Water & Wastewater Recruiter
Nashville, TN
Nashville is in the midst of relocating its aging Central Wastewater Treatment Plant off the Cumberland riverfront, one of the largest treatment-plant capital projects underway in the Southeast.
Specialized staffing for Nashville water infrastructure
Metro Associates runs a dedicated water and wastewater search practice across Nashville and the Tennessee Valley, connecting firms and utilities with licensed Professional Engineers (PE), process engineers, and construction inspection specialists reviewed under Metro Water Services (Nashville).
Locally, that has included work like central wwtp relocation & riverfront redevelopment. We match vetted talent to the regulatory, operational, and performance demands of that kind of water infrastructure program.
2026 Nashvillewater & wastewater hiring
In 2026, the the Tennessee Valley market is defined by aging-infrastructure replacement, PFAS and emerging-contaminant compliance, and federally funded resiliency programs. Demand for licensed process engineers and inspection specialists who can deliver permit-compliant, resilient systems is at an all-time high.
Pay for these roles moves with local cost of labor and project mix, so we publish ranges nationally rather than implying a Nashville-specific figure we have not measured. See the national water & wastewater compensation ranges, or ask us what we are seeing in Nashville right now.
Supporting Nashvillewater & wastewater programs
What else is being built in Nashville
Our other practices are working the same metro. The programs below are what they are staffing in Nashville right now, useful context if your project sits across more than one discipline, which most of them do.
- TDOT highway and bridge programs
- Choose How You Move transit initiatives
- Cumberland River and flood management
- Healthcare headquarters & hospital-system MEP
- Hospitality and high-rise mixed-use systems
- Data-center design-build
- I-24 SMART corridor inspection
- I-440 resurfacing resident engineering
- WeGo transit corridor oversight
- Choose How You Move transportation program
- Rapid-growth subdivision & site plan review
- Metro Water Services main replacement program
Water & wastewater recruiting in Nashville, FAQ
Do you place water and wastewater engineers in Nashville, TN?
Yes. Metro Associates is a specialized water and wastewater engineering recruiter serving Nashville and the Tennessee Valley, placing licensed PEs, process engineers, and construction inspection specialists on treatment, distribution, and collection-system programs.
What water/wastewater roles do you recruit for in Nashville?
Typical Nashville searches include Water/Wastewater Project Engineer (PE), Senior Process Engineer, Water Resources Engineer, Utility/Pipeline Design Engineer, and SCADA/Controls Engineer.
How quickly can you fill a water/wastewater position in Nashville?
With a national pipeline of pre-vetted water and wastewater professionals, we typically deliver a shortlist of qualified TN candidates within days, every placement backed by our guarantee.
Do you recruit for NPDES permitting and utility compliance work?
Yes. Candidates are screened for NPDES permitting, SCADA/instrumentation, and utility rehabilitation experience, matched against Metro Water Services (Nashville) and Tennessee's regulatory requirements.
Hiring water & wastewater engineers in Nashville?
Tell us about the role. We'll deliver a vetted shortlist of licensed TN water and wastewater talent, backed by our placement guarantee.
Water & wastewater recruiting across the Mid-South
Other engineering disciplines in Nashville