SCS professionals are active in, and leaders of industry and professional associations. We organize and participate in workshops and conferences, author and present technical papers, conduct research, and participate in national and state-level legislative and rule-making processes and regulatory policy. Our engineers, environmental consultants, and scientists work in close coordination on environmental solutions.
Bob Viers, P.E. is a Senior Vice President and a Project Director for our SCS Energy division. He is the Lead Design Engineer for many types of energy projects and supervises the design or design/construction of almost all of SCS Energy’s landfill gas power generation projects and renewable natural gas projects.
Bob Viers, P.E. is a Senior Vice President and a Project Director for our SCS Energy division. He is the Lead Design Engineer for many types of energy projects and supervises the design or design/construction of almost all of SCS Energy’s landfill gas power generation projects and renewable natural gas projects.
His experience includes designing, manufacturing, and maintaining customized mechanical skids and mechanical packages for a wide range of industries. His responsibilities include review of proposals from bidders and subcontractor’s submittals for compliance with project specifications, codes and regulations, and company standards; equipment inspections during fabrication; management of personnel; preparing project budgets; equipment commissioning; and technical support and specifications. Fabricated packages use positive displacement blowers, sliding vane compressors, multi-stage centrifugal blowers, pumps, liquid ring vacuum pumps, and other rotating equipment used in the environmental, power, water and wastewater treatment, flash-freezing, and commercial sectors. Bob is a Professional Engineer licensed in dozens of states.
Vidhya Viswanathan, PE, is a Senior Vice President with solid waste engineering, infrastructure design, and construction project expertise. She is the Director of Engineering of our Southwest region where she leads our solid waste engineering operations in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Oklahoma.
Vidhya Viswanathan, PE, is a Senior Vice-President and the Director of Engineering for SCS Engineers’ Southwest region. She spent the early years of her career in solid waste management as an owner/operator, and the last decade as an environmental consultant in the field of landfill/landfill gas engineering and compost facility design. Vidhya is recognized for her innovative engineering plans and designs that are helping major entities move both traditional solid waste and renewable energy programs toward more efficient reuse, recycling, and composting practices. She works to design solutions that help these entities achieve their goals to reduce carbon emissions and conserve landfill space as they transition to meet the strict new California legislation SB1383. Corresponding to the changes in the industry, she is taking on renewable energy, recycling and composting projects. She is a 2019 Waste360 40under40 award winner, which recognizes inspiring and innovative professionals under the age of 40 whose work in waste, recycling and organics have made a significant contribution to the industry. She was also recognized in the Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering for 2022 by the San Diego Business Journal. She is a civil engineer with more than 20 years of experience, licensed in the states of California, Arizona, Nevada, and Oklahoma. Vidhya is based in San Diego, CA
