Description

Moonshot Missions is seeking an experienced Water and/or Wastewater Utility Advisor. The Utility Advisor will apply technical training and hands-on experience to address the operational, managerial, and infrastructure challenges facing water utilities. In this role, you will manage technical projects, deliver direct technical assistance, and engage closely with utility clients and community stakeholders to support sustainable improvements and long-term utility resilience.

Duties and Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Moonshot Missions team of experts to deliver optimal services to utility clients by:

• Managing technical assistance projects and performing lead roles working directly with utility client
• Researching background information about utility operational and compliance challenges and prepare technical reports to summarize research
• Coordinating and facilitating client meetings and distributing meeting minutes
• Performing site needs assessments to evaluate a utility’s operational challenges and identify areas of improvement and potential projects to implement
• Writing site assessment reports, project proposals and community technical assistance workplans
• Providing technical review of deliverables produced by project team prior to client receipt
• Preparing technical reports and support materials for state and federal grant applications to fund infrastructure projects

Provide direct technical assistance to water/wastewater utility staff for the treatment and distribution/collection of water, including issues in which you have expertise and experience related to:

• Drinking water source availability and quality
• Water and wastewater treatment processes
• Treated water distribution and/or wastewater collection
• Evaluation of a utility’s technical, managerial, and financial data and records
• Water and wastewater environmental regulations and permitting requirements
• Asset management and capital planning

Travel

Travel required within the US, subject to funding and according to health/safety guidelines. Moonshot Missions will reimburse travel costs.

Requirements

Training and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: environmental/earth science, civil/environmental/chemical engineering, environmental management/studies, sustainability, or related field.
• 6+ years of full-time experience working in water and wastewater utility operations, compliance.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of the basic design, operation and compliance of water treatment and distribution systems and/or wastewater treatment and collection systems
• Knowledge of and ability to research best practices in water and wastewater utility operations, management and financial capacities
• Water and wastewater utility, regulatory and/or consulting experience
• Ability to write comprehensive reports based on site assessments and interviews with utility operators and management
• Previous project management experience
• Proficient in MS Office, and related business and communication tools
• Water/Wastewater Operator certification, Engineer-in-Training (EIT), and/or Professional Engineer (PE)