Discipline Lead - Solid Waste Management

Discipline Lead - Solid Waste Management Engineer

Are you looking for a company that works on major engineering projects all over the world? Do you want to make a difference by improving the daily lives of communities worldwide? Are you seeking to join an inclusive and diverse team that you can truly count on? You’ve come to the right place!

AtkinsRealis’s has one of the most experienced environmental and geosciences engineering consulting teams in Canada. Our team members across Canada deliver superior service to every one of our clients.  Our people are vital to our success, and we build teams that are second to none.  Our team embraces challenges and is engaged in working together to contribute to our business objectives.

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Discipline Lead for our Solid Waste Management Team to assume a leadership position in this role for our Environment Practice.  This role will primarily be based in Toronto but could be considered to be based at any of our locations within Ontario.

Your role within the team:

• In this role you will be responsible for growing and managing our Canada-wide solid waste team, comprising technical and professional staff at all levels of development.

• You will utilize your strong waste engineering, compliance, planning and/or sustainability experience and provide leadership to the team serving our internal, private industry and government clients with solid waste projects across Canada.

• You will be accountable for the successful delivery of our current solid waste projects, as well as growing our project pipeline.

• Growing the group revenue from existing client relationships, developing new business and/or expanding lines of business.

• Track leads and maintain client relationships to win new work.

• Developing and expanding the team of technical and professional staff delivering solid waste projects.

• Acting as a direct interface between clients and the AtkinsRéalis project teams and/or regulatory bodies, as appropriate.

• Senior level project management (including technical program development, management of personnel and resources, tracking costs and managing budgets, implementing quality assurance reviews, and ensuring client objectives are met).

• Identifying project quality/project profitability risks and liabilities and developing strategies to minimize them.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?

Because we offer:

• The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients. 

• An exciting environment where work-life balance is important. 

• A wide array of learning and development opportunities. 

• Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan. 

• A work environment focused on health and safety.

The ideal candidate:

• More than 15 years of practical, progressive environmental consulting experience in the waste management industry, or equivalent industrial or institutional experience, and must be licensed as a professional - engineer by a provincial regulatory agency.

• Experience managing and mentoring technical and professional staff - while actively engaged at growing a team.

• Experience in managing/directing multi-disciplinary teams with skills in relevant disciplines including hydrology/stormwater management, waste related planning, civil/geotechnical engineering, environmental/structural/mechanical/electrical engineering.

• Solid knowledge of municipal, provincial and federal environmental laws, regulations and guidelines as they apply to waste management design, remediation and/or construction projects in Canada.

• English proficiency in reading and writing, with proficiency in French considered a strong asset.

Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.

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.  
 

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