Steve graduated from the University of Alberta with an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters of Engineering in Environmental Engineering. He has worked for Hydrogeological Consultants, Alberta Environment, Waste Management of Canada Corporation, and AECOM throughout his career specializing in waste management over the past 30 years.
At Hydrogeological Consultants he conducted landfill groundwater monitoring programs and surface water availability evaluations.
While at Alberta Environment he was and approval writer for landfills, water, and waste water treatment facilities and then the Provinces Landfill Specialist instrumental in the development of the Standards for Landfills in Alberta, the Guidelines for Landfills in Alberta, and initiating the Standards for Composting in Alberta. He also was the chair of the Alberta Landfill and Compost Operator Certification Committee, a member of the Technical Guidance for the Quantification of Specified Gas Emissions from Landfills, the Technical group for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Waste, and a variety of dead animal disposal committees.
While at Waste Management of Canada Corporation Steve was the Site Engineer responsible for the Big Valley and West Edmonton landfill for landfill capping, developing and operating a leachate treatment plant, waste acceptance approvals, regulatory reporting, gull control, the upgrade to a landfill gas collection and flaring system, as well as the engineering and regulatory submission processes for the development of the Thorhild landfill.
At AECOM he is the Solid Waste Manager for Canada. He is involved with the National Solid Waste Benchmarking Initiative, Circular Economy initiatives, solid waste management feasibility studies, landfill & compost siting studies, landfill & compost design, transfer station design, landfill master plans, operations plans, environmental monitoring plans, fill plans, compliance audits, related environmental studies and regulatory applications, and solid waste construction projects.
Steve has presented frequently at SWANA conferences on topics such as Alberta regulation, Alberta Operator Certification, dead animal disposal, gull control, waste acceptance, waste operations, Regional waste systems, landfill cap design, and leachate management.
Steve is a long time SWANA board member and instructor for the Manager of Landfill Operations, landfill operator basics, fire, leachate, and household hazardous waste courses.