Solid Waste Management Engineer

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Solid Waste Management Engineer to support the delivery of solid waste management, circular economy and environmental compliance projects within multidisciplinary teams to support our Canada team.

This role is focused on technical delivery and project execution, supporting feasibility studies, waste audits, waste management plans and regulatory compliance activities. The engineer will contribute to projects primarily serving municipal, public, parapublic and institutional clients, with exposure to industrial, mining, Indigenous and remote contexts.

The position offers strong opportunities for professional growth while contributing to impactful, real-world waste management solutions.

Your role

• Participate in projects for municipal, public, parapublic, institutional and industrial clients
• Contribute to the preparation of solid waste management plans (SWMP / RMMP)
• Support feasibility studies, technical assessments and system optimization initiatives
• Participate in projects related to composting, anaerobic digestion, recycling, Waste-to-Energy and circular economy
• Conduct quantification of material streams
• Support projects involving construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) waste, including pre-demolition audits, CRD waste inventories and quantification, CRD waste management plans, and Recovery and diversion strategies
• Support the optimization of waste management infrastructures such as: ecocentres, landfill, compositing platforms. and existing waste management systems
• Collaborate with contractors, consultants and construction teams
• Support the preparation of applications for ministerial and regulatory authorizations
• Contribute to regulatory monitoring and compliance analysis
• Draft technical reports, plans and procedures
• Ensure follow-up on schedules, budgets and deliverables under the guidance of senior staff
• Coordinate specific technical activities with sub-consultants, as required
• Contribute to the preparation of service proposals, including technical sections and effort estimates.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, environmental or related discipline)
• Master’s degree (asset)
• Engineer and member of the OIQ
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in solid waste management or environmental projects
• Practical experience in the municipal, public, parapublic or institutional sectors
• Experience with waste audits, waste management plans, Construction & Demolition projects, recycling and composting projects
• Strong analytical and technical writing abilities
• Organization, rigor and teamwork
• Availability for occasional travel within Canada
• Motivation for professional development and growth

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.

• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.

• Generous annual leave balance.

• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.

• Remote work opportunities outside of country.

• Company gratuity scheme.

• Discretionary bonus program.

• Relocation assistance.

• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.