Senior Environmental Project Engineer – Waste Treatment

ECOVANTAGE BIODEGRADABLE SDN BHD; Rawang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EPF

SOCSO

EIS

Annual leave and medical benefits

Performance bonus

Project completion bonus

Training and professional development

Job summary

Ecovantage Biodegradable Sdn. Bhd. is seeking a Senior Environmental Project Engineer to support waste treatment project discussions, partner communication, site information collection, and technical proposal preparation.

The candidate should have experience in waste management, landfill operations, recycling, or related environmental projects. The role emphasizes project evaluation support, technical communication, and coordination with partners, consultants, and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental-related field as listed.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in waste management, environmental treatment, landfill, recycling, wastewater, sludge treatment, biomass, or related industries.
• Able to communicate professionally with clients, partners, consultants, contractors, and management.
• Able to prepare project summaries, technical notes, meeting records, and presentation materials.
• Willing to travel for meetings and site visits.

Responsibilities

• Partner and Project Discussion – engage with waste management companies, landfill operators, consultants and partners.
• Attend meetings and capture requirements, site conditions, and project expectations.
• Review project information such as waste type, volume, moisture, permits, tipping fees, and objectives.
• Prepare technical notes, summaries, and proposal support documents.

Skills

Strong coordination

Excellent communication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Waste Management, Environmental Science, or related discipline

Job description

About Us
Ecovantage Biodegradable Sdn. Bhd. is an environmental technology company focused on sustainable waste treatment, resource recovery, and green technology development. The company is developing waste treatment technologies, including Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC), to support the conversion of selected waste streams into useful resources.

Position Summary
We are looking for a Senior Environmental Project Engineer to support waste treatment project discussions, partner communication, site information collection, and technical proposal preparation. This role is suitable for a candidate with experience in waste management, landfill operations, recycling, wastewater, sludge treatment, environmental projects, or green technology. The candidate should be able to communicate professionally with waste management companies, landfill operators, consultants, contractors, and potential project partners. This role is mainly focused on project evaluation support and technical communication. It is not a heavy maintenance role and is not intended to replace specialist process engineering, detailed plant design, commercial scale-up engineering, or CTO-level technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner and Project Discussion
• Attend meetings with waste management companies, landfill operators, environmental service providers, consultants, and potential partners.
• Understand partner requirements, waste treatment needs, site conditions, and project expectations.
• Prepare meeting notes, follow-up items, and technical clarification summaries.
• Waste Treatment Project Support - Collect and review basic project information such as waste type, waste volume, moisture content, site condition, permit status, tipping fee structure, and treatment objective.
• Support preliminary project evaluation and help identify whether a project is suitable for further technical review. - Assist management in preparing for project discussions with potential partners.
• Technical Documentation
• Prepare simple technical notes, project summaries, presentation materials, and proposal support documents.
• Organize technical and project information received from partners, consultants, contractors, and internal teams. - Support preparation of preliminary project information for management review.
• Site Visit and Coordination
• Attend site visits when required.
• Review basic site readiness, including space, access, utilities, waste handling area, storage, wastewater handling, and safety considerations.
• Follow up with external parties on requested information and project next steps.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Waste Management, Environmental Science, or a related discipline. Candidates from other engineering backgrounds may be considered only if they have direct waste treatment, landfill, recycling, wastewater, or environmental project experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in waste management, environmental treatment, landfill, recycling, wastewater, sludge treatment, biomass, utilities, or related industries.
• Able to understand waste treatment requirements, site constraints, and environmental project considerations.
• Able to communicate professionally with clients, partners, consultants, contractors, and management.
• Able to prepare project summaries, technical notes, meeting records, and presentation materials.
• Strong coordination, communication, and follow-up skills.
• Willing to travel for meetings and site visits when required.

Preferred Experience

• Experience dealing with landfill operators, waste management companies, recycling companies, environmental consultants, or industrial waste generators.
• Experience in municipal solid waste, landfill, recycling, RDF, WTE, composting, wastewater, sludge, scheduled waste, biomass, or environmental treatment projects.
• Knowledge of CAPEX, OPEX, tipping fee, site requirements, waste treatment cost structure, or project implementation is an advantage.
• Existing industry contacts in waste management or environmental services will be an added advantage.

Benefits

• EPF, SOCSO, and EIS.
• Annual leave and medical benefits.
• Performance bonus, subject to company and individual performance.
• Project completion bonus, subject to management approval.
• Training and professional development support.
• Opportunity to participate in waste treatment and green technology projects.
• Career progression opportunities as the company expands.