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Senior Design Engineer – Solid Waste Management

  • Calgary, AB
  • Hybrid
  • Posted Oct 28, 2026
  • 1 position

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Lead · 10+ years
Minimum education
Bachelor’s degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week

Job summary

The Senior Design Engineer will lead feasibility studies, conceptual designs, and detailed engineering for solid waste infrastructure projects including landfills and transfer facilities. They are also responsible for mentoring staff, managing technical reviews, and supporting business development efforts.

Job details

Job Description Overview AtkinsRéalis is experiencing significant growth in its Solid Waste Management practice across Canada. To support the expansion of our project portfolio and meet the growing demand for our engineering and advisory services, we are expanding our national team. We deliver projects for municipalities, public and parapublic organizations, industrial and mining clients, as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada, including urban, northern, remote and environmentally sensitive regions. Flexible Location: We are open to candidates based in various regions across Canada, (BC, AB, ON, NB), offering flexibility while supporting collaboration with our national team. Your role Lead feasibility studies, concepts, design bases, material balances and alternatives analyses. Lead preliminary and detailed design for landfills, depots, transfer and sorting facilities. (composting platforms, as required) Develop design criteria, assumptions, calculations, technical specifications, estimates and tender documents. Integrate civil, mechanical, electrical, process, environmental, operations, health and safety, and constructability inputs. Lead technical reviews, independent checks and quality control for calculations, drawings, specifications and reports. Support permitting and demonstrate that proposed solutions meet applicable requirements. Provide tender, construction, shop-drawing, change-management and commissioning support. Advise clients on technologies, risks, life-cycle costs and operational feasibility. Mentor engineers and technologists and promote consistent design practices. Contribute to proposals, effort estimates, client presentations and business development. About you Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, chemical, environmental or related engineering; a master’s degree is an asset. Professional Engineer in good standing in Canada; 15 to 25 years of relevant experience designing solid waste or environmental infrastructure. Demonstrated experience preparing and reviewing calculations, drawings, specifications, estimates and contract documents. Practical knowledge across multiple waste streams and the ability to integrate operational constraints. Experience with municipal, public, parapublic, industrial or mining clients; northern, remote or Indigenous-community experience is an asset. Technical leadership, sound professional judgment, rigor, autonomy and excellent writing skills. Ability to coordinate several disciplines and communicate clearly with clients, regulators and project teams. Bilingual French and English*; available for occasional travel in Canada. * English is required to collaborate with teams and clients located outside Quebec. Rewards & benefits Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada. Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs. Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life. Be rewarded. Find out more. About AtkinsRéalis We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more. Additional information AtkinsRéalis cares about your privacy. AtkinsRéalis and other subsidiary or affiliated companies of AtkinsRéalis (referred to throughout as “AtkinsRéalis”) are committed to protecting your privacy. Please consult our Privacy Notice on our Careers site to know more about how we collect, use, and transfer your Personal Data. By submitting your personal information to AtkinsRéalis, you confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Notice. Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

What you’ll do

The Senior Design Engineer will lead feasibility studies, conceptual designs, and detailed engineering for solid waste infrastructure projects including landfills and transfer facilities. They are also responsible for mentoring staff, managing technical reviews, and supporting business development efforts.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in engineering and be a Professional Engineer in good standing in Canada. A minimum of 15 to 25 years of relevant experience in solid waste or environmental infrastructure design is required.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Employee recognition
  • Flexible benefits
  • Training and professional development
  • Hybrid working culture
  • Generous time-off policies

Listed skills

  • Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
  • Quality Control · Preferred
  • Project management · Preferred
  • Business development · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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  • Solid waste management
  • Landfill design
  • Feasibility studies
  • Technical specifications
  • Project management
  • Engineering design
  • Mentoring
  • Business development
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Construction support
  • Technical review
  • Quality control
  • Life-cycle cost analysis
  • Infrastructure design
  • Civil engineering
  • Environmental engineering
  • Change Management
  • Project Management
  • Presentations
  • Communication
  • Operations
  • English Language
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Engineering Design Process
  • Technical Leadership
  • Business Development
  • Energy Systems
  • Construction
  • Quality Control
  • Shop Drawing
  • Constructability
  • Bilingual (French/English)
  • Project Portfolio Management
  • Software Technical Review
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Waste Management
  • Sorting
  • Composting
  • Material Balance Planning

Job areas

  • Engineering
  • Environmental & Sustainability
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Energy
  • Solid Waste Manager
  • Mechanical Design Engineer
  • Mechanical Engineers

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