Field Geologist

Arcadis•Knoxville, TN

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Arcadis is seeking a Geologist to join our Resilience Environment team in Knoxville, TN. As a member of our Resilience Environmental team, you’ll play a key role in improving the quality of life. Drawing on your background in environmental science and geology, and your technical or sustainable expertise, you’ll contribute to projects focused on soil, water, and air quality, as well as monitoring and remediation efforts. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on pollution mitigation and control, materials management, and the protection of species and ecosystems. All in some of the world’s most dynamic locations. We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. We are committed to sharing expertise and institutional knowledge across diverse practice areas with our junior staff, fostering their development into the next generation of environmental leaders. We advance our understanding of emerging contaminants and are engaged in some of the most challenging projects in our industry.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Engineering, or closely related field (i.e., environmental science, physical science)
2 years of relevant work experience

Nice To Haves

Master of Science degree in Geology or closely related field
Current OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training
Experience supervising environmental drilling

Responsibilities

Assisting Project Managers (PMs) and Task Managers (TMs) in planning and executing environmental site characterization, investigation, and remediation tasks.
Fieldwork including collection and documentation of soil, air/vapor, groundwater, and surface water samples.
Overseeing subcontractors, including drilling operations and the installation of groundwater wells.
Remedial system operation and maintenance checks and repairs.
Facility inspections.
Soil gas (vapor intrusion) surveys.
Field preparation, equipment procurement, and analytical laboratory sampling coordination.
Conducting site visits and site characterization activities, including performing drilling oversight for soil sampling and/or groundwater well installation, groundwater sampling, and/or excavation oversight.
Oversight of remedial system installation activities.
Provide emergency response support (environmental sample planning and collection, rail client and state/federal regulator correspondence, onsite contractor oversight) for train derailments/HAZMAT spills, with the potential to travel throughout the US.
Writing and preparing technical reports, work plans, letters, and memoranda.
Task coordination, data analysis, proposal development and costing, health & safety plan preparation, report writing, regulatory and historical file review, project strategy development, schedule and budget management.
Assisting project managers with preparing subcontracts and overseeing their work.