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Clean Harbors

Hazardous waste management and emergency response

Vice President of Architecture

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/20/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Norwell, MA, USA
In Person
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline is required; a master's degree or equivalent advanced study is preferred. Alternative combinations of education and relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of degree requirements.
  • Typically, 15 or more years of progressive technology experience, including substantial enterprise architecture or solution architecture leadership in complex, large-scale environments.
  • Typically, 7 or more years leading managers and senior technical professionals, with demonstrated success building architecture capabilities and influencing at the executive level.
  • Demonstrated experience creating enterprise technology strategy and roadmaps, governing major investments, leading modernization, and delivering cross-functional transformation.
  • Enterprise-wide strategic thinking, connecting business models, operating priorities, risk, and technology investment decisions.
  • Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture practices, cloud and platform strategy, application and integration patterns, data architecture, cybersecurity concepts, and modern engineering delivery.
  • Executive presence and strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Ability to lead through influence, establish credibility across diverse stakeholders, and make decisions amid ambiguity and competing priorities.
  • Strong financial and commercial acumen, including business-case evaluation, total-cost-of-ownership analysis, vendor assessment, and investment prioritization.
  • People leadership, organizational design, talent development, change leadership, and succession planning capabilities.
  • Commitment to ethical decision-making, operational discipline, customer and employee safety, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
  • Define, communicate, and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, reference architectures, standards, and multi-year roadmaps in alignment with company strategy.
  • Lead enterprise architecture governance and decision forums; establish decision rights, exception processes, documentation standards, and accountability.
  • Assess emerging and proven technology trends to determine where adoption can improve business performance, risk posture, agility, or operating efficiency.
  • Ensure architecture decisions meet enterprise requirements for security, privacy, resilience, interoperability, performance, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
  • Identify systemic architecture risks and provide executives with options, tradeoffs, recommendations, and mitigation plans.
  • Partner with executive leaders, business stakeholders, Platform Owners, Product Owners, and Engineering leadership to translate business strategy into technology capabilities and investment priorities.
  • Influence enterprise planning, portfolio sequencing, acquisition integration, and major transformation programs through architecture guidance.
  • Advise on build, buy, reuse, retire, and modernization decisions, balancing speed, cost, risk, and long-term sustainability.
  • Present technology strategies and decisions in business terms to executive audiences and governance bodies.
  • Provide executive oversight for architecture across complex, cross-platform programs and ensure solution designs align with enterprise target states and roadmaps.
  • Drive consistency across application, integration, data, deployment, cloud, infrastructure, and security architectures while allowing appropriate business-domain flexibility.
  • Establish architecture engagement models that enable delivery teams to make timely, high-quality decisions and realize architectural intent through implementation.
  • Resolve cross-portfolio dependencies and design conflicts, reducing duplication, fragmentation, and avoidable complexity.
  • Own the enterprise view of technical debt, lifecycle risk, platform health, and modernization needs; prioritize remediation based on business value and risk.
  • Champion reusable platforms, automation, observability, resilience engineering, and engineering practices that improve stability, maintainability, and delivery performance.
  • Sponsor pilots and controlled experimentation with defined success measures and responsible pathways to scale or exit.
  • Establish architecture outcomes and metrics, including standards adoption, reuse, risk reduction, modernization progress, reliability, cost optimization, and time to delivery.
  • Lead, coach, and develop Architecture Directors, Technical Architects, Solution Architects, and related architecture leaders; create succession plans and strengthen enterprise architecture capability.
  • Define organizational structure, role clarity, workforce plans, career paths, performance expectations, and professional development priorities.
  • Build an inclusive, accountable, and collaborative culture that values sound judgment, constructive challenge, transparency, and continuous learning.
  • Attract and retain architecture talent and develop architecture communities of practice across technology teams.
  • Contribute to technology investment planning, business cases, budgeting, and cost optimization; ensure architecture recommendations consider total cost of ownership.
  • Shape strategic vendor and partner decisions, evaluate product and platform fit, and reduce unnecessary technology proliferation and concentration risk.
  • Partner with Security, Risk, Legal, Procurement, Finance, and Audit stakeholders to address technology controls, obligations, and material risks.
  • Exercise supervisory authority and accountability for organizational structure, selection, development, performance management, succession planning, workforce planning, and compensation recommendations for the Architecture function. Direct and indirect reports may include Directors of Architecture, Enterprise Architects, Technical Architects, Solution Architects, and other architecture professionals.

About the company

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Clean Harbors

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Clean Harbors provides environmental and industrial services across North America, focusing on hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning, and maintenance for a wide range of clients including Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Its offering works by delivering on-site and remote services through service contracts, emergency response fees, and waste disposal charges, supported by an extensive network of facilities and specialized equipment to ensure safe, compliant waste handling. The company differentiates itself through its large scale, broad service mix, and emphasis on meeting stringent environmental compliance and safety standards for demanding customers. Its goal is to grow its market presence and service offerings to be a leading, dependable partner for essential environmental services in North America.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Norwell, Massachusetts

Founded

1980

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What believers are saying

  • July 29, 2026 Q2 revenue hit $1.74 billion, up 12% year over year.
  • Management raised 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to a $1.38 billion midpoint on July 29.
  • EnviroServe adds 40 locations and $25 million synergies, widening cross-sell and transport density.

What critics are saying

  • September 17, 2026 notes raise leverage before EnviroServe integration proves cleanly.
  • EnviroServe still needs regulatory approval; delays push synergies and cash returns into 2027.
  • PFAS, spill, or disposal liabilities can trigger shutdowns, fines, and reputational damage quickly.

What makes Clean Harbors unique

  • Clean Harbors operates a 48-state permitted network for hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
  • July 29, 2026 record quarter linked Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions.
  • Long-tenured customer relationships support recurring disposal volumes and emergency response demand.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Vacation
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

13%

2 year growth

13%
Microsoft
Sep 17th, 2026
Clean Harbors launches $600M senior notes offering to fund EnviroServe acquisition

Clean Harbors has launched a private offering of $600 million in senior notes due in 2034. The environmental services company will use the proceeds to fund its previously announced acquisition of EnviroServe and repay revolving credit facility borrowings used to partially finance the acquisition of ES&H. The offering will proceed whether or not the acquisitions are completed. If either deal fails to close, any unused proceeds will be allocated to general corporate purposes. The notes offering represents Clean Harbors' latest financing move to support its expansion strategy through strategic acquisitions in the environmental services sector.

BizPacReview, Inc.
Sep 15th, 2026
Data center spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river tributary.

Data center spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river tributary. A New Jersey data center spilled roughly a small tanker truck's worth of diesel fuel into a nearby creek Friday. An estimated 5,000 gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel discharged from a storage tank at an Equinix data center in Secaucus, New Jersey, Friday, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The spill has been contained, and DEP said it does not yet know how much of the discharged fuel entered nearby Anderson Creek, a small tributary of the Hackensack River. The agency told the DCNF the spill has not impacted the Hackensack River, no wildlife impacts have been reported and there are no drinking water intakes in the area. Bill Sheehan, executive director of Hackensack Riverkeeper, said he was told a computer glitch caused the spill, according to CBS News New York. "The computer was calling for oil," Sheehan told the outlet. At current New Jersey retail prices, 5,000 gallons of diesel would be worth roughly $31,000, based on American Automobile Association (AAA) fuel-price data. Cleanup is being performed by a contractor for Equinix, and crews are expected to remain at the site for several days, DEP told the DCNF. The agency said it did not have information on potential enforcement actions at this time. Equinix said it detected the leak Friday evening and hired environmental services company Clean Harbors to conduct remediation work. The company plans to investigate the spill and said it is committed to resolving the situation quickly. "On the evening of Friday, September 11, Equinix operations detected a fuel leak from a storage tank outside our NY2 facility in Secaucus, NJ. The leak was stopped and we immediately engaged Clean Harbors to begin remediation efforts. We also contacted the Secaucus Fire Department, who responded promptly and subsequently notified the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and Hudson Regional Health Commission," an Equinix spokesperson told the DCNF. Around the web. "The NJDEP has confirmed there has been no impact to the Hackensack River. We are working closely with those agencies, local officials, and community stakeholders to ensure a thorough remediation while also conducting a full investigation to determine the root cause and prevent recurrence," the spokesperson added. "Equinix has been operating in Secaucus for more than two decades and takes our responsibility to the community seriously. We remain committed to resolving this quickly, transparently, and responsibly." The diesel spill comes amid a broader fight over data center development in New Jersey, where close to 100 cities and towns have enacted local bans on new facilities, according to Gothamist. Garden State activists have pushed Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill to impose a statewide moratorium on data center development, according to the Jersey Vindicator The opposition comes as the artificial intelligence boom drives a rapid expansion of data centers and their energy needs. U.S. data centers are projected to require an additional 15 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day for electricity by 2035, according to BloombergNEF outlook. The spill comes as diesel prices have surged amid disruptions to global oil and refined-fuel supplies. The national average price of diesel blew past $6 per gallon for the first time earlier in September as the Iran war squeezed global fuel supplies and disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Diesel prices had already reached a record $5.85 per gallon earlier in September, surpassing the previous highs recorded during the 2022 energy crunch following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Diesel averaged about $3.72 per gallon in February, when the Iran war began, according to former AAA. The fuel's importance extends far beyond motorists who own diesel vehicles. Trucks haul food from farms and distribution centers to grocery stores, deliver packages to homes and businesses and move construction materials and other goods throughout the economy. The spill follows other infrastructure problems emerging alongside the rapid expansion of AI data centers, a leak traced to a Bitcoin mining site in El Reno, Oklahoma, wasted more than three million gallons of water and forced schools and businesses to close. All republished articles must include its logo, its reporter's byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about its guidelines or partnering with BizPacReview, please contact [email protected].

Yahoo Finance
Aug 18th, 2026
Clean Harbors co-CEO sells 1,000 shares at $293 after stock climbs 49% in year

Eric W. Gerstenberg, co-CEO of Clean Harbors, sold 1,000 shares of the waste management company on 18 March, according to an SEC filing. The transaction was executed at $293.00 per share. The sale reduced Gerstenberg's direct holdings by 2%, leaving him with 59,857 shares. Clean Harbors reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of $6.2 billion and net income of $439.1 million. The North American environmental services company operates through two primary divisions: Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. Clean Harbors manages hazardous and non-hazardous waste, providing collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services to manufacturing facilities, refineries, chemical plants, and municipalities. The company has a market capitalisation of $16.9 billion and employs 22,155 people.

MarketScreener
Aug 12th, 2026
Clean Harbors to acquire EnviroServe for $470M, expects $25M in cost synergies

Clean Harbors has agreed to acquire EnviroServe, a national environmental and waste management services provider, for $470 million in cash from an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. Headquartered in Sandy, Utah, EnviroServe operates 40 locations across 48 states, serving nearly 2,500 customers. The company employs over 700 people and operates a specialised fleet of more than 700 vehicles. EnviroServe generates approximately $250 million in revenues and $27 million in adjusted EBITDA annually, with 85% of revenue being recurring. Clean Harbors anticipates $25 million in cost synergies over two years, creating a post-synergy acquisition multiple of approximately nine times adjusted EBITDA. The acquisition will expand Clean Harbors' environmental services network, adding 18 10-day transfer facilities, several solidification facilities, and railcar cleaning locations.

Waste Today Magazine
Aug 12th, 2026
Clean Harbors to acquire EnviroServe in $470 million deal.

Clean Harbors to acquire EnviroServe in $470 million deal. EnviroServe is a national provider of environmental and waste management services that will expand Clean Harbors' growth opportunities. Published August 12, 2026 Clean Harbors Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EnviroServe for $470 million in cash from an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners LLC. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. Headquartered in Sandy, Utah, EnviroServe operates a network of 40 locations that serves nearly 2,500 customers. Clean Harbors says its national footprint is supported by permits in 48 states. Its operations include 18 strategically located 10-day transfer facilities, several solidification facilities and railcar cleaning locations. EnviroServe employs more than 700 people and operates a specialized fleet of more than 700 vehicles, including more than 100 vacuum trucks. Clean Harbors says its customers span a diverse range of industries with 85 percent of its revenue recurring and the average tenure of tis top 10 customers exceeding 16 years. "Clean Harbors' resources, innovation and commitment to service will enhance our ability to deliver leading recycling and waste management services to our customers," EnviroServe CEO Andy Peyton says. "At the same time, this transaction provides an opportunity for our team members to become part of one of the world's largest and most successful environmental services companies." EnviroServe's capabilities include remediation, rail services, industrial cleaning and emergency response, as well as hazardous and non-hazardous waste transportation and processing. Clean Harbors says EnviroServe's complementary network of 10-day facilities will drive additional waste and recycling volumes through its disposal and recycling sites. "We envision meaningful cross-selling opportunities as their customers will now have direct access to our industry-leading network and broad suite of environmental and industrial services," Clean Harbors Co-CEO Eric Gerstenberg says. "At the same time, EnviroServe's emergency response assets and rail cleaning facilities will enhance our field services business." Clean Harbors adds that EnviroServe also brings considerable synergies in transportation, branch locations and procurement. The firm will help Clean Harbors expand its railcar cleaning capabilities through EnviroServe's five sites. EnviroServe also operates a significant vehicle fleet and a large equipment fleet, including more than 1,400 roll-off containers, vacuum boxes and frac tanks. "The addition of EnviroServe aligns with our capital allocation philosophy of prioritizing profitable growth and margin improvement to drive long-term shareholder returns," Clean Harbors Co-CEO Mike Battles says. "After we realize the approximately $25 million of synergies, we expect this acquisition to be meaningfully accretive to earnings and cash flow. Culturally, we see a great fit with our organization." The EnviroServe deal comes on the heels of a strong second quarter for Clean Harbers. The Norwell, Massachusetts-based firm disclosed during its earnings call that it entered an agreement to acquire ES&H, a leading regional provider of environmental and emergency response services in the Gulf region for $305 million in cash. Sponsored Content Optimal productivity, heavy construction, safety features and operator comfort come together in the SENNEBOGEN 360 G-series telescopic wheel loader, designed for work across the waste and recycling industry. Telescopic wheel loaders manufactured by SENNEBOGEN have a growing presence at transfer stations, material recovery facilities (MRFs), construction and demolition (C&D) recycling plants and metal recycling facilities across North America. Clean Harbors also revealed in its second quarter report that it had won a 10-year disposal contract worth about $600 million with a customer that is expanding its U.S. manufacturing operations. Get curated news on YOUR industry. Enter your email to receive its newsletters.