Environmental SME - Laboratory Waste Management

About The Job

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Environmental Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support laboratory environmental compliance and waste management initiatives within a pharmaceutical R&D environment. This individual will assess existing laboratory practices, evaluate waste handling and disposal processes, identify compliance gaps, and recommend sustainable solutions that align with environmental regulations and inspection-readiness requirements.

The ideal candidate will possess strong knowledge of hazardous waste management, laboratory operations, chemical handling, biosafety environments, and environmental regulations governing pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities.

Role accountabilities:

• Assess laboratory activities involving chemical usage, waste generation, and disposal practices.
• Review laboratory waste management programs to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations.
• Evaluate laboratory procedures involving disposal of chemicals to drain systems and identify potential compliance risks.
• Conduct container compatibility reviews and assess whether waste containers are appropriate for the materials being collected.
• Evaluate secondary containment systems and determine adequacy of containment measures throughout laboratory operations.
• Identify incompatible waste streams and recommend corrective actions.
• Review Safety Data Sheets (SDS/MSDS), chemical inventories, concentrations, and waste profiles.
• Assess laboratory biosafety environments and associated waste management practices.
• Evaluate current waste handling processes and develop recommendations for improvement.
• Support environmental inspection readiness activities and compliance initiatives.
• Partner with Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), laboratory personnel, facilities teams, and waste vendors to implement improvements.
• Prepare reports, findings, gap assessments, and corrective action plans for leadership review.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, or related discipline.
• 8 years of environmental compliance, hazardous waste management, or EHS experience.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, research, or laboratory facilities.
• Strong knowledge of: Hazardous Waste Management, RCRA Regulations, Environmental Compliance Programs, Chemical Waste Handling, Laboratory Waste Collection and Disposal, SDS/MSDS Review, Secondary Containment Requirements, and Waste Stream Characterization.
• Experience conducting environmental assessments, compliance audits, or gap analyses.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting pharmaceutical or biotech R&D facilities.
• Understanding of laboratory biosafety levels (BSL-1 through BSL-4).
• Experience evaluating wastewater and drain-discharge practices.
• Familiarity with waste treatment systems and environmental infrastructure.
• Knowledge of EPA, DEP, and municipal discharge requirements.
• Professional certifications such as CHMM (Certified Hazardous Materials Manager), CSP (Certified Safety Professional), CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist), and HAZWOPER Certification.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. 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 and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. 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, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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 15 days PTO that accrue per year. Salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.