Environmental Scientist / Geologist

Stantec•West Chester, PA

About The Position

An opportunity exists for a highly motivated, personable, and organized Environmental Scientist or Professional Geologist looking to advance their career as part of our growing Team of Environmental Professionals in southeastern Pennsylvania. The successful candidate will have regulatory and task management experience to support our clients and collaborate with our multi-disciplinary staff on a variety of projects. You will perform environmental assessment and remediation tasks to support environmental investigation and remediation projects at sites with contamination by materials such as solvents, petroleum fuels, metals, and PCBs. You can join a dynamic team working on large, technically engaging, and impactful projects located at active and inactive petroleum refining and storage facilities and other industrial facilities.

Requirements

Be willing to learn new skills for conducting field work, to work independently outdoors for long hours in potentially inclement weather conditions, and to be flexible in undertaking work assignments.
Have excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills.
Be conscientious, detail-oriented, and disciplined.
Build and maintain productive professional and personal networking relationships within your technical team.
Manage multiple project responsibilities simultaneously and track priorities.
Be proud to take ownership of work, exhibit a problem-solving mindset, and approach tasks with curiosity.
Be proficient in commonly used software (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.).
Pre-employment physical is required.
Good driving record and valid driver's license are required.
Bachelor of Science degree in Geology or Environmental Science.
5-10 years of progressively responsible environmental assessment and remediation work experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience using gINT, MODFLOW, AQTESOLV is a plus.
Experience in refinery/fuel storage terminal and manufactured gas plant settings is a plus.
40-hour HAZWOPER (OSHA Hazardous Worker) certification, 8-hour OSHA Supervisor, and current 8-hour refresher certification are favorable.
30-hour OSHA Construction certificate and Transportation Worker Credential (TWIC) are desired.
Experience with Pennsylvania Act 2 and Act 32 regulatory programs is plus.
Geologist in Training (GIT) or Professional Geologist (PG) certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Organize and coordinate a variety of environmental investigation and remediation tasks such as ground water monitoring, soil boring/well installations, operation and maintenance, and other activities.
Responsibilities will include a mix of office and field-based tasks and will include project execution, scheduling, compliance monitoring, data analysis/reduction, and technical reporting.
Reporting and data reduction tasks may include preparation of site maps, soil boring logs, well construction diagrams, geologic cross sections, potentiometric surface maps, and groundwater flow models.
Field-based tasks will include coordination, supervision, and execution of work that includes, but is not limited to, collecting soil, sediment, water and air samples; overseeing drilling of soil borings and installation of monitoring wells; performing hydraulic conductivity tests; excavation monitoring; use of instrumentation; overseeing subcontractors; and coordinating complex field tasks with multiple staff and subcontractors.
The work may be associated with former manufactured gas plant (MGP) facilities, current/former refineries and petroleum processing/storage facilities, gas stations, as well as other commercial and industrial facilities in urban, rural, or undeveloped locations.
Complete applicable company and client-required health & safety training (including OSHA-required training) and follow health & safety policies and procedures.
Follow established standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines to complete assignments.
This position is within a larger Environmental Services team and will likely require providing support to multiple Stantec offices.
Travel may be required.
Work hours may be irregular and include overnight and weekend work shifts.