Victor J. Pujals, P.E.

Victor J. Pujals, P.E. is a civil and environmental engineer with more than 40 years of experience in the management and implementation of major multimillion-dollar capital improvement projects for municipal clients, with particular expertise in the water and wastewater fields.

Throughout his career, Mr. Pujals has served in key leadership roles including Project Director, Program Manager, Technical Advisor, Quality Manager, and Technical Reviewer. His work has included major engineering programs throughout Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and other locations.

Since 1994, Mr. Pujals has worked on numerous project assignments for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD). His responsibilities have included project management, technical oversight, quality assurance and quality control, design review, master planning, and implementation of major water and wastewater capital improvement programs.

Major Project Experience

Mr. Pujals has provided technical advisory and quality control services for CDM Smith assignments associated with Miami-Dade WASD's Ocean Outfall Legislation and Consent Decree programs. These assignments have included projects at the South, Central, and North District wastewater treatment facilities.

As Project Director for the South Miami Heights Water Treatment Plant, Mr. Pujals led a multidisciplinary team in preparing the design criteria package for procurement of design, construction, and operation services for a 20-million-gallon-per-day water treatment plant.

The project included criteria for finished water quality, treatment of water from the Biscayne Aquifer and Upper Floridan Aquifer, production wells, transmission mains, plant operations, and LEED Silver Certification.

He also served as Project Director and Quality Manager for design services related to Miami-Dade WASD Consent Decree projects involving upgrades to all three of the Department's major wastewater treatment plants.

Mr. Pujals provided technical oversight for engineering services at the Alexander Orr Jr. Water Treatment Plant, one of Miami-Dade County's largest water treatment facilities. His work included plant upgrades, renewal and replacement projects, disinfection improvements, water treatment process evaluations, permitting, procurement, and construction-phase services.

He also served as Interim Program Manager for a major water and wastewater infrastructure program for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), supporting capital improvement projects throughout Puerto Rico's southern and western regions.

His South Florida experience includes technical and leadership roles for projects involving the City of Miami Beach, City of Coral Gables, City of Fort Lauderdale, City of Boca Raton, City of Deerfield Beach, City of Coral Springs, City of Lauderhill, and City of Sunrise, among others.

His project experience has encompassed water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, storage facilities, wellfields, transmission systems, stormwater systems, hydraulic modeling, water reuse, biosolids management, treatment process evaluations, and capital improvement planning.

Mr. Pujals has also participated in major engineering projects outside South Florida, including water treatment projects in Jacksonville, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas, Texas; Evansville, Indiana; Huntsville, Alabama; Medellín, Colombia; and Nassau, The Bahamas.

Professional Leadership

In addition to his engineering career, Mr. Pujals has held numerous leadership positions within professional engineering organizations.

• President — Florida Engineering Society, Miami Chapter
• Vice President — Florida Engineering Society, Miami Chapter
• Engineer of the Year — Florida Engineering Society, Miami Chapter, 2006
• Board of Directors — Miami-Dade A/E Society, Inc., 2004–2020
• Member — National Society of Professional Engineers
• Life Member — American Water Works Association
• Member — American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• Member — Advisory Council for Engineering, Florida International University

Leadership in CAACE

Mr. Pujals has maintained a longstanding commitment to the Cuban American Association of Civil Engineers (CAACE), serving the organization in several executive and leadership positions.

• Secretary — 2009–2011
• Vice President — 2011–2013
• President — 2013–2015
• Past President and Board of Directors — 2016–Present

Through decades of professional engineering practice and service to engineering organizations, Mr. Pujals has contributed extensive technical expertise and leadership to the advancement of water and wastewater infrastructure and the civil engineering profession.