Landfill Gas Engineer
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full-time
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Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $98,140 - $147,275 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develops and designs landfill gas collection and control systems (GCCS), including well fields, pipes, condensate sumps, blowers, and flares, to capture LFG effectively
- Conducts studies and designs systems to capture LFG for beneficial uses, such as generating electricity, producing vehicle fuel, or creating other marketable products
- Engineering analyses such as slope stability, hydrologic and landfill gas modeling, seismic, and seepage
- Preparation of permit applications, design calculations, drawings, technical specifications, and permit applications
- Ensures compliance with state and local regulations for air emissions, gas migration, and other environmental aspects of landfill operations
- Fieldwork associated with investigation, design and construction services; including monitoring the performance of gas collection and utilization systems, performing wellfield tuning, and manages other operational issues
- Provides engineering support for projects, including cost estimation, feasibility studies, and the review of contracts for gas recovery and utilization systems
- Understanding of local, state and federal regulations related to landfill gas and solid waste
- Assisting in the development of proposals and other business development activities
- Based on your current level of experience, you may be asked to take on task-level or project management responsibilities, along with business development, and staff mentoring tasks
- Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations, as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, biosystems, or geotechnical engineering (required)
- Advanced degree in the same (preferred)
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration or the ability to obtain P.E. registration within 1 year (preferred)
- At least 5 years (7+ years preferred) of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience (required)
- Experience with environmental monitoring systems (landfill gas, groundwater, etc.) (required)
- Experience with environmental permitting, including solid waste and air (required)
- Knowledge of solid waste facility design, LFG system design, and construction quality assurance (required)
- Excellent writing and communication skills (required)
- Regular fieldwork and overnight travel (required)
- Experience with modeling/design tools such as AUTOCAD, KYpipe, fate transport modeling, Slope/W, Vadose/W, Sigma/W, and ARCGIS (preferred)
- Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing may be required
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel (required)