Experienced Remediation Engineer (Vapor Intrusion)

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.•Walnut Creek, CA

1d•$112,260 - $188,960•Hybrid

About The Position

Geosyntec is seeking an Experienced Remediation Engineer focused on vapor intrusion (VI) to join its Northern California team, based in Oakland, Sacramento, or Walnut Creek. The role leads and delivers VI investigations, risk evaluations, and mitigation projects within the firm’s environmental site assessment, remediation, risk, and engineering practices. Work includes technical leadership, project delivery, regulatory and permitting coordination, and implementation of VI mitigation and remediation systems for industrial, commercial, and governmental clients. The position manages VI projects from planning through implementation, develops conceptual site models and investigation strategies, evaluates data and risk, and prepares and reviews technical deliverables. It also involves client and regulatory coordination, business development, mentoring staff, and, at times, fieldwork and travel to project sites. Geosyntec describes itself as an international engineering and consulting firm serving public- and private-sector clients, and offers competitive pay, benefits, and well-being programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering; civil, chemical, or environmental engineering is preferred.
Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
At least 7 years of direct environmental consulting experience focused on VI assessment and mitigation, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong technical foundation in remediation, engineering, or geology, with demonstrated competency in VI approaches and related remedial technologies such as soil vapor extraction and in situ injections.
Experience managing projects, including resource allocation, quality, technical oversight, subcontractor or contractor coordination, and financial management.
Thorough understanding of CalEPA and USEPA regulations and guidance relevant to VI and remediation, including experience working with state and local oversight agencies.
Experience mentoring and managing professional staff.
Excellent technical leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
Experience with VI data evaluation tools and approaches.
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced consulting environment, manage multiple assignments, meet strict deadlines, and travel to client facilities as needed.
Excellent writing and communication skills.
Valid U.S. driver’s license and satisfactory driving record for business travel.
Fieldwork and overnight travel may be required.
Health and safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing may be required.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in civil, chemical, or environmental engineering.
8 or more years of direct environmental consulting experience focused on VI assessment and mitigation.

Responsibilities

Manage VI remediation and mitigation projects, including scope development, work planning, budget and schedule management, design implementation, subcontractor oversight, and client communication.
Develop VI conceptual site models and investigation and mitigation strategies, including approaches for sub-slab soil gas, soil gas, indoor air, and building surveys.
Lead preparation of VI work plans and technical memoranda; evaluate analytical data; perform screening-level and refined VI risk evaluations; and develop defensible conclusions and recommendations.
Oversee pilot studies and full-scale VI mitigation and remediation, including system selection and design, procurement, permitting, construction oversight, commissioning, and operations and maintenance support.
Prepare and review technical deliverables, including reports, letters, memoranda, sampling and analysis plans, mitigation designs and specifications, operations and maintenance plans, and proposals.
Provide technical review and approval of project-team work products.
Support VI client-base growth through proposal development, repeat-work pursuits, opportunity identification, and personal business-development goals.
Develop and maintain relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, property owners and tenants, and other stakeholders; communicate VI concepts, findings, and mitigation approaches.
Mentor and support early-career staff in technical delivery, project performance, sampling programs, data quality review, mitigation system evaluations, client expectations, and career growth.
Perform fieldwork as needed, including site visits, environmental sampling and characterization, drilling oversight, contractor oversight, and remediation system operations, maintenance, and construction.
Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to project sites, offices, and other business locations as needed.