Amanda S Wade
Project Manager/ Senior Environmental Engineer
TRC
Amanda Wade is an Environmental Engineer (licensed in Maine) with 22 years of Solid Waste experience. During this time, she has overseen and/or designed numerous solid waste liner and closure projects throughout the State of Maine ranging in complexity from rural municipal landfills to papermill landfills and ultimately to large scale commercial facilities. Over the last 5 years, she has also assisted in the evaluation and permitting of numerous solar-on-landfill projects throughout New England.
She spent the first 15 years of her career with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in the Solid Waste Engineering Unit. In that capacity she was responsible for providing input on siting, design, construction, remediation, and operational aspects of landfills, composting facilities, transfer stations, solid waste recycling facilities, and processing facilities. While a member of the MDEP, she also assisted in the development of the early protocol for investigation of gas migration through landfill cover systems, assisted in the drafting of solid waste regulations, and worked with the Maine Center of Disease Control on the establishment of applicable Ambient Air Guidelines.
Since leaving the MDEP, in 2015, she has worked as a consultant, managing projects, providing technical support, and serving as the Engineer of Record for numerous solid waste facilities throughout Maine. In 2020 she was elected to the Board of the Northern New England Chapter of SWANA and in 2021 became Chapter Secretary.
She spent the first 15 years of her career with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in the Solid Waste Engineering Unit. In that capacity she was responsible for providing input on siting, design, construction, remediation, and operational aspects of landfills, composting facilities, transfer stations, solid waste recycling facilities, and processing facilities. While a member of the MDEP, she also assisted in the development of the early protocol for investigation of gas migration through landfill cover systems, assisted in the drafting of solid waste regulations, and worked with the Maine Center of Disease Control on the establishment of applicable Ambient Air Guidelines.
Since leaving the MDEP, in 2015, she has worked as a consultant, managing projects, providing technical support, and serving as the Engineer of Record for numerous solid waste facilities throughout Maine. In 2020 she was elected to the Board of the Northern New England Chapter of SWANA and in 2021 became Chapter Secretary.
