Lead Environmental Scientist/Geologist

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.

About the role

The successful candidate will have regulatory and task management experience to support our clients and collaborate with our multi-disciplinary staff on a variety of environmental assessment and remediation projects at sites with contamination by materials such as solvents, petroleum fuels, metals, and PCBs. You will join a dynamic team working on large, technically engaging, and impactful projects located at active and inactive petroleum refining and storage facilities and other industrial facilities.

Responsibilities

• Organize and coordinate a variety of environmental investigation and remediation tasks such as groundwater monitoring, soil boring/well installations, operation and maintenance, and other activities.
• Perform a mix of office and field-based tasks including project execution, scheduling, compliance monitoring, data analysis/reduction, and technical reporting.
• Prepare site maps, soil boring logs, well construction diagrams, geologic cross sections, potentiometric surface maps, and groundwater flow models.
• Coordinate, supervise, and execute field work including collecting soil, sediment, water, and air samples; overseeing drilling of soil borings and installation of monitoring wells; performing hydraulic conductivity tests; excavation monitoring; use of instrumentation; overseeing subcontractors; and coordinating complex field tasks with multiple staff and subcontractors.
• Work at higher education facilities, current/former refineries and petroleum processing/storage facilities, gas stations, as well as other commercial and industrial facilities in urban, rural, or undeveloped locations.
• Complete applicable company and client-required health & safety training (including OSHA-required training) and follow health & safety policies and procedures.
• Follow established standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines to complete assignments.
• Provide support to multiple Stantec offices as part of a larger Environmental Services team.
• Travel may be required; work hours may be irregular and include overnight and weekend shifts.

Requirements

• Willingness to learn new skills for conducting field work, work independently outdoors for long hours in potentially inclement weather, and be flexible in undertaking work assignments.
• Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills.
• Conscientious, detail-oriented, and disciplined approach to work.
• Ability to build and maintain productive professional and personal networking relationships within your technical team.
• Manage multiple project responsibilities simultaneously and track priorities.
• Take ownership of work, exhibit a problem-solving mindset, and approach tasks with curiosity.
• Proficiency in commonly used software (e.g., Word, Excel).
• Pre-employment physical is required.
• Good driving record and valid driver's license are required.
• Background check as well as drug and alcohol screening.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Geology or Environmental Science.
• 8-12 years of progressively responsible environmental assessment and remediation work experience.
• 40-hour HAZWOPER (OSHA Hazardous Worker) certification, 8-hour OSHA Supervisor, and current 8-hour refresher certification are favorable.
• Experience with Pennsylvania and New Jersey regulatory programs is preferred.

Benefits

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 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.
• Ten paid holidays per calendar year.
• Vacation accrual between 10 and 20 days per year and paid sick leave (or more if state/local law requires).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

Pay

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. The final agreed-upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. Certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.