Senior Solid Waste Project Manager

HDR; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 103,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental firm in Vancouver is seeking a seasoned Senior Solid Waste Project Manager to lead and manage waste-related projects across Canada and the U.S. The ideal candidate will possess over 12 years of experience in solid waste services, a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and an active engineering license. This role requires strong leadership, project management skills, and the ability to develop strategic client relationships. Competitive salary range is CAD $103,873 - $148,390.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time away and holidays

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 12+ years working with regulatory and approval/permitting agencies.
• 2+ years project management experience with demonstrated leadership skills.
• Professional engineering license required.

Responsibilities

• Manage waste related projects including scope and proposal development.
• Develop client relationships and lead project teams.
• Promote technical excellence and industry best practices.

Skills

Excellent writing and verbal communication skills for a broad range of audiences

Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem solving and research abilities

Ability to support multiple complex and time sensitive projects effectively

Recognize and understand big picture concepts while recognizing details that are important

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental sciences

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Access

Job description

Senior Solid Waste Project Manager

Role ID: 186774

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

HDR is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Solid Waste Project Manager for its Canadian Waste Sector who has an interest in expanding their career across all facets of the business and a broad range of services. This position is a key role for our Waste Sector growth, responsible for supporting business development activities, and providing project management and technical expertise for a diverse set of waste clients and services across Canada and the United States. The long-term vision for this role is to build a team that will support the circular economy, zero waste and implementation of alternative technologies for managing residual materials.

As part of the Waste team in Canada, the role will include promoting technical excellence, including coaching and career development of the team; maintenance and implementation of industry best practices; and building HDR's reputation for technical excellence and thought leadership.

The candidate must have a strong background in solid waste services pertaining to the waste market sector. The position will involve working closely with HDR Resources, Waste Sector leadership and local staff to drive program development from a geographic and national basis. Provides HDR with senior consulting and project management leadership, in the Waste Sector, managing both planning and engineering related projects and developing client relationships. Position encompasses a client focus, networking and establishing client relationships, developing leads, and strategic thinking in future directions for both our clients and programs. It also includes identifying market changes and anticipating their impacts to the business, pre-proposal visitations and supporting proposal preparation with technical and marketing staff by providing client-centric input and feedback and giving presentations.

Specific duties include

• Possesses and maintains a deep understanding of how clients perceive their technical problems and has the ability to package HDR expertise as solutions to these problems. In turn, supports marketing (business development) leadership in crafting client capture plan strategies.
• Senior Project Manager for waste related projects (seller-doer).
• Manage projects, including scope and/or proposal development, project team development and assignment, project execution, quality reviews, project closeout, and quality control, schedule, and budget management.
• Works with business development leadership to prioritize the marketing and business development efforts of the organization to prioritize business efforts that provide maximum return on investment.
• Identifies and develops opportunities to expand services to clients.
• Champions a quality-culture within the sector organization, and within production teams, serving the sector’s clients.
• Acts as client manager for select clients, actively developing relationships with the candidate’s previous contacts and HDR’s existing clients.
• Leads risk management activities for both contract reviews and project deliverables.
• Directs the technical messaging and professional attendance at professional organizations and industry events.
• Works with Market Sector leads to establish direction and growth strategies for the practice.
• Identify key staff needs and assist in process of attracting and hiring staff to build team to support project work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences
• A minimum of 12 years working with regulatory and approval/permitting agencies, conceptual design and site layout, writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for complex waste projects.
• Skills:
  • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills for a broad range of audiences
  • Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem solving and research abilities
  • Ability to support multiple complex and time sensitive projects effectively
  • Identify and resolve issues effectively and efficiently
  • Recognize and understand big picture concepts while recognizing details that are important
  • Fostering collaborative team attitudes
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Able to work under and meet tight deadlines
  • Ability to interact with design and construction teams in a positive and proactive manner

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum 2 years project management experience
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• MS Office and MS Project experience is required (Access experience would be plus)
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Compensation and Benefits

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits. Pay Transparency British Columbia: $103,873 - $148,390

Safety and Employer Credentials

At HDR, the health and safety of our employees is of the upmost importance. In accordance with local safety, health, and environmental legislation, HDR is committed to developing, maintaining, and enforcing proactive safe work policies, procedures, and standards. HDR is a certified Living Wage Employer in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta.

Primary Location / Details

Primary Location: Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver

Industry: Environment/Sciences

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Waste Services

Job Posting: Sep 5, 2025