Solutions Analyst I

Resource Environmental Solutions LLC • North Bethlehem Township, PA

13h

About The Position

Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) is seeking an early-career Environmental Solutions Analyst I to support the identification, evaluation, and development of environmental markets across mitigation, water quality, endangered species, reclamation, and related solution lines. The role combines environmental research, data analytics, GIS, regulatory intelligence, market development, and business strategy to help RES decide where to invest, which opportunities to pursue, and how to position its capabilities with clients, agencies, consultants, partners, and regional teams.

The analyst collaborates with teams across sales, science, engineering, construction, operations, finance, policy, regulatory affairs, and regional leadership. The position offers exposure to the lifecycle of environmental project development, from opportunity identification through funding, procurement, design, implementation, and long-term stewardship. It uses data, mapping, market research, regulatory information, and environmental knowledge to support decisions about markets, clients, projects, and resource investments.

The role is fast-paced and collaborative, supporting RES’s mission to restore and protect natural resources while creating durable environmental and community outcomes. It is suited to someone who can translate technical, regulatory, and analytical information into clear recommendations for business decisions and environmental outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, sustainability, planning, engineering, economics, business, public policy, data analytics, geography, or a related field; equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Zero to three years of relevant professional, academic, internship, research, or project-based experience.
• Strong analytical, organizational, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manipulate, summarize, and interpret data.
• Strong technical and creative writing ability.
• Ability to communicate technical or analytical information clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat Pro or comparable document-production tools.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, organize information, meet deadlines, and maintain attention to detail.
• Interest in environmental markets, natural resource restoration, sustainability, infrastructure, regulatory programs, and nature-based solutions.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines, regions, and organizational levels.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in environmental consulting, planning, engineering, sustainability, infrastructure, energy, reclamation, water resources, or natural resource management.
• Experience with brownfield redevelopment, abandoned mine land reclamation, landfill remediation, water quality, environmental infrastructure, or restoration planning.
• Experience with environmental permitting, regulatory research, or environmental policy, including CWA Section 404/401, ESA, NPDES, stormwater, AML, brownfields, mitigation, or related programs.
• Experience with GIS tools such as ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with data analysis or programming tools such as SQL, R, Python, or comparable languages.
• Experience with data visualization or dashboard platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, Apache Superset, or comparable tools.
• Experience with spatial suitability analysis, site screening, market mapping, or geographic opportunity assessment.
• Experience with life-cycle assessment, cost-benefit analysis, technoeconomic analysis, scenario modeling, or sensitivity analysis.
• Familiarity with public infrastructure funding, grants, federal or state agency programs, environmental procurement, or legislative research.
• Experience evaluating project feasibility based on funding, schedule, technical requirements, regulatory pathway, procurement method, risk, or strategic fit.
• Experience working with large or complex datasets from multiple sources.
• Experience developing executive-level reports, presentations, white papers, dashboards, or market assessments.
• Experience working in a project-based, consulting, academic research, or cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Research environmental markets, regulatory programs, agency priorities, funding sources, procurement methods, legislation, competitors, clients, and regional opportunities.
• Identify and evaluate potential environmental projects across mitigation, water quality, endangered species, reclamation, and related solution lines.
• Analyze opportunities based on client need, funding availability, regulatory pathway, procurement method, schedule, technical feasibility, risk, margin potential, and strategic fit.
• Conduct site screening, spatial analysis, suitability assessments, and geographic market mapping using GIS tools.
• Analyze environmental, infrastructure, market, financial, and operational data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and areas for growth.
• Develop market assessments, opportunity evaluations, business cases, white papers, presentations, dashboards, scorecards, and internal strategy documents.
• Build, maintain, and improve reports and dashboards using Excel, Power BI, Tableau, GIS, or similar platforms.
• Support the development and maintenance of qualified opportunity information, including location, client or agency, scope, funding source, procurement path, estimated value, timing, stage, probability, next steps, and assigned resources.
• Assist regional sales and strategy teams with market intelligence, client research, opportunity qualification, proposal development, and follow-up activities.
• Research and summarize environmental regulations, permitting requirements, public programs, grant opportunities, and agency processes.
• Identify potential clients, partners, consultants, landowners, infrastructure owners, and other stakeholders.
• Translate technical, regulatory, and analytical findings into clear recommendations for nontechnical audiences.
• Coordinate with internal subject-matter experts to validate information and develop complete, accurate deliverables.
• Maintain organized project files, data sources, assumptions, analytical methods, and supporting documentation.
• Participate in meetings with regulatory agencies, consultants, clients, regional teams, and other stakeholders as appropriate.
• Support cross-regional collaboration by identifying RES capabilities, resources, and expertise that can be applied to opportunities outside a team’s primary geography.
• Perform other related duties in support of RES’s environmental markets and strategic growth objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level