SCS Engineers names CEO

The board of directors at SCS Engineers, based in Long Beach, California, has selected Doug Doerr as president and CEO. Current President and CEO James Walsh will turn over his responsibilities to Doerr on Jan. 1, 2024.

Doerr, a senior vice president, has more than three decades of professional engineering experience spanning the firm's solid waste and environmental services practices. SCS says he brings strategic direction and operations experience as its geographically largest business unit director. Doerr serves on the company’s board of directors and was one of the founders of Aquaterra Environmental Solutions Inc., which merged with SCS in 2013.

A professional engineer in six states, Doerr earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and his Master of Business Administration at the University of Kansas. Doerr currently serves clients in North America by providing technical expertise in the solid waste management and utility sectors.

As an engineer and consultant, Doerr says he prides himself on providing environmental solutions to address clients’ technical and regulatory challenges by understanding the business, economic and social drivers that frame each challenge. SCS says he has successfully implemented hundreds of environmental solutions that involve studies, permitting, compliance and design across multiple market sectors for public and private clients.

"Our deep bench of engineers, scientists, consulting professionals and environmental technicians are employee-owners who drive SCS as one company, keeping us sustainable for over 50 years,” Doerr says. “From our client's perspective, our stability and holistic expertise bring a wealth of resources to achieve their goals.”

Walsh will continue to serve as chair of the board of directors and assist Doerr as he transitions into the CEO role. Walsh plans to spend more time on technical and client work as an expert witness and authority on elevated temperature landfills.

The company says SCS Engineers and its specialty practices, SCS Field Services, SCS Energy and SCS Tracer, have grown under Walsh’s 22-year tenure.

"We have a stellar reputation, we're financially healthy, our employee stock ownership plan is strong and we have the next generation of leadership ready to lead the company into the future," Walsh says.