Solid Waste Engineer – Project Manager

Overview

At CEC, every member of our team has a personal stake in ensuring the success of our clients. As employee-owners of the firm, we are all personally accountable for building lasting relationships and delivering outstanding results.

We put people first, whether that’s our clients, our employees, or our community. It’s why we listen more and work harder to understand the unique needs of our clients.

And it’s why we prioritize the career development of every individual on our team. People are why we do this, and why we love what we do.

We are at our best when we work together. That means bringing together a diverse team of talented, passionate, multidisciplinary experts to work closely alongside clients to create comprehensive solutions to complex problems.

We believe that by working together, no problem is insurmountable.

We have an exciting opportunity in our CEC Knoxville, TN office for a passionate and motivated project manager to join our growing solid waste engineering team.

You’ll support CEC’s waste practice team located across TN and our geographic footprint. Projects will involve completing engineering tasks such as airspace, excavation, and fill volume calculations, preparation, review and compilation of design submittals and technical reports, stormwater management system design, landfill grading, and leachate and landfill gas collection system design.

You will assist our waste management clients by providing day-to-day operational support, as well as manage Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) for landfill cell, final cover, and gas system expansion construction projects.

You will also assist our engineering team with site development and geotechnical engineering projects. You will interact with CEC office and field staff, clients and contractors and your efforts will be part of the overall completion of design / permitting, construction and certification projects.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience with landfill engineering projects (TN preferred);
• Ability to coordinate the regulatory agency review process;
• in Civil or Environmental Engineering;
• Professional Engineering ( Licensure preferred;
• Experienced in AutoCAD / Civil 3D; and,
• Sound understanding of business principles of consulting projects and related project delivery tools.

About Us

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.