AECOM

Senior Technical Specialist (RCRA)

AECOM • $90K — $120K *
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BA/BS degree with 6 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
  • Preferred: 8+ years in RCRA regulatory compliance and hazardous waste management.
  • Strong knowledge of federal and state hazardous waste regulations, including RCRA corrective actions.
  • Experience with clients across industrial, manufacturing, energy, chemical, or federal sectors.
  • Proven success in leading multidisciplinary environmental projects, including budgeting and client relationships.
  • Relevant professional certifications (e.g., CHMM, PE, PG) are favored.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of technical approaches for complex environmental projects.
  • Oversee project execution from planning to completion with minimal direction.
  • Initiate and create project designs and presentations.
  • Develop and review designs, calculations, and drawings.
  • Estimate technical efforts and communicate with the design team and clients.
  • Provide technical guidance to junior staff and ensure high-quality deliverables.
  • Conduct interdisciplinary reviews of project outputs to meet objectives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life and AD&D insurance, along with disability benefits.
  • Paid time off and various leave options.
  • Voluntary benefits and additional perks.
  • Flexible work options to enhance work-life balance.
  • Well-being resources, including an employee assistance program.
  • Retirement savings plan with employee stock purchase options.
Full Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist (RCRA) to support our Environmental business line. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader, applying advanced knowledge of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and hazardous waste regulations to deliver complex environmental projects for industrial, commercial, and federal clients. The successful candidate will lead the development of technical approaches, oversee project execution from planning through completion, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and clients, prepare and review technical deliverables, and provide guidance to junior staff while ensuring high-quality, cost-effective solutions that meet project objectives and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Serves as a fully capable professional in the field with minimal direction.
  • Applies advanced knowledge to develop design procedures software and tools to facilitate high quality cost-effective technical project activities.
  • Develops estimates of technical efforts for projects.
  • Manages communication and collaboration with full design team and client.
  • Conducts interdisciplinary review of project deliverables and develops estimates of technical efforts for projects.
  • Oversees the development and implementation of technical approach and the completion of complex work which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
  • Initiates and creates project designs and plans with responsibility for preparing presentation and design drawings.
  • Prepares designs, calculations, sketches, diagrams, schematic drawings and working drawings.
  • Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment.
  • May oversee the work of less experienced designers.
  • Meets with clients and oversees all aspects of the project to ensure client needs are met


Qualifications

Minimum Requirements
  • BA/BS and 6 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and or education
  • Successful candidate will have to pass client required drug screening, background check, and motor vehicle records check

Preferred Qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience supporting RCRA regulatory compliance, hazardous waste management, and environmental permitting projects.
  • Strong knowledge of federal and state hazardous waste regulations, including RCRA corrective action and compliance programs.
  • Experience serving industrial, manufacturing, energy, chemical, or federal government clients.
  • Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary environmental projects, including technical oversight, budgeting, scheduling, and client management.
  • Professional certification such as CHMM, PE, PG, or other relevant environmental credential preferred.


Additional Information
  • Relocation is not provided for this role
  • Sponsorship is not provided for this role


At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

About AECOM

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural, and social environments. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM serves clients in more than 150 countries and had revenue of $8.0 billion during the 12 months ended March 31, 2014.

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Learn more about AECOM
Size
51,000 employees
Market Cap
$11.8 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
5 Year Trend
-6.3%
Revenue
$13.3 billion
NASDAQ
ACM
* Ladders Estimates

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