Environmental / Civil EIT - Solid Waste & Organics

Overview

HDR's Northern California Solid Waste and Organics group has an opportunity for an Environmental / Civil Engineer in Training (EIT) to join our rapidly growing California team. The role involves engineering, project management, project pursuits and client relationship management for projects including contaminated materials assessment / investigation / management / compliance, including waste discharge requirement (WDR) compliance reporting, as well as work in municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial facilities, and organics industries, with an emphasis on system planning, engineering analysis, cost estimating, design, construction management, permitting / regulatory compliance.

Specific duties include maintaining client relationships, proposal development support, planning, design, permitting, and construction administration of waste systems, storm water controls, groundwater monitoring, and site layout / infrastructure elements (utilities, roads, support buildings, soil borrow areas, etc.) and report writing.

The Environmental / Civil EIT will function as a project designer and assistant project manager on mid-size to large projects. This role will be responsible for assisting team leadership in sustaining and growing client relationships and organizing and contributing to overall business development opportunities. A core component of this will be supporting upcoming project opportunities and participating in the project pursuit and proposal development.

Responsibilities

• Assist Waste Project Managers and Engineers with planning and monitoring all aspects of multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, typically involving a large project team.
• Perform assignments through the entire project development cycle to complete deliverables on schedule and budget.
• Maintain client relations and be involved in business development (in partnership with the Solid Waste Business Development Lead), marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
• Implement QA / QC procedures.
• Work on a wide variety of contaminated material, MSW and organics related projects including but not limited to compost facilities, transfer stations, material recovery facilities, household hazardous waste facilities, and organics facilities.
• Develop Phase I ESA, Phase II ESA and compliance monitoring reports.
• Develop solid waste facility operational permitting report documents (RFI - Report of Facility Information, RCSI - Report of Composting Site Information, TPR - Transfer Processing Report, IVDR - In-Vessel Digestion Report) to effectively manage compliance, maintenance, and safety.
• Work with a team of staff engineers in preparation of design deliverables including strategic planning, engineering design reports, construction drawings, technical specifications, cost estimates and construction schedules with support from HDR's national practice leads.
• Participate in meetings with clients and regulatory agencies to resolve technical issues.
• Will also serve as a consultant to waste and organics construction management projects as needed.
• Work independently on technical tasks involving data analysis, interpreting results, and preparing technical reports, plans and specifications.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Required Qualifications

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other\'s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic / Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. The expected compensation range for this position is $70,032.00 - $107,669.00 annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Primary Location : United States-California-Folsom

Other Locations : United States-California-Walnut Creek, United States-California-Sacramento

Industry : Waste

Schedule : Full-time

Employee Status : Regular

Business Class : Waste Services

Job Posting : Jul 14, 2025

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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