Senior Solid Waste Engineer

4 weeks ago


Pickering, Canada Rjburnside Full time

Are you an accomplished Solid Waste Engineer seeking an exciting new challenge? R.J.Burnside & Associates Limited (Burnside) invites you to join our innovative solid waste management team, preferably based in Pickering, however we are ready to consider our other offices for the right candidate. You will play a pivotal role in providing technical leadership and project management for the planning, design, and monitoring of diverse waste management systems, spanning landfills, recycling depots, and transfer stations as well as the municipal approval process for land development projects. Your expertise will extend to shaping waste management master plans, conducting Environmental Assessments, and devising effective diversion and disposal strategies.

The Role

Your responsibilities as a Senior Solid Waste Engineer will encompass, but not be limited to:

  • Client and Business Development: Spearhead client and business development initiatives to drive growth.
  • Team Leadership: Lead proposal and project production teams, offering guidance and mentorship to junior staff and coordinating work with other disciplines as a Project Manager.
  • Communication Expertise: Engage effectively with clients, regulatory agencies, Indigenous communities, and stakeholders.
  • Operational Training: Provide in-person and virtual presentations to clients and their staff, relevant to their regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
  • Adaptive Responsibilities: Undertake additional duties as required to ensure project success.

Professional Knowledge and Qualifications

We are actively seeking candidates with the following qualifications:

  • Educational Background: Hold an Environmental Engineering or Civil Engineering degree.
  • Extensive Experience: Bring your wealth of experience in solid waste engineering consulting or an equivalent field.
  • Professional Membership: Maintain membership, in good standing, with Professional Engineers Ontario.
  • Communication Skills: Exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Project Management Prowess: Showcase the ability to work concurrently on several projects, consistently delivering on-time and on-budget results to clients. Showcase your strong project management, client management, and business development aptitude.
  • Proven Leadership: Demonstrate your success in leading and building high-performing teams.
  • Flexibility: Possess the ability and willingness to travel between Burnside offices and occasionally to remote client sites.

Assets (but not required): The following will be considered advantageous:

  • Consultation Proficiency: Demonstrate familiarity and comfort with regulatory agency, Indigenous, and stakeholder consultation.
  • Legislative Knowledge: Possess knowledge of relevant Acts and Regulations in Ontario and Manitoba.
  • Civil Engineering Expertise: Showcase experience in earth moving/grading, site servicing, surface water systems, sewers and leachate treatment, pavement, and structures.
  • Technical Understanding: Illustrate an understanding of contaminant hydrogeology.
  • Cost Modeling Skills: Bring experience in cost modeling and estimating.

If you are an ambitious Senior Solid Waste Engineer ready to contribute to impactful projects, we invite you to be a key player in shaping the future of solid waste management at Burnside.

Why Choose Burnside?

Are you interested in working for an employer with a 5-decade track record of building a great reputation both internally with their staff and externally with their clients? The Burnside team is a supportive group of colleagues that work together to provide value and service to our clients, while extending care to each other. We know that our employees are our greatest asset, and thus we strive to provide a positive work/life balance.

We offer:

  • A collaborative culture where friendship, honesty and respect are part of our core values and practices
  • Flexible working hours and office locations, including hybrid working opportunities
  • A competitive compensation and benefits package
  • RSP company matching plan
  • Career growth and professional development opportunities
  • Potential for performance-driven bonusing
  • Recruiting bonus / finder’s fee for referrals
  • A welcoming, positive, and inclusive work environment

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to valuing diversity in the workplace and we welcome resumes from all qualified candidates. Burnside will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the entire recruitment, assessment, and selection process, as required. If you are a person with a disability and require an accommodation during these processes, please contact our Human Resources department.

Company Profile – More about us:

Founded in 1970, R.J. Burnside & Associates Limited is a growing values-driven employee-owned multidiscipline engineering and environmental consulting firm with over 400 staff. Our consistent commitment towards investing in technology advancements and training, in addition to encouraging and promoting professional development, has enabled our firm to meet our ongoing and stated goal of continual improvement.

We actively seek to develop relationships with a broad and diversified client base in the Public, Private, Indigenous, and International sectors.We work on a variety of projects throughout Canada, with ten office locations in Ontario and one in Manitoba.

Burnside has expertise in many technical disciplines including air and noise, asset management, buildings, environmental planning and ecology, GIS, hydrogeology, land development, landscape architecture, municipal drainage and peer review, solid waste, stormwater management, structures, transportation planning and design, transit, water and wastewater and well drilling & diagnostics.

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