Senior Solid Waste Management Engineer – (Civil/Environmental)

AECOM is seeking a Senior Solid Waste Management Engineer for their Halifax, NS office, offering hybrid work options. The role involves supporting solid waste management projects across Eastern Canada, performing field investigations, and providing technical solutions for landfill and compost facility designs. Candidates should have a strong technical background and a team-oriented attitude. This full-time position is part of a global team dedicated to impactful infrastructure projects.
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Job Description

Job Summary

AECOM is actively seeking a Senior Solid Waste Management Engineer to join our growing Eastern Canada waste management team. The right candidate can work locally from our Halifax NS office and AECOM can provide hybrid work options to give the flexibility you need to do your best work. This is a regular, full-time position.

We are looking for a candidate that has a can-do attitude, is enthusiastic, team-oriented professional, with a strong technical background. The appropriately qualified candidate will have a strong understanding and experience in solid waste management.

So why join us? At AECOM you can join our local, and global, world class team of waste management professionals where you’ll get to work on various multi-disciplinary and high-profile projects across the country. The role will focus on supporting ongoing solid waste management projects across Eastern Canada but will also interface with other projects within AECOM’s Environment business.

We have multiple and varied project opportunities and are seeking strong candidates and great people to join our talented team. If you’re ready for the challenge of working in a fast paced, multi-disciplinary environment - this is the career opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

Below are example responsibilities you can expect when working within the AECOM team to deliver all phases of projects:
• Perform field investigations, collecting and analyzing field data and laboratory testing results, and detailed technical reporting on the programs.
• Support the Northern remediation team with both proposal and project execution on various work in the Arctic, (landfills, mine site remediation and site assessment work).
• Operations
• Support a variety of clients (i.e., landfill managers, portfolio clients, Federal and Provincial leads/property managers) through site visits, environmental site assessments/investigations and meetings to provide operations advice
• Design development:
• Developing technical solutions to complete designs and evaluations of solid waste landfill cells, leachate collection and conveyance systems, landfill master plans, capping and closure projects, stormwater management facilities
• Develop technical solutions to complete compost facility feasibility, compost facility designs, liner designs, stormwater management facilities
• Develop regional waste system financial feasibility studies
• Design of waste transfer stations and material recycle facilities
• Develop remedial action plans based on site assessment work to provide site remediation solutions
• Preparing documentation for design projects: technical letters, memorandums, reports, drawings, and detailed design packages
• Preparation of project specifications, contract documents, construction packages, and construction cost estimates
• Prepare regulatory submittal documents for landfill and compost facility development.
• Perform construction supervision, administration, and monitoring, including contract close out and reporting.
• Supervisory duties:
• Collaborate with junior and intermediate staff on client, co-worker, sub-contractor and sub-consultant communication and management
• Provide oversight on multi-disciplinary projects, such as: proposal development and change management; safety and logistics; regulatory and stakeholder management; tracking of cost and schedule; coordination of project deliverables and technical aspects

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant engineering discipline (Civil, Geotechnical, Environmental etc.)
• 6 years of experience in a related field.

Strongly Preferred Qualifications:
• 10+ years of related experience within solid waste management
• Proficient technical writing experience for detailed design reports, landfill master plans and operations plans, and regulatory document submissions.
• Registered Professional Engineer with APENS
• Valid driver's license
• Travel will likely be required in this position within Canada
• Proficient with MS Office Suite; excellent knowledge of Excel and Word

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.