Project Environmental Engineer

About the role

Provide engineering and consulting services for a broad array of environmental projects and clients. This may include performing and/or leading environmental site investigations, engineering analysis, calculations and recommendations, design and development of plans and specifications, observation and inspection, and the writing, preparation, and review of related reports for the services provided.

Identify, evaluate and recommend risk and remediation strategies/designs to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations. Prepare applicable permit applications, risk assessments and technical documents including proposals, reports and regulatory agency correspondence. Design systems and environmental protection plans. Apply sound engineering principles and be able to communicate complex engineering issues and concepts to technical and non-technical clients and project teams.

Services may include a variety of environmental-related work including Phase I/II environmental site assessments, ecological and natural resource field surveys, tank closure assessments, asbestos abatement, storm water management, and site planning and permitting.

Responsibilities

• Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
• Provide and lead continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor and promote quality standards and practices.
• Provide consistent quality standards on project and proposal delivery.
• Independently perform a variety of projects or selected segments of larger projects.
• Plan, schedule, conduct, and/or coordinate detailed phases of assigned project work.
• Work closely with senior-level project managers to gain additional project management experience for more complex and larger projects.
• Devise new approaches to problems encountered.
• Serve as a team leader in medium projects and mentor junior level scientists/engineers.
• Perform complex scientific analyses on projects of own discipline.
• Attend on and off-site client meetings.
• Direct and supervise field staff to sample, test and collect data and/or document site activities.
• Develop written proposals to clients for both small and large projects including quality control review of proposals written by others.
• Evaluate complex laboratory and field data and assemble in written reports.
• Document mentoring and application process for Terracon Authorized Project Reviewer certification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering or related degree.
• Minimum 5-8 years’ experience.
• Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering preferred.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration.