Project Scientist

About the role

A fully competent scientific professional responsible for planning, scheduling, conducting, or coordinating detailed phases of work for part of a major project or the total of a project of moderate scope and complexity. May devise new approaches to problems encountered, serve as a team leader on medium projects, and mentor junior-level scientists/engineers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct environmental site investigations, assessments, and surveys to sample, measure, and analyze air, water, material, and soil.
• 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.
• Projects may include Phase I/II environmental site assessments, ecological and natural resource field surveys, tank closure assessments, asbestos abatement, stormwater management, and site planning and permitting.
• Follow safety rules, guidelines, and standards for all projects; participate in pre-task planning and report any safety issues or concerns to management.
• Provide and lead continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects; promote and monitor quality standards and practices.
• Ensure consistent quality standards on project and proposal delivery.
• Perform scientific analyses on projects within your discipline.
• Attend on- and off-site client meetings.
• Implement technical requirements to complete client projects by directing and supervising field staff to sample, test, collect data, and/or document site activities.
• Develop written proposals for both small and large projects, including quality control review of proposals written by others.
• Evaluate complex laboratory and field data and assemble it into written reports.
• Work under the supervision of a Terracon Authorized Project Reviewer; begin documented mentoring and application process for Terracon Authorized Project Reviewer certification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science or a related science field and a minimum of 7 years’ related experience. Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 11 years’ related experience.
• Master’s degree or PhD preferred.
• A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required.
• Certification in your field of expertise preferred.