Senior Hydrogeologist - Industrial Remediation

Stantec Inc.•Richmond, VA

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About The Position

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that's vital to our clients and the communities they serve. Join a team that's naturally committed to the environment. Your Opportunity Stantec is currently seeking to add a Senior Hydrogeologist to our team in a client-facing role supporting growth to facilitate ongoing groundwater remediation services. The individual in this position will help grow our power practice and work with client account managers to expand our services geographically. The Senior Hydrogeologist will support our local environmental remediation teams as well as our long-standing regional remediation practice. This position will support project management and provide technical support for groundwater and soil remediation projects across multiple industries in the South and Gulf regions with an initial primary focus on the heavy industrial and power sector clients. As a senior consultant, you will leverage your technical skills, industry and market knowledge, and client and partner relationships to support pursuits, win and deliver projects to grow the discipline. The position location is flexible throughout Stantec's Gulf and East Regions, with the possibility for remote work.

Requirements

Possess excellent communication skills: verbal, business writing, electronic communications, and presentations.
Have full competence in working without direct supervision.
Display excellent time management skills with the ability to understand project and team roles, scheduling, budgeting, and efficient use of time and resources.
Exhibit entrepreneurial nature and ability to lead others to achieve group results.
Possess strong knowledge of geology, hydrogeology, contaminant transport, as well as the state of the practice in remediation of metals groundwater impacts.
Understand state and federal regulations and adapt to client-specific requirements.
Interpret groundwater modeling results, engineering drawings, and other similar work products.
Lead several projects or tasks concurrently with a sound understanding of overall goals, objectives, and costs to our clients.
Possess strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills and make timely decisions.
Work well as part of a team and independently, including strong interpersonal skills and professionalism.
Review and check the work of others for quality, accuracy and completeness.
Mentor and/or supervise team members (e.g., geologists, engineers or technicians in training).
Proficient in and consistently demonstrates and promotes policies and procedures for Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE).
Full competency in client facing engagements.
Travel locally, regionally, and nationally as required for proposal and project needs
Where lawful, may require pre or post-employment drug testing based on client needs and requirements.
Possess valid US driver's license and good driving record.
Bachelor's or advanced degree in Geology or related geosciences field.
Minimum of 8 years of applicable experience.

Nice To Haves

Hold Registered Professional licenses within in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina or South Carolina with ability to obtain reciprocity to other states, preferred but not required.
Professional Geologist (PG) license preferred.
40-Hr HAZWOPER training preferred.
Experience working on heavy industrial, municipal, state, and federal contracts; working within the US South region with knowledge of local and regional geologic conditions preferred.

Responsibilities

Contribute to and lead business development activities, including proposals, pre- qualifications, and relationship building with clients and prospective clients.
Assist in analyzing current and emerging technical issues, and implementing actions to proactively address market, business, regulatory, and/or economic issues.
Develop, maintain, and enhance Stantec's industry, leading technical approaches to assessment of remedial measures, remedy selection and pilot study implementation.
Contribute to the preparation of workplans and project deliverables including sampling and analysis plans, analysis/interpretation of groundwater data, site assessments, conceptual site models, progress reports, site investigation reports and remedial action plans in whole or in part, depending on the size and complexity of the document.
Identify new business opportunities and support the technical component of business development materials.
Engage directly in networking with existing staff on the technical execution of ongoing remediation projects.
Develop, maintain, and enhance Stantec's market position with clients, approval agencies, and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider.
Lead hydrogeologic technical aspects to approach development and project delivery.
Collaborate with and build brand recognition for technical expertise, quality and responsiveness across various sectors, including but not limited to federal, state, and local clients, power, municipalities, and other industrial clients.
Expand our site investigation and remediation practices, in collaboration with other senior managers, in the South region.
Engage within ongoing groundwater assessment, remedy selection and pilot study execution activities centric to programs such as Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) facilities.
Design and oversee implementation of hydrogeology field programs, including drilling and logging of overburden and bedrock core, sampling of soil and bedrock, groundwater sampling, aquifer testing (e.g., aquifer testing, slug testing, packer testing).
Possess good business awareness and acumen and maintain a strong understanding of project management fundamentals: project scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
Grow Stantec's professional relationships with stakeholders and decision makers within key Power client accounts.
Grow internal and external networks and recruit additional high caliber talent across a range of professional disciplines to join the Stantec team.
Provide mentoring and training for staff.
Participate in conferences and seminars and represent Stantec in business, community, and social situations.
Demonstrate active commitment to Stantec's code of business conduct and ethics policies.

Benefits

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave.
Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year.
In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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