Tim Rynders, PE 

Tim Rynders is a process engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in project management, client service, planning, design, research and development, and startup and optimization of water and wastewater treatment facilities.

He has provided process design for filtration, membrane separation, advanced disinfection treatment facilities, anaerobic digestion, industrial treatment, industrial reuse, sewer and process water heat recovery, and biogas conditioning and utilization systems. Tim has also designed and operated several pilot plant treatability studies for treatment process R&D, selection, and optimization.

Tim has served as project manager for several water and industrial treatment facility design and design/build teams, and he credits a personal dedication to teamwork and creativity for his professional triumphs; it’s the concept of “humans thriving together with the earth, not just sustaining it” that drives his success.

“My direct managers and technical mentors have worked hard to get to know my strengths, support me in my weaknesses, and give me a world of opportunity to be the most valuable engineer I can be. It’s our talented people that make up CDM Smith’s empowering culture,” Tim says.