Principal Waste to Energy Consultant

Role description

Arcadis seeks a Principal Solid Waste Consultant to join our team and support our Resilience team in the Florida Region and our national energy and solid waste communities of practice. The successful candidate will be expected to fulfil a hybrid role to lead, manage, and sell delivery of solid waste related projects within the municipal sector market of the South Florida area and surrounding region, reporting from the Boca Raton, Florida office. This is an excellent opportunity for a self‑motivated individual to actively participate as a key member of our regional and national team to help shape Arcadis impact across this segment of the market sector and enable our clients to develop sustainable and resilient solutions to the challenges faced by the solid waste industry and lead the delivery of several high‑profile significant capital projects within the South Florida region.

Role accountabilities

The Principal Solid Waste Consultant will serve as a project manager or senior team member working with other teams within our Solid Waste, Waste‑to‑Energy, and Energy Transition practice areas. Additional duties include client/business development and proposal development and interfacing with clients predominantly across the waste‑to‑energy and solid waste sector in Florida. Some travel may be required for project site visits, client meetings, conferences, etc.

Other responsibilities include:

• Serving as a Project Manager or Lead Technical Expert on waste‑to‑energy and/or solid waste management planning, procurement, permitting, design, construction, and private contractor operations projects.
• Performing different roles on various multi‑disciplined projects including QA/QC reviewer, technical advisor, design and/or client‑facing project manager.
• Providing technical guidance to multi‑disciplinary teams on the development of significant solid waste management or waste‑to‑energy related opportunities and projects.
• Providing leadership and mentoring to direct or indirect reports.
• Managing internal project budgets and schedules for client deliverables.
• Assisting client teams in developing technical approaches/solutions during preparation of winning proposals and successful presentations.
• Leading development and delivery of public meeting presentations and events in support of projects, including municipal commission meetings and regulatory agency hearings or public meetings.

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

• 18 years’ experience in the solid waste industry – planning, design, construction, and operations.
• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, or related field.

Key Skills/Attributes

• Project Management or executive management experience with development, operations, and assessment of waste‑to‑energy projects of various sizes.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Preferred Qualifications

• 25 or more years’ experience in waste‑to‑energy facilities – planning, development, design, construction, and private contract operations.
• Master’s degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Engineer License in FL or possessing (or ability to obtain) ASME QRO certification preferred.
• Established professional reputation within the South Florida solid waste market.
• Active participation in regional and/or national professional associations.

Benefits

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $160,000-$198,000/year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non‑discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.