Senior Environmental Engineer

About the role

Terracon is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead our Environmental Engineering practice in Dallas‑Fort Worth. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced environmental engineer to step into a leadership role to support and advance our growing environmental engineering practice. The position offers a unique opportunity for an individual with strong technical expertise, leadership ability, and mentoring skills to support environmental engineering needs in the Texas division. The selected candidate will work closely with the DFW Regional Environmental Manager and follow Environmental Engineers to strategically grow and elevate the practice in the region and Texas Division.

Responsibilities

• Perform and/or lead environmental site investigations, including engineering analysis, calculations, and recommendations.
• Develop plans and specifications, conduct site observation and inspection, and prepare, review, and write related reports.
• Provide engineering and consulting services for a broad range of environmental projects and clients.
• Identify, evaluate, and recommend risk mitigation and remediation strategies that comply with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Prepare permit applications, risk assessments, proposals, technical reports, and regulatory correspondence.
• Design environmental systems and protection plans, applying sound engineering principles and communicating complex concepts to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Deliver services such as environmental site assessments, engineering evaluations, and design tasks.
• Develop a strong understanding of project‑related risks and protect the company from those risks.
• Lead safety efforts for the team, ensure adherence to safety rules, model a safe work environment, and promote pre‑task planning.
• Lead complex or unique projects requiring innovative engineering analysis and problem‑solving.
• Supervise analysis of findings and development of recommendations in written reports.
• Participate in developing marketing strategies and client qualification presentations.
• Solve environmental engineering problems and explain solutions clearly to clients.
• Think on your feet to identify practical solutions to real‑life client challenges.
• Work with groundwater contaminant plumes, develop solutions for contaminant transport using analytic or numerical models, prepare feasibility studies, and design in‑situ and ex‑situ remediation methods.
• Apply strong experience with PFAS science, remediation technologies for contaminated soil, groundwater, biosolids, and treatment methods for water and wastewater.
• Design vapor intrusion mitigation systems (VIMS) for new construction or sub‑slab depressurization systems (SSDS) for existing structures.
• Utilize knowledge of TRRP and PST rules and use VCP, Corrective Action, and PST programs and processes to support project success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 8–11 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in environmental engineering preferred.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration in Texas preferred.