Senior Technical Manager, Geologist

WSP•Kennesaw, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Geologist with RCRA and CERCLA experience for its Atlanta area offices. This role is part of the Site Assessment and Remediation Team within the WSP Earth & Environment Business. The position involves managing and participating in environmental projects, including high-level field studies, technical report preparation, project management, and client/regulator interaction. Projects will cover environmental site investigations, geological studies, RI/FS work plans, groundwater sampling, bedrock mapping, remedial design sampling plans, remedial design, and remedial action/corrective actions. As a senior technical manager, you will analyze groundwater, surface water, soil, sediment, soil vapor, and air samples, along with geological and hydrological data, to develop conceptual site models for contamination extent and remediation strategies compliant with CERCLA, RCRA, and the National Contingency Plan (NCP). The role requires some travel and fieldwork.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, or closely related discipline.
Essential professional licensure/certification (GA P.G. or ability to obtain license).
Minimum of 10 years of environmental project experience, including task management, proposal writing, client contact, and regulatory interaction.
Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements especially in the areas of CERCLA and RCRA.
Experience with site investigations and remediation of environmental impacts to soil, surface water, and groundwater.
Experience sampling soil and groundwater via drilling including direct-push, hollow-stem auger, and other similar drilling methods.
Experience with soil logging based on the Unified Soil Classification System (USCS).
Experience installing groundwater monitoring wells, remediation wells, and soil gas wells.
Subcontractor management experience including procuring subcontractor bids, purchase requisitions and scheduling work.
Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience writing technical reports and project proposals.
Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to reach conclusions from test results, data collation, and identifying the cost-effective responses to address contamination.
Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER Health and Safety Training Certified and annual refresher (29 CFR 1910.120).

Nice To Haves

Master’s degrees and above are a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop technical reports describing field activities and presenting environmental data for projects regulated under CERCLA, RCRA, Solid Waste, Clear Water Act, or LUST.
Participate in a wide range of environmental and engineering projects, from conceptual site model development to design and implementation of remediation and risk management strategies.
Develop, lead, and implement environmental site investigations/assessments.
Perform project management duties, such as develop proposals, manage budgets, monitor schedules, and coordinate equipment and materials.
Provide guidance with data collection efforts for extracting, identifying, and compiling environmental data from soil, soil gas, groundwater, boring logs, and other matrices for investigations, and surveys.
Prepare complex data and visualizations such as soil analyses, groundwater modeling, geologic cross-sections, and other illustrations.
Analyze, evaluate, and interpret geologic, hydrogeologic, and chemical data obtained during field investigations, offering input with developing corrective action plans.