Central Region Landfill Engineer -- Lead the Future of Sustainable Solid Waste Management

Location: St. Louis, Missouri OR Omaha, Nebraska (Relocation Assistance Available)

Travel: Approximately 30-50%

Schedule: Monday-Friday with periodic travel and occasional field support outside normal business hours based on project needs.

Who We Are

At Waste Connections, we're more than just one of North America's leading waste services companies. We're a team of problem-solvers, operators, engineers, and leaders committed to safety, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.

Our employees empowered us to become a different kind of company. One where self-directed, entrepreneurial professionals are trusted to make decisions, solve problems, and drive results.

We're looking for a Central Region Landfill Engineer who wants to make a direct impact on landfill operations, environmental compliance, capital projects, and long-term site development while partnering with leaders across multiple states.

Why Join Us?

• Culture: A workplace where empowered, self-directed professionals know their work matters.
• Integrity: We do what we say and keep our promises to our employees, customers, and communities.
• Growth: We invest in developing future leaders and provide opportunities to advance within Engineering and Operations.
• Impact: Work directly with landfill management and regional leadership on projects that influence the long-term success of our business.

A Day in the Life of a Regional Landfill Engineer

• Lead landfill cell design, construction, and development projects across multiple locations.
• Partner with landfill managers and operations teams to maximize airspace utilization and improve site performance.
• Manage capital projects from planning and budgeting through construction and project closeout.
• Provide engineering support for landfill gas, leachate, stormwater, grading, erosion control, and environmental systems.
• Develop scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, and project budgets.
• Coordinate activities with consultants, contractors, regulatory agencies, and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with permitting, compliance initiatives, and environmental reporting requirements.
• Conduct site visits to evaluate operating conditions, support construction activities, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with Operations, Environmental, Maintenance, and Finance teams to support business objectives.
• Help ensure projects are completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.

Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in landfill operations, heavy civil construction, mining, earthwork, environmental engineering, aggregates, or related industries.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong project management, budgeting, and organizational skills.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to work directly with field operations and senior leadership.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and engineering-related software applications.
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout the region.
• Preferred Experience/Skills
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification.
• Solid waste, landfill, environmental, or geotechnical engineering experience.
• Experience with landfill permitting, compliance, landfill gas, leachate, and airspace development.
• Construction management and contractor oversight experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale capital improvement projects.

What You'll Gain

• Exposure to multiple landfill operations and leadership teams.
• Ownership of high-impact projects across a diverse geographical region.
• Opportunities for career advancement within one of North America's leading waste and environmental services companies.
• The ability to directly influence operational, environmental, and financial performance.

To be considered for any of our current openings, you must complete an application at https://careers.wasteconnections.com.

We Keep Our Promises!

At Waste Connections, we believe in empowering our employees. Our culture is built on respect, reliability, and integrity—when we say we’ll do something, we follow through!

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) retirement with company match, paid time off, and unlimited opportunities to Connect with Your Future. Additional benefits information can be found at Why Waste Connections.

Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.

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About Us

Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees.

OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US
Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do.

Our Opportunities

BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN
People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future.

LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER
Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve.

Work Hard/Play Hard Culture

Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture.

FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE FOR ALL

At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.