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Market evidence report — wastewater-engineer
Source: 45 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 45), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 35 | 78 % |
| junior | 6 | 13 % |
| senior | 4 | 9 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AutoCAD | 8 | 18 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Office | 7 | 16 % |
| 3 | AutoCAD Civil 3D | 6 | 13 % |
| 4 | Biowin | 4 | 9 % |
| 5 | CAD software | 4 | 9 % |
| 6 | R (statistical software) | 4 | 9 % |
| 7 | Revit | 4 | 9 % |
| 8 | WaterGEMS | 4 | 9 % |
| 9 | GIS | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | SewerGEMS | 3 | 7 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hydraulic modeling | 13 | 29 % |
| 2 | wastewater treatment design | 9 | 20 % |
| 3 | engineering design | 8 | 18 % |
| 4 | data analysis | 7 | 16 % |
| 5 | construction administration | 6 | 13 % |
| 6 | cost estimation | 5 | 11 % |
| 7 | hydraulic calculations | 5 | 11 % |
| 8 | report preparation | 5 | 11 % |
| 9 | technical report writing | 5 | 11 % |
| 10 | wastewater treatment | 5 | 11 % |
| 11 | water treatment design | 5 | 11 % |
| 12 | feasibility studies | 4 | 9 % |
| 13 | hydraulic analysis | 4 | 9 % |
| 14 | infrastructure assessment | 4 | 9 % |
| 15 | regulatory compliance | 4 | 9 % |
| 16 | water distribution system design | 4 | 9 % |
| 17 | construction support | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | environmental impact assessment | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | facility evaluation | 3 | 7 % |
| 20 | funding acquisition | 3 | 7 % |
| 21 | municipal system design | 3 | 7 % |
| 22 | permitting | 3 | 7 % |
| 23 | project design | 3 | 7 % |
| 24 | sampling programs | 3 | 7 % |
| 25 | water system planning | 3 | 7 % |
| 26 | water treatment | 3 | 7 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | biological nutrient removal | 3 | 7 % |
| 2 | fixed-film processes | 3 | 7 % |
| 3 | membrane bio-reactors (MBR) | 3 | 7 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report preparation | 8 | 18 % |
| 2 | project management | 5 | 11 % |
| 3 | client communication | 4 | 9 % |
| 4 | project delivery | 4 | 9 % |
| 5 | community needs assessment | 3 | 7 % |
| 6 | construction support | 3 | 7 % |
| 7 | data report development | 3 | 7 % |
| 8 | design | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | discharge control | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | infrastructure project evaluation | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | project leadership | 3 | 7 % |
| 12 | project support | 3 | 7 % |
| 13 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 7 % |
| 14 | shop drawing review | 3 | 7 % |
| 15 | site visits | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | solution development | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | submittal review | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | system design | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | technical assistance provision | 3 | 7 % |
| 20 | technology assessment | 3 | 7 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 45 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
45 ads.
Top hard skills:
- hydraulic modeling — 29 % (13 ads)
- wastewater treatment design — 20 % (9 ads)
- engineering design — 18 % (8 ads)
- data analysis — 16 % (7 ads)
- construction administration — 13 % (6 ads)
- cost estimation — 11 % (5 ads)
- hydraulic calculations — 11 % (5 ads)
- report preparation — 11 % (5 ads)
- technical report writing — 11 % (5 ads)
- wastewater treatment — 11 % (5 ads)
Top tools:
- AutoCAD — 18 % (8 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 16 % (7 ads)
- AutoCAD Civil 3D — 13 % (6 ads)
- Biowin — 9 % (4 ads)
- CAD software — 9 % (4 ads)
- R (statistical software) — 9 % (4 ads)
- Revit — 9 % (4 ads)
- WaterGEMS — 9 % (4 ads)
- GIS — 7 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 7 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 78 % · junior 13 % · senior 9 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Water/Wastewater Engineer | 7 |
| Mid-Level Water and Wastewater Engineer | 4 |
| Wastewater Treatment Design Engineer | 2 |
| Wastewater Treatment Process Engineer | 2 |
| Civil Engineer - Water / Wastewater Engineering | 1 |
| Engineer 1 | 1 |
| Entry-Level Civil Water & Wastewater Engineer | 1 |
| Hybrid: Entry-Level Water & Wastewater Engineer | 1 |
| Industrial Wastewater Staff Process Mechanical Engineer | 1 |
| Municipal Wastewater Process Design Engineer | 1 |
| Project Engineer | Water & Wastewater |
| Project Water/Wastewater Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Linear Pipeline Design Engineer - Water Systems | 1 |
| Senior Municipal Water & Wastewater Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Pipeline Design Engineer — Water & Wastewater | 1 |
| Senior Wastewater Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Water Treatment Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Water/Wastewater Project Lead — Pipeline Design | 1 |
| Wastewater Design Engineer | 1 |
| Wastewater Engineering Designer | 1 |
| Water - Wastewater Engineer (Hybrid Remote, Dover, DE) | 1 |
| Water - Wastewater Engineer (Hybrid Remote, NJ/NY/Philly) | 1 |
| Water & Wastewater Engineer | 1 |
| Water & Wastewater Engineer II: Collaborative, Impactful | 1 |
| Water & Wastewater Engineer Lead Infrastructure Projects | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.