What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Geologist / Environmental Scientist – Remediation position at Spencer Ogden?
We are supporting a growing environmental consulting firm seeking an experienced Project Geologist or Environmental Scientist to join its Seattle-area team.
This role will support environmental investigation and remediation projects across the Pacific Northwest, with a strong focus on federal and DoD clients, including work associated with NAVFAC Northwest.
Key Responsibilities
- Support CERCLA, RCRA, UST, and environmental restoration projects
- Prepare and contribute to technical documents including Preliminary Assessments, Site Investigations, RI/FS reports, work plans, monitoring reports, and remedial action documentation
- Conduct and oversee soil, groundwater, sediment, surface water, and soil-gas investigations
- Coordinate drilling, monitoring well installation, sampling, and subcontractor activities
- Evaluate environmental data and support site characterization, conceptual site models, and remedial decision-making
- Support remediation system installation, operation, monitoring, and optimization
- Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and technical deliverables
- Coordinate with clients, regulators, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary project teams
- Support periodic field travel throughout Washington and Alaska
Qualifications
- 7–12 years of environmental consulting or remediation experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Environmental Science, or a related discipline
- Experience with CERCLA, RCRA, USTs, contaminated-site investigation, or remediation
- Strong background in groundwater and soil investigation
- Experience preparing technical environmental reports and regulatory documentation
- Previous federal, DoD, NAVFAC, or USACE experience is highly desirable
- Experience with drilling oversight, monitoring wells, soil logging, and environmental sampling preferred
- 40-Hour HAZWOPER preferred
- Washington Licensed Geologist preferred, but not required
Location & Compensation
- Seattle, Washington
- Hybrid working model, generally 3 days in office / up to 2 days remote
- Some flexibility may be available for candidates elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest
- $115,000–$145,000 base salary benefits
- Periodic travel to project sites in Washington and Alaska
This is a strong opportunity for an environmental professional looking to work on complex remediation and federal environmental restoration projects while developing broader project-management responsibility.
Salary : $115,000 - $145,000