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Entry level Civil Engineer - Solid Waste

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
River, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/24/2027

Overview

As a Civil Engineer for Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc (CEC), in our Sacramento office, you’ll work on civil and environmental engineering projects primarily associated with solid waste facilities. These projects will involve completing engineering tasks such as airspace, excavation, and fill volume calculations, preparation, review and compilation of technical reports, stormwater management system design, landfill grading, leachate and landfill gas collection system design. In addition, you may work on compost facility and transfer station, permitting, design and construction. You will also assist with field work, Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) including soils and geosynthetic construction, monitoring and testing for landfill cell and cap construction and environmental monitoring of landfill facilities. You will be interacting with CEC office and field staff, clients and contractors. Your effort will be part of the overall completion of landfill design, construction and certification projects. Field work assignments may be up to 4 to 6 months in duration or as short as a single day depending. Most field work is located within California but projects are available nationwide.

 

The pay range for this position is between $72,000 and $81,000 (in addition, CEC offers overtime pay and other great benefits). The hiring range posted is a good faith estimate of what Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. may reasonably offer for the role as outlined. Factors such as additional education and/or experience may influence the actual offering. 

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or related field
  • 0-2 years’ professional engineering experience
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to take direction and complete assigned tasks
  • EIT (Engineer in Training) certification preferred
  • Experience with AutoCAD/Civil 3D

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) in the U.S. without sponsorship.

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.

 

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

 

THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS

If CEC has not expressly requested recruiting services or contractually engaged with you for recruiting services on a specific position, any resumes or candidate profiles sent to CEC shall be considered unsolicited.  Therefore, any such submissions will be considered property of CEC, with no associated fees due to your firm.

Salary : $72,000 - $81,000

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