Senior Design Engineer – Solid Waste Management

AtkinsRéalis; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Time off policies

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Engineer with extensive solid waste and environmental infrastructure experience to lead feasibility studies and design across projects nationwide.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, mentor staff, and contribute to proposals while supporting permits and life-cycle cost analyses. The role requires bilingual capability and willingness to travel across Canada.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, chemical, environmental or related engineering; a master’s degree is an asset.
• Professional Engineer in good standing in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Lead feasibility studies, concepts, design bases, material balances and alternatives analyses.
• Lead preliminary and detailed design for landfills, depots, transfer and sorting facilities.
• Develop design criteria, assumptions, calculations, technical specifications, estimates and tender documents.
• Integrate civil, mechanical, electrical, process, environmental, operations, health and safety, and constructability inputs.
• Lead technical reviews, independent checks and quality control for calculations, drawings, specifications and reports.
• Support permitting and demonstrate that proposed solutions meet applicable requirements.
• Provide tender, construction, shop-drawing, change-management and commissioning support.
• Advise clients on technologies, risks, life-cycle costs and operational feasibility.
• Mentor engineers and technologists and promote consistent design practices.
• Contribute to proposals, effort estimates, client presentations and business development.

Skills

Technical leadership

Professional judgment

Autonomy

Excellent writing

Clear client communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, chemical, environmental or related engineering

Master’s degree is an asset

Professional Engineer in good standing in Canada

Job description

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is experiencing significant growth in its Solid Waste Management practice across Canada. To support the expansion of our project portfolio and meet the growing demand for our engineering and advisory services, we are expanding our national team.

We deliver projects for municipalities, public and parapublic organizations, industrial and mining clients, as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada, including urban, northern, remote and environmentally sensitive regions.

_ Flexible Location: We are open to candidates based in various regions across Canada, (BC, AB, ON, NB), offering flexibility while supporting collaboration with our national team_.

Your role

• Lead feasibility studies, concepts, design bases, material balances and alternatives analyses.
• Lead preliminary and detailed design for landfills, depots, transfer and sorting facilities. (c_omposting platforms, as required_)
• Develop design criteria, assumptions, calculations, technical specifications, estimates and tender documents.
• Integrate civil, mechanical, electrical, process, environmental, operations, health and safety, and constructability inputs.
• Lead technical reviews, independent checks and quality control for calculations, drawings, specifications and reports.
• Support permitting and demonstrate that proposed solutions meet applicable requirements.
• Provide tender, construction, shop-drawing, change-management and commissioning support.
• Advise clients on technologies, risks, life-cycle costs and operational feasibility.
• Mentor engineers and technologists and promote consistent design practices.
• Contribute to proposals, effort estimates, client presentations and business development.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, chemical, environmental or related engineering; a master’s degree is an asset.
• Professional Engineer in good standing in Canada;
• 15 to 25 years of relevant experience designing solid waste or environmental infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and reviewing calculations, drawings, specifications, estimates and contract documents.
• Practical knowledge across multiple waste streams and the ability to integrate operational constraints.
• Experience with municipal, public, parapublic, industrial or mining clients; northern, remote or Indigenous-community experience is an asset.
• Technical leadership, sound professional judgment, rigor, autonomy and excellent writing skills.
• Ability to coordinate several disciplines and communicate clearly with clients, regulators and project teams.
• Bilingual French and English*; available for occasional travel in Canada.

* English is required to collaborate with teams and clients located outside Quebec.

Rewards & benefits

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

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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

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