When you picture an engineering team, what do you think of? Suits, ties, long reports, and large drawing sets? While we do put our suits on, when necessary, Azura Associates is a very different kind of engineering firm. Working with complex wastes we spend just as much time getting our boots dirty as we do drilling down into data to find root causes and help our clients optimize their anaerobic digesters and industrial wastewater plants. Our focus is on helping clients with good chemistry and happy biology.
Incorporated in 2015, Azura has grown from our founder’s kitchen table to a 10-person team working on projects that matter. Our clients reach out to us from across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, Africa, and most recently SE Asia.
Ready to make an impact on your career and the environment? Azura is seeking a proactive and dynamic Process Engineer to join our team in Waterloo, Ontario. We are looking for someone with a growth mindset, who invests in themselves, and aspires to rise to a leadership position.
Why Choose Azura
We do things differently than most consultants.
At Azura you’ll get an opportunity that you won’t find anywhere else. You’ll get to work on some of the most complex and challenging projects that most other consultants don’t get to see! Growing alongside the company, you will also have the chance to profit from your hard work by taking a leadership role in the company and reaping the rewards that come with that role.
One thing we can guarantee is that you won’t be bored while working at Azura! Each week brings new exciting and complex challenges, allowing you to learn faster and be stretched more. As a niche consulting practice, Azura will help to support and elevate your strengths and passions to find the role that best suits you.
Read on to learn more about the position and how we work.
Core Responsibilities
Technical Project Work
This position will primarily focus on client-facing technical work. You will be working on technical projects for existing clients and working with the team to develop new clients and new business opportunities.
The technical work includes:
- Coordination of team and contractor activities.
- Waste and wastewater characterization, mass balance calculations, and process design.
- Hands-on laboratory work, including BMP, RMP, and ATA testing as well as bench and pilot-scale treatability evaluations.
- Technical analysis and calculations for anaerobic digestion, aerobic treatment, and physio-chemical industrial wastewater treatment systems.
- Techno-economic evaluation of alternate treatment technologies.
- Technical writing and communication of our findings on technical topics, alternate solutions, and the implications of each related to the client’s business.
- Project management, sample collection, and oversight of lab testing and subcontractors.
Research and Development
Azura participates in various research activities to discover and support innovative solutions to our clients’ challenges and further our own business objectives.
Marketing, Business Development, and Sales
You will be coached as you learn the complete business sales cycle from marketing through business development, all the way to proposal writing and closing new client engagements. You will also contribute to creating marketing and sales material such as case studies, articles, and social media content.
About You
Expectations
You are outgoing, fun, curious, innovative, creative, and enterprising. Comfortable presenting to others and meeting new people, your initiative, inquisitiveness, and intrapreneurial nature are combined with a desire to be more than just a cog in an engineering machine.
Your ability to deeply listen to clients, earn their trust, perform excellent technical work, and write exemplary technical documents are what really set you apart.
Joining a growing team means you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects and have regular access to both coaches and outside mentors. Your growth potential is limitless. Being small means we all wear multiple hats, and we expect that you will bring the same “get-it-done” and “team first” mindset that has been critical to our cumulative success.
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related engineering field required (advanced degree preferred).
- Qualified for P.Eng. or EIT professional registration.
- Sound reasoning ability and good judgement.
- Strong desire to acquire new knowledge and skills.
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
- Those candidates with an interest in obtaining an equity position within the corporation must clearly demonstrate a keen understanding and successful application of business development, management, and corporate ethics.
Technical Skills
- Technical skills in anaerobic digestion and industrial wastewater process design, analysis, and optimization to support our technical project work.
- Understanding of environmental, regulatory, and business drivers for our clients and their projects.
- Ability to utilize your current areas of expertise and ability to research and learn about other related topics to provide technical support for unique wastewater related projects.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office platforms, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with water and wastewater modelling software, Biowin, GPS-X, Simba#, or SUMO an asset.
Writing and Communication Skills
- Outstanding interpersonal skills, including listening, empathy, and intuition.
- Polished communication and presentation skills to engage a wide range of audiences.
- The ability to articulate ideas and concepts both visually and contextually.
- Exemplary technical writing skills with experience writing technical reports for diverse audiences.
- Meticulous nature, strong attention to detail, and exemplary written work.
Organizational Skills and Work Ethic
- Ability to succeed in a consulting environment, handling multiple project assignments, meeting strict deadlines, and traveling to client facilities as needed.
- Strong organizational skills in both information management and time management.
- Work well both within a team environment and independently.
- Strong work ethic and a desire to excel.
- Be self-motivated and proactive.
Here Are Some Other Things You Should Know
Compensation and Benefits
We’re not like most engineering consultants. We keep our clients happy and run a profitable business–it really is that simple.
Azura’s compensation strategy is based on a median base salary and aggressive profit sharing.
Azura also offers a generous extended health and dental plan that includes life insurance, LTD insurance, vision care, and more. Azura employees can also access a $1000 annual spending account to support their physical fitness goals.
Paid time off is accrued starting at 10 statutory holidays and 10 vacation days a year for junior staff and ramping up for senior staff. We also offer 6 paid sick days per year.
Must Have Details
- This is a full-time position based in our Waterloo, Ontario office.
- Applicants must be permanently eligible to work in Canada.
- This position requires the ability to work evening and weekends when needed to meet client deadlines. None of us love working late nights, but it is occasionally needed for some client engagements.
- To be considered for this position, you must be legally and cheerfully able to visit locations across North America without special visa requirements. Overnight travel may be up to 10% of the time depending on the location of client sites. Overnight travel usually occurs for trips lasting 2-days to a week in duration. Some months there is almost no travel, other months may be closer to 25%.
- Candidates must possess a valid drivers license, have access to a reliable vehicle, be comfortable driving a company pickup truck, and have a satisfactory driving record for business travel.
- Project work often takes us to industrial client sites with the potential for exposure to inclement weather, and industrial noise, food allergens, chemical, and biological agents. Industrial environments also include the potential for exposure to extreme heat, cold, moisture, or dryness.
- The job can be physically demanding at times requiring lifting equipment or materials of more than 20 kg, the ability to climb stairs and ladders, sitting or standing for extended periods of time, and use of all required personal protective equipment.
- Some client engagements require staff to pass a drug test.
Diversity
Diversity is good business and we want to find the very best team members. Azura supports a culture of diversity and accessibility, regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, religion, gender identity, gender expression, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability.
We aim to make the application and interview process accommodating for all qualified applicants. If any accommodations would enable or enhance your consideration please contact Lila White at hiring2026@azuraassociates.com.
What is the Azura Employment Process
- Research Azura the way we research prospective clients, see if we might be right for you before you spend much time looking into us. Be curious. Start with our website then check out Azura on LinkedIn and YouTube
- If you can see yourself thriving with us, please email your resume and cover letter (in pdf format only) about the key points in the Azura website you found interesting and your top three questions that would help you know if this position is a great fit for you. Please email to: hiring2026@azuraassociates.com
- Selected candidates will begin with a short telephone interview; these will start almost immediately.
- The top 10-12 candidates will be asked to take our “Profiles International” assessment; we pay the testing fee. Because teamwork, great communication, and a fun, “can do” work environment are important to us, we’re investing to make sure you will love working with us too. Please note we pay all the fees and will share this link with you.
- If you end up as one of the top 2-4 candidates, you will have an in-depth video interview with Dave Ellis, have an opportunity to get answers to your questions, and afterwards you will be given a short assignment to showcase what you can do.
- Lastly, the top candidates will be paid an honorarium to come to an in-person interview with the Azura team. At this interview you’ll get a chance to show what you can do, give a short presentation, and see if this is right for you. The top candidate will be presented with an offer of employment.
We embrace a human-centred workplace, we appreciate the time and effort candidates put into preparing a cover letter and resume for us. We respect all candidates and will do our best to contact those people who are not selected for interviews as those decisions are made.
As a small firm, focused on meeting our client needs, we do not have the capacity to respond to phone calls inquiring about employment. Please do not telephone. Thank you.
Curious what life at Azura is really like? We’ve got you covered.
- Check out our YouTube channel to see vlogs and behind-the-scenes moments from the team.
- We take professional development seriously. As you grow into a position with Azura you’ll be offered opportunities for training along with mentoring by seasoned professionals.
- We share a running list of books, videos, and YouTube channels that have shaped the way we think, lead, and build at Azura. Some staples on our bookshelf: Extreme Ownership, Managing the Professional Service Firm, Traction, and Ideas to Profit. On the YouTube front, we’re big fans of Alex & Leila Hormozi for business thinking, and Practical Engineering for breaking down complex systems with clarity.
- We work hard and play hard. As a team, we often connect over sports & fitness, the outdoors, and nerdy things like anime, board games, sci-fi, and fantasy. There’s no pressure to share these interests, variety keeps things exciting!
Notice to Third Party Agencies
Azura does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request, Azura reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.