Water & Wastewater Recruiter
San Diego, CA
Pure Water San Diego, a multi-phase potable reuse program designed to supply nearly half the city's water locally by 2035, is one of the largest advanced water treatment build-outs on the West Coast.
Specialized staffing for San Diego water infrastructure
Metro Associates is a leading water and wastewater engineering recruiter providing specialized staffing solutions across San Diego and Southern California. We help firms and utilities hire licensed Professional Engineers (PE), process engineers, and construction inspection specialists across treatment, distribution, and collection-system disciplines, for projects reviewed under City of San Diego Public Utilities Department and beyond.
Locally, that has included work like pure water san diego advanced purification facilities. We match vetted talent to the regulatory, operational, and performance demands of that kind of water infrastructure program.
2026 San Diegowater & wastewater hiring
Heading into 2026, San Diego'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 San Diego-specific figure we have not measured. See the national water & wastewater compensation ranges, or ask us what we are seeing in San Diego right now.
Supporting San Diegowater & wastewater programs
What else is being built in San Diego
Our other practices are working the same metro. The programs below are what they are staffing in San Diego right now, useful context if your project sits across more than one discipline, which most of them do.
- Caltrans District 11 freeway & interchange work
- MTS trolley and transit expansion
- Pure Water San Diego recycling program
- Biotech and life-science lab-space MEP
- Hospital and healthcare-system infrastructure
- High-rise residential and mixed-use systems
- Mid-Coast Trolley extension inspection
- I-5 North Coast Corridor materials testing
- San Diego International apron inspection
- Pure Water potable reuse infrastructure program
- Street repair & resurfacing backlog program
- Site plan review for coastal infill development
Water & wastewater recruiting in San Diego, FAQ
Do you place water and wastewater engineers in San Diego, CA?
Yes. Metro Associates is a specialized water and wastewater engineering recruiter serving San Diego and Southern California, 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 San Diego?
Typical San Diego 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 San Diego?
With a national pipeline of pre-vetted water and wastewater professionals, we typically deliver a shortlist of qualified CA 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 City of San Diego Public Utilities Department and California's regulatory requirements.
Hiring water & wastewater engineers in San Diego?
Tell us about the role. We'll deliver a vetted shortlist of licensed CA water and wastewater talent, backed by our placement guarantee.
Water & wastewater recruiting across the Pacific West
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