Water & Wastewater Recruiter
Salt Lake City, UT
As the Great Salt Lake hits record-low levels, Utah's water managers are under mounting pressure to accelerate conservation and reuse infrastructure across the Wasatch Front to reduce diversions from its tributaries.
Specialized staffing for Salt Lake City water infrastructure
Metro Associates runs a dedicated water and wastewater search practice across Salt Lake City and the Mountain West, connecting firms and utilities with licensed Professional Engineers (PE), process engineers, and construction inspection specialists reviewed under Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities.
From treatment plant upgrades to collection-system rehabilitation and stormwater compliance, we match vetted talent to the regulatory, operational, and performance demands of complex water infrastructure programs.
2026 Salt Lake Citywater & wastewater hiring
Heading into 2026, Salt Lake City's market is shaped by aging-infrastructure replacement, PFAS and emerging-contaminant compliance, and federally funded resiliency work. Licensed process engineers and inspection specialists who can deliver permit-compliant, resilient systems remain in short supply.
Pay for these roles moves with local cost of labor and project mix, so we publish ranges nationally rather than implying a Salt Lake City-specific figure we have not measured. See the national water & wastewater compensation ranges, or ask us what we are seeing in Salt Lake City right now.
Supporting Salt Lake Citywater & wastewater programs
What else is being built in Salt Lake City
Our other practices are working the same metro. The programs below are what they are staffing in Salt Lake City right now, useful context if your project sits across more than one discipline, which most of them do.
- UDOT highway and interchange programs
- UTA TRAX and FrontRunner transit
- Great Salt Lake and water-resources planning
- Silicon Slopes tech-campus MEP
- Hospital and healthcare-system infrastructure
- Data-center design-build
- I-15 corridor resident engineering
- TRAX rail extension inspection
- Salt Lake City International materials testing
- Funding Our Future streets bond program
- Water pipe replacement capital program
- Site plan review for Silicon Slopes growth
Water & wastewater recruiting in Salt Lake City, FAQ
Do you place water and wastewater engineers in Salt Lake City, UT?
Yes. Our water and wastewater search practice covers Salt Lake City and the Mountain West, placing PEs, process engineers, and inspection specialists on treatment, distribution, and collection-system work.
What water/wastewater roles do you recruit for in Salt Lake City?
Typical Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City?
With a national pipeline of pre-vetted water and wastewater professionals, we typically deliver a shortlist of qualified UT 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 Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities and Utah's regulatory requirements.
Hiring water & wastewater engineers in Salt Lake City?
Tell us about the role. We'll deliver a vetted shortlist of licensed UT water and wastewater talent, backed by our placement guarantee.
Water & wastewater recruiting across the Mountain West
Other engineering disciplines in Salt Lake City