Environmental Risk Assessor Intern

GHD•Syracuse, NY

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Help us build the future and we’ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career. Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and environmental scientists all working towards the same goal. Join a team that brings inspirational architecture, landscapes, townscapes and places to our world, and we’ll provide you unlimited space to grow. We’re looking for an Environmental Risk Assessor Intern to join our team in 2027! At GHD, our Intern Risk Assessors are typically engaged in projects that apply risk assessment and risk management strategies to support contaminated site decision-making under Federal, state, and international site cleanup programs. This includes supporting and implementing site characterization and remedial action projects that involve efforts to identify and control potentially unacceptable human and ecological exposures to chemicals in the environment. In this role you will assist in the evaluation of large environmental datasets for a wide variety of traditional, as well as emerging (e.g., PFAS), or proprietary chemicals, observe how to interpret site characterization data, perform statistical and spatial data analysis, support contaminant fate/transport and exposure modeling to quantitatively evaluate human health and/or ecological risks, assist with the preparation of reports and other written communications.

Requirements

Planned completion of Master or Bachelor degree in related field of Science, e.g., Biology, Toxicology, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Science, Ecology, or related field in 2028
Familiarity with spreadsheet and database software
Strong analytical and quantitative skills required

Nice To Haves

Knowledge or experience in ecological or human health risk assessment, environmental fate and transport modeling, statistical data analysis and sampling design, emerging contaminants (e.g., PFAS), natural resource damages assessment is a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.
Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.
Organize and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for special reports.
Collect a range of straightforward samples and undertake testing as directed and in accordance with defined processes and requirements to support regulatory compliance activity.