Solid Waste Engineer

Overview

As a Solid Waste Engineer for Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc (CEC), you’ll work on civil and environmental engineering projects primarily associated with solid waste facilities.  These projects will involve:

• Completing engineering tasks such as airspace, excavation, and fill volume calculations, preparation, review and compilation of technical reports, stormwater management system design, and landfill grading, leachate and landfill gas collection system design. 
• You will also assist with some amount of field work - Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) - landfill cell and cap construction and environmental monitoring of landfill facilities.  Interacting with CEC office and field staff, clients and contractors.  Your effort will be part of the overall completion of landfill design, construction and certification projects.  Your time will be split between the office and field

CEC is a 100% Employee-Owned company with 34 offices and over 1,500 team members. We’re proud to offer a robust benefit and retirement package including a company matched 401k + 2% profit sharing, a hybrid flexible schedule, mid-year and end-of-year performance reviews with goal setting, consistent and dedicated mentors, a clear career track, continuing education and internal trainings on technical and management related topics, as well as our stock ownership program which is available to all employees within their first year.  

Qualifications

• B.S. in Civil Engineering;
• 2+ years of civil, solidwaste, or geotechnical engineering experience; 
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and through writing;
• Ability to take direction and complete assigned tasks;
• Organizational skills;
• Ambition with a desire to learn and apply new skills;
• Engineer in Training (E.I.T.) or FE certification preferred;
• Experience with AutoCAD/Civil 3D and/or familiarity with HELP Model, HydroCAD, Slide, or KYPipe calculations.

About Us

CEC Detroit was established in September 2024 as an extension of our Toledo, Ohio, operations which was established in 2011. Our growing team of engineers and scientists has deep local ties to sites and clients in Michigan. We have an excellent working knowledge of the regulations and have developed trusted relationships with regulators. Starting off strong with a deep bench in the solid waste and environmental compliance service areas, we are working to grow as a full-service office with capabilities that match our robust companywide service offerings. 

We have experts! CEC is consistently ranked as a Top 500 Design Firm and Top 200 Environmental Firm by Engineering News-Record. We are looking for people who enjoy using their education and experience to solve difficult technical problems and work on interesting projects. You can accomplish this while working with a team of professionals who are equally motivated to provide high levels of service to our clients and to teach you along the way.

We have support! We have a variety of Employee Resource Groups, including CEC Community – focused on giving back to the communities in which we work; CEC Ignite – focused on helping professionals early in their careers to develop their pathway; CEC iDEA – focused on inclusion, diversity, equality, and acceptance; and CEC Women – focused on creating internal and external opportunities for women to network and leverage professional experience!

We care about our people! People and Culture are two of the five elements of our strategic plan. When you care about your people, they will want to grow a career with you – that is our goal. CEC offers you a small-firm work environment with large-firm opportunities. Not only will we help you develop professionally, but we will also provide an opportunity to become an owner of the firm and share in its success.

CEC offers a matching 401(k); profit sharing; a performance bonus; company stock; medical, dental, and vision insurance; short and long-term disability; tuition assistance; professional development; and work-life balance.

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS

If CEC has not expressly requested recruiting services or contractually engaged with you for recruiting services on a specific position, any resumes or candidate profiles sent to CEC shall be considered unsolicited.  Therefore, any such submissions will be considered property of CEC, with no associated fees due to your firm.