Director, Corporate Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic and operational oversight for the engineering division of the company, encompassing landfill operations, renewable energy assets, and environmental compliance initiatives.

• Establish engineering standards and spearhead capital project planning.

• Promote operational excellence and guarantee that engineering activities align with safety, sustainability, regulatory, and financial objectives.

• Collaborate with Operations, Environmental Compliance, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Fleet, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and senior leadership teams.

• Oversee monthly processes for Landfill Capital projects presented at WM investment committee meetings.

• Administer WM’s annual Engineer Training Program, which includes recruiting, hiring, and managing the program.

• Offer technical support for WM’s Enterprise Risk programs and the Wastewater Solutions team.

• Manage the P&L for the corporate Engineering Team department, which includes an annual budget of approximately $3.5M+.

• Lead and supervise a team of over 10 individuals.

• Budget for annual LF Capital and Final Capping, and perform monthly forecasting.

• Oversee WM’s annual LF Workbook program and engineering evaluations of LF Workbooks.

• Conduct environmental, compliance, and property condition due diligence assessments on acquisitions.

• Manage WM’s corporate CAD team, airspace policies and procedures, annual airspace reports, and overfill certification documentation.

• Develop and oversee Reality Capture, DroneDeploy, and Autodesk Construction Cloud platforms and processes.

• Execute enterprise-level GHG emission strategies, including scenario planning, GHG capital budgeting and tracking, and emissions risk and opportunity management.

• Formulate strategies for data analytics, process enhancement, long-term capital planning, and modernization of the financial planning process.

• Create AUF improvement analytics and facility fill sequence plans as part of WM’s Reality Capture platform implementation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must reside and work in the US.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.

• 10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience focused on solid waste and landfills.

• Experience in managing large-scale capital projects and engineering teams.

• Strong understanding of engineering design, construction, asset management, and project execution.

• Proven success in collaborating with operations and executive leadership teams.

• Strong financial, analytical, and project management competencies.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Capability to utilize motor coordination with finger dexterity for most of the workday.

• Ability to exert physical effort handling objects under 30 pounds on rare occasions.

• Ability to work with occasional exposure to physical occupational risks.

• Ability to work with occasional exposure to dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes, or similar elements.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred.

• A Master's degree is preferred.

• Experience in environmental services, waste management, recycling, renewable energy, industrial infrastructure, or heavy operations is preferred.

• Familiarity with landfill operations, transfer stations, MRFs, RNG, or environmental compliance requirements is preferred.

• Must possess, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID or TSA-approved alternative if required for air travel or federal property access.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short-term disability.

• Stock purchase plan.

• Company matching on a 401(k).

• Paid vacation.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid personal days.