, stormwater management, and surface water modeling for transportation/traffic, site development, and water/wastewater infrastructure.
Clean Water Program Advocate: Develop and implement campaign strategies and tactics for clean water programs/projects. Recruit, coordinate and facilitate grassroots involvement in clean water programs. Monitor, analyze, and evaluate laws, initiatives and new developments affecting clean water at the community, state and national levels.
Project Manager- Water: Direct coordination with clients and other external clients. Initiate or assist in contract negotiations or preparation. Assist in direction of project planning, budgeting and establishing critical project objectives etc.
Hydrogeologist: Evaluate geologic and hydrogeologic sites (e.g. generate geologic/hydro-geologic cross sections, conceptual site models, contaminant maps), identify data gaps, and develop solutions to fill those gaps.
Wastewater Operations Field Supervisor: Supervise the operation of an advanced wastewater treatment plant as directed by the section supervisor and division manager.
Wastewater Collection & Pumping Supervisor: Manage personnel, materials and programs to maintain, rehabilitate and operate the wastewater collection and pumping system. Analyze and solve wastewater collection complaints and problems to maintain the section's very high level of customer service to residents and businesses.
Water Treatment Sales Consultant: Work closely with customers to provide water treatment programs tailored to their specific needs.
Project Manager- Water-Wastewater: Responsible for all water and wastewater utility construction projects in the Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky service areas, from initial contract negotiations through warranty termination.
Water-Wastewater Operator I: Operate and maintain water and/or wastewater treatment equipment, ensuring compliance with state and federal environmental protection limits. Monitor and sample well and groundwater, and adjust treatment levels when below-standard variances are detected.
Aquatic Ecologist: Develop a comprehensive research program focused on some aspects of the ecology of large rivers. Work with partners and affiliates of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) in the development of research and allied education programs. Serve as an NGRREC lead in the development of research proposals related to the ecology of large rivers.
Swarovski Waterschool Educator: Work with the Education Director and Swarovski Waterschool partner team to plan, develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate educational programs relating to the Swarovski Waterschool USA Mississippi River program, a program housed at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.
Senior or Executive
Senior Municipal Engineer: Review development plans for compliance with local requirements, including stormwater management, grading, sanitary sewers, water lines, and transportation aspects.
Water Treatment Plant Manager II: Supervisor in charge of all Production Department’s source and treatment facilities, booster stations, storage facilities, well locations and valve/meter pits, along with all associated equipment.
Senior Drainage Engineer: Develop plans and specifications and perform calculations with storm water management, hydraulic modeling, roadway drainage design, floodplain management and permitting.
Senior Manager Operations: Develop operations strategies and direct and manage the field operations and production for water and wastewater operations within the state/state district.
Senior Hydrologic Modeler: Develop and apply hydrologic and hydraulic models of collection systems to address specific client needs. Complete draft deliverables related to water and wastewater master planning and hydraulic modeling.
Water Utility Senior Manager: Lead technical requirements workshops on requirements, process maps and key performance indicators for water AMI related processes (e.g. automated meter reading, leak detection).
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