Analyst, M&A Integration

Analyst, M&A Integration

Arcwood Environmental is pursuing an active growth strategy through M&A under EQT ownership. We are seeking an Analyst, M&A Integration, to support the Integration Management Office (IMO) and drive disciplined integration planning and execution across acquired businesses.

Reporting to the Vice President, Value Creation and Integration, this role will translate integration objectives into clear, actionable plans, coordinate cross-functional workstreams, manage risks, issues, and dependencies and drive accountability against critical milestones. The Analyst will support the continued development and application of Arcwood's repeatable integration playbook across transactions ranging from tuck-in acquisitions to larger strategic integrations.

The ideal candidate brings strong project and program management experience, exceptional organization and attention to detail, and a demonstrated ability to drive complex cross-functional initiatives to completion. The role requires a hands-on approach, strong follow-through, and the ability to lead through influence in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.

Domestic travel of approximately 25-50% may be required depending on integration activity and deal volume.

Prioritizes health and safety by adhereing to policies, processes and maintaining safe practices at all times
• Supports pre-close and post-close integration planning by identifying key risks, dependencies, information gaps, and readiness requirements
• Develops and maintains detailed integration plans that reflect realistic timelines, deal objectives, operating priorities, and key milestones
• Drives follow-up with workstream owners to ensure actions are completed on time and escalates risks, delays, or resource constraints that may impact integration timelines
• Coordinates cross-functional workstreams to drive execution, manage dependencies, and resolve issues
• Maintains integration plans, RAID logs, decision trackers, and other tools that provide clear visibility to milestones, risks, issues, owners, and actions
• Facilitates recurring integration meetings, documents decisions and actions, and drives follow-through to closure
• Identifies execution gaps and resource constraints and escalates issues requiring leadership attention
• Prepares clear, concise updates for executives and workstream leaders covering progress, key risks, decisions required, and next steps
• Develops and maintains integration dashboards and reporting materials that provide visibility to milestones, risks, issues, and key performance indicators
• Supports integration governance meetings by coordinating inputs, preparing materials, and documenting decisions and actions
• Builds strong working relationships with leaders and employees of acquired businesses to quickly identify and resolve issues that may disrupt ongoing operations
• Partners with Human Resources and functional leaders to coordinate employee transition, organizational change, and communication activities
• Identifies business disruption, people, and change management risks and ensures appropriate owners and mitigation actions are established
• Applies Arcwood's integration playbook, tools, governance processes, and standard workplans across acquisitions
• Drives continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and incorporating improvements into integration processes, templates, tools, and standard workplans
• Partners with workstream leads to refine integration activities, timing, roles, and deliverables based on experience and evolving business needs
• Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization

• 5+ years of experience in program management, project management, management consulting, business transformation, M&A integration, or a related field (required)
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and competing priorities (required)
• Strong experience developing and maintaining detailed project plans, tracking risks and issues, driving action closure, and escalating execution barriers (required)
• Experience using Smartsheet or similar project and program management tools (required)
• Experience working in multi-site, operational, acquisitive, or fast-paced business environments (preferred)
• Experience supporting M&A integration or working with private equity-backed companies (preferred)

About Arcwood

Every advancement-from the products we use to the medicines and technologies we depend on-creates waste that must be handled responsibly. For more than 50 years, Arcwood Environmental has helped organizations across the United States manage the byproducts of progress safely and thoughtfully. With deep expertise and innovative waste management technology across a growing nationwide footprint, Arcwood protects people, communities, and the environment through work that often happens behind the scenes.

Our Values

We move forward together, one team with a shared purpose, counting on each other every day. Our core values demonstrate how we work together to deliver value for our customers, putting them at the center of all we do:

• Lead with Safety: We uphold the highest safety and compliance standards to protect our teams, our customers and the communities that count on us.
• Solve Problems Creatively: We push for better - advancing technologies, processes, and ideas that protect human health and the environment.
• Own It Together: We are individually and collectively accountable for our work and our impact, knowing that progress is only achieved by working together - with our customers, and with each other.
• Deliver for Customers: We put customers at the center of all we do. When we live our values - lead with safety, solving problems creatively, and owning our work together - the result is clear: we deliver exceptional value for our customers.

We've reached a unique point as a company: big enough to deliver broad capability and consistent performance, while striving to be nimbler and more responsive to our customers' evolving needs. Come join Arcwood and be part of our legacy of environmental leadership!