About Us
WASTE CONNECTIONS, Inc. (NYSE: WCN): is a non-hazardous solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the U.S. and Canada. Our employees foster a work culture of Servant Leadership.
Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees, always relying on our Operating Values as the foundation for our existence.
Because we operate with a highly decentralized structure, we look for individuals who are energetic and have individual initiative and creativity. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play harder culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve.
Internship Overview
As a Engineering Intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience in civil and environmental engineering within the context of solid waste management. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers and operations staff to support landfill design, compliance, and daily operations.
What You’ll Gain
- Practical experience in landfill engineering and environmental compliance
- Exposure to real-world challenges in waste infrastructure and sustainability
- Mentorship from licensed engineers and environmental professionals
- Opportunity to contribute to community health and environmental protection
- Potential for full-time employment upon graduation
Responsibilities
- Assist with landfill design, grading plans, and cell development
- Support environmental monitoring (e.g., groundwater, gas collection systems)
- Help prepare engineering reports and regulatory documentation
- Participate in site inspections and construction oversight
- Analyze data related to landfill performance and environmental impact
- Collaborate with operations on daily cover, leachate management, and compaction strategies
- Contribute to sustainability initiatives and long-term closure planning
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related field
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working in outdoor and field-based environments
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.
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What We Do
Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company that provides waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets in the U.S. and Canada. Through its R360 Environmental Solutions subsidiary, the Company is also a leading provider of non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the most active natural resource producing areas in the United States, including the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford Basins. Waste Connections serves more than six million residential, commercial, industrial, and exploration and production customers from a network of operations in 39 states, six provinces and the District of Columbia. The Company also provides intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest.
Our corporate strategy targets secondary and suburban markets that have strong demographic growth trends and where competitive barriers to entry can be developed. We seek to avoid highly competitive, large urban markets and target markets where we can provide either non-integrated or integrated solid waste services under exclusive arrangements, or markets where we can be integrated and attain high market share. We are a leading provider of solid waste services in most of our markets, and approximately 50% of our revenues are derived from market areas where we have franchise or exclusive rights to provide our waste services.
