Landfill Gas Technician

Waste Connections

9d • $21 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

Are you looking for a hands-on role with career growth opportunities in a stable, year‑round industry? Waste Connections is hiring a Gas Technician to work outdoors while learning advanced skills like HDPE pipe fusion, pneumatic pump maintenance, and gas system monitoring. This position offers competitive pay, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to build a long-term career in a growing field. Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40–50 hours per week with occasional Saturdays Pay: $21–$25 DOE Responsibilities Include: Perform routine system inspections and repairs on the landfill Work with Lead Landfill Gas Technician to ensure compliance Maintain relationships with landfill employees, consultants, and vendors Use gas analyzer to monitor gas wells and probes Perform maintenance on pneumatic pumps, including removal, inspection, and repairs Monitor liquid levels in gas wells HDPE pipe fusion Position Requirements: Ability to follow established procedures with minimal supervision Coachable and able to learn safe landfill navigation Willingness to work outdoors for most of the day Maintain a positive attitude and strong work ethic Flexibility to perform a variety of tasks Provide on-call response to gas collection system Experience with hand and power tools Ability to lift up to 50 lbs Ability to collect, interpret, and draw conclusions from data Veterans encouraged to apply Ideal Candidates Will Possess: Experience with leachate collection systems Successful candidates will enjoy field service work in an environment built on operational excellence and accountability. We offer strong compensation, excellent benefits, and unlimited opportunities to Connect with Your Future. WHAT WE OFFER: Competitive pay Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, FSA, long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), and more Year‑round work in a stable industry Apply today and Connect with Your Future! Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. 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. OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do. Our Opportunities BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER 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 hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

• Ability to follow established procedures with minimal supervision
• Coachable and able to learn safe landfill navigation
• Willingness to work outdoors for most of the day
• Maintain a positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Flexibility to perform a variety of tasks
• Provide on-call response to gas collection system
• Experience with hand and power tools
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
• Ability to collect, interpret, and draw conclusions from data
• Veterans encouraged to apply

Nice To Haves

• Experience with leachate collection systems

Responsibilities

• Perform routine system inspections and repairs on the landfill
• Work with Lead Landfill Gas Technician to ensure compliance
• Maintain relationships with landfill employees, consultants, and vendors
• Use gas analyzer to monitor gas wells and probes
• Perform maintenance on pneumatic pumps, including removal, inspection, and repairs
• Monitor liquid levels in gas wells
• HDPE pipe fusion

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, FSA, long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), and more
• Year‑round work in a stable industry

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees