Senior Scientist - Environmental Restoration Project Management

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.•San Diego, CA

11h•$121,985 - $170,780•Hybrid

About The Position

Geosyntec is seeking a Senior Scientist - Environmental Restoration Project Management for their San Diego, California office. This role will support environmental restoration projects within their Site Assessment, Remediation, and Federal Services practice. The position involves managing complex assessment, remediation, and restoration projects, as well as long-term monitoring. Responsibilities include managing contracts, scopes, schedules, budgets, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary technical teams. The role also supports regulatory coordination, stakeholder engagement, and client service for federal, municipal, public-sector, and private-sector clients. Key federal clients include NAVFAC and other U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) organizations, such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), as well as the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and other governmental, institutional, and industrial clients. Geosyntec is an international engineering and consulting firm known for its technical leadership and client service. They offer competitive pay, benefits, and well-being programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, geology, environmental geography, environmental policy, engineering, natural resources science, or a closely related field.
At least 8 years of experience in environmental consulting, environmental restoration, remediation project management, site assessment, or federal environmental programs, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong project and contract management skills, including scope development, budget management, schedule tracking, cost estimating, subcontractor coordination, contract task order support, change management, QA/QC coordination, and delivery of multiple concurrent assignments.
Experience coordinating with federal and state regulatory agencies, clients, installation stakeholders, subcontractors, technical experts, and community stakeholders to support regulatory compliance, timely deliverable review, and project decision-making.
Strong health and safety orientation, including experience supporting field teams, contractor oversight, safety protocols, quality control audits, and defensible environmental data collection.
Excellent technical writing, verbal communication, presentation, and organizational skills, with the ability to prepare clear technical reports, proposals, project briefings, regulatory meeting materials, and client-facing deliverables.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced consulting environment, meet strict deadlines, manage competing priorities, collaborate across disciplines, and travel to client facilities or project sites as needed.
Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in environmental science, geology, engineering, natural resources science, public policy, or a closely related field.
Demonstrated experience managing complex environmental restoration or remediation projects for DoD, NAVFAC, USACE, U.S. Air National Guard, National Park Service, municipal, public-sector, institutional, industrial, or private-sector clients.
Working knowledge of CERCLA, RCRA, NCP, California regulatory requirements, and environmental restoration program processes, including remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedy selection, remedial design, remedial action, long-term monitoring, and site closure.
Experience developing, reviewing, and managing technical documents such as work plans, UFP-QAPPs, remedial investigation/feasibility study documents, conceptual site models, risk assessment support documents, remedial action work plans, decision documents, proposed plans, and long-term monitoring reports.
Experience overseeing field investigation and remediation activities, including soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, vapor intrusion, petroleum-impacted media, hazardous waste, PFAS or emerging contaminant investigations, and contractor oversight.
Experience with software and tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, AutoCAD, and ArcGIS.
Current OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training and annual 8-hour refreshers.

Responsibilities

Manage and support complex environmental restoration, site assessment, remediation, long-term monitoring, and emerging contaminant projects for federal, municipal, public-sector, and private-sector clients.
Lead and support projects in various phases of the CERCLA process, including remedial investigations/feasibility studies, proposed plans, decision documents, remedial design, remedial action, long-term monitoring, and remedy optimization.
Prepare, review, and manage technical deliverables, including work plans, UFP-QAPPs, site assessment reports, risk assessment support documents, feasibility studies, remedial design documents, long-term monitoring reports, and quality assurance project plans.
Plan, coordinate, and oversee environmental investigation and remediation field activities, including soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, and vapor intrusion assessment activities, while maintaining a strong focus on health, safety, quality, and data defensibility.
Develop and manage scopes of work, cost estimates, subcontracting agreements, project schedules, budgets, contract task orders, modifications, change orders, and project controls for multiple concurrent assignments.
Coordinate with clients, federal and state regulatory agencies, installation stakeholders, subcontractors, technical experts, and internal project teams to support timely project execution, regulatory approvals, and successful delivery of project objectives.
Support environmental restoration programs involving hazardous waste, petroleum-impacted sites, PFAS and other emerging contaminants, landfill management, groundwater monitoring and optimization, radiological assessments, and natural resource protection or restoration.
Represent project teams in regulatory meetings, community engagement activities, Restoration Advisory Board meetings, cleanup team meetings, client briefings, and project status presentations.
Support proposal development, marketing, business development, and client relationship management for environmental restoration and federal services opportunities.
Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations, as needed.