SOLID WASTE PERMITTING ENGINEER (Job ID# - 53802)
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - Department of Environmental Services
Concord, NHFull-time$34.14–46.63/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The State of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services seeks a Solid Waste Permitting Engineer for its Waste Management Division. The role plans, evaluates, and implements engineering functions for a statewide permitting program, interpreting engineering standards, federal and state laws, and department rules and procedures to support compliance at solid waste management facilities and landfills. The posting lists multiple education and experience pathways, including substitutions between approved education and work experience.
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SOLID WASTE PERMITTING ENGINEER (Job ID# - 53802) Location: US:NH:CONCORD Occupation Category: 17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations Employment Type: Full-Time Post Date: 10/12/2026 - Close Date: 11/18/2026 Salary: 34.140-46.630 USD Description State of New Hampshire Job Posting DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION / SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BUREAU 29 HAZEN DRIVE, CONCORD NH 03301 SOLID WASTE PERMITTING ENGINEER Position #45188 Typical Starting Salary: $ 34.14/hour - $ 46.63/hour *See total compensation information at the bottom of announcement. The State of New Hampshire, Department of Environmental Services, Waste Management Division, Solid Waste Management Bureau has a full-time vacancy for a Solid Waste Permitting Engineer. Summary: Plans, evaluates, and implements professional engineering functions for a statewide permitting program, applying sound and consistent interpretation of engineering standards, federal and state laws, and department rules, policies and procedures to ensure compliance of solid waste management facilities and landfills. YOUR EXPERIENCE COUNTS: Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience and/or each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education: Master's degree from an accredited institute of higher education with a major study in civil, mechanical, industrial, chemical, environmental or geotechnical engineering, or possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute of higher education with a major study in civil, mechanical, industrial, chemical, environmental or geotechnical engineering and possession of a Master of Business Administration degree from an accredited institute of higher education. Experience: One year of experience in civil engineering or an engineering field relevant to solid waste management post Professional Engineer licensure; or five years of post-baccalaureate experience in civil engineering or an engineering field relevant to solid waste management. OR Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute of higher education with a major study in civil, mechanical, industrial, chemical, environmental or geotechnical engineering. Experience: Three years of experience in civil engineering or an engineering field relevant to solid waste management post Professional Engineer licensure; or seven years of post-baccalaureate experience in civil engineering or an engineering field relevant to solid waste management. OR Education: Associates degree from an accredited institute of higher education with a major study in civil, mechanical, industrial, chemical, environmental or geotechnical engineering. Experience: Five years of experience in civil engineering or an engineering field relevant to solid waste management post Professional Engineer licensure; or seven years of post-baccalaureate experience in civil engineering or an engineering field relevant to solid waste management, plus two additional years of experience in a position comparable to an Engineering Technician.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,556 open Environmental Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$34.14–46.63/hr
- US median$34–42/hr76 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $40.39/hr, is 6% above the US median midpoint ($38/hr) — in the top quarter of Environmental Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 16 open Environmental Engineer jobs in New Hampshire and 1,556 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Environmental Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 1,331 postings).
- Education
- 968 of the 1,556 open Environmental Engineer jobs (62%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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