About the role
Geologist and/or Environmental Scientist staff members are also expected to promote our strong culture of safety, leadership, teamwork, and environmental responsibility.
What You'll Do
- Support field investigations, assessments, and monitoring programs across a number of interdisciplinary fields, including cultural, biological, and environmental projects.
- Perform routine ground/surface water and soil sampling activities using standard industry methods.
- Perform field work, data collection/analysis, and office related assignments such as maps and diagram preparation.
- Perform thorough documentation of field activities including daily safety tailgates, daily field logs, sample collection forms, photographic documentation, GPS locations, sample and site tracking/management, chain of custodies, quality assurance forms, and quality control review of field documentation.
- Operation and maintenance of field equipment such as organic vapor detectors, GPS units, soil and water quality instrumentation, stream flow meters, compasses, metal detectors, binoculars, digital cameras, etc.
- Perform soil classification in accordance with ASTM guidelines.
- Assist in the preparation and writing of environmental, biological, and cultural reports to interpret and present results of field and desktop studies.
- Participate in and oversee environmental drilling operations, including soil borings, monitoring well installation, development, and abandonment.
- Support environmental compliance activities such as spill response plans, investigation-derived waste permitting and management, compliance audits, etc.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in geology, hydrology, environmental science, engineering, or another relevant field.
- One to five years of related experience.
- Applicable experience with environmental data collection and documentation.
- Ability to pass a background check and obtain military base passes and/or security clearance, as required.
- Ability to obtain an OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certification and/or current 8-hour refresher and a commitment to company safety standards.
- Ability to learn technical competencies for a variety of potential project types.
- Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to learn quickly.
- Ability to learn technical software applications as necessary, such as ArcGIS, Rockworks, etc.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and the desire to learn technical competencies for a variety of potential project types is essential.
Preferred Qualifications
- Current OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certification