Solid Waste Management Engineer
- Type: Full Time
- Region: International
- Posted: 02/11/2026
- Reference: 65387_1793623937
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Job Description
Job title: International Solid Waste Management Engineer - Landfill Operations
Location: Vientiane, Lao PDR (site-based and remote)
Contract type: Contract / Freelance - approx. 8 person-months over 18 months
Rate: Competitive day rate, dependent on experience
Start date: To be confirmed
About the role
Allen & York is recruiting on behalf of an engineering consultancy for an International Solid Waste Management Engineer / Utility Specialist. The role is on a World Bank-funded infrastructure project in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR.
The project will rehabilitate the city's main landfill and deliver two transfer stations with composting facilities. Transfer stations are sites where collected waste is sorted and compacted before onward transport. One station will be upgraded and the other built new.
As a Key Expert in the design team, you will bring hands-on operational expertise to the design, so that the new facilities can be run safely and efficiently with less pollution.
Key responsibilities
Review current landfill and transfer station operations, including waste reception, placement, compaction, daily cover and on-site traffic management
Assess plant, equipment and staffing against current and future needs
Identify operational, environmental and health and safety risks, including leachate, landfill fires, slope stability and uncontrolled dumping
Provide operational input to the designs, including landfill phasing, waste placement methods and equipment specifications
Recommend practical improvements that reduce pollution
Prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the landfill and each transfer station, and contribute to operation manuals
Essential requirements
Master's degree in civil, environmental or mechanical engineering
Experience in the operation and management of controlled landfills or similar facilities
Experience supervising waste operations handling around 100 tonnes per day or more
A track record of improving operational practices to reduce leachate, emissions or uncontrolled disposal
Experience preparing SOPs for waste management systems
Highly valued
Experience in Lao PDR or elsewhere in Southeast Asia
Working knowledge of the Lao language
Desirable
Experience on World Bank, Asian Development Bank or other multilateral development bank projects
Experience upgrading open or poorly controlled dumpsites to controlled operation
Experience of transfer station and composting operations
About us
Allen & York have been matching purposeful people with purpose-led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all.
Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability.
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