Entry Level Geologist/Environmental Scientist

Entry Level Geologist/Environmental Scientist - ( 2400024L )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting our local remediation and compliance team on complex environmental investigation and remediation projects at sites with multi-media contamination that includes a wide range of contaminants.

Typical activities include environmental assessments, field investigations, environmental audits, feasibility testing, environmental remediation support and oversite, data analysis, reporting, logistical planning, and scheduling.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Field investigations and remediation/abatement of Soil, ground water, soil vapor, and hazardous building materials.
• Site health and safety planning and completing work safely.
• Coordinate and assist with scheduling field investigations.
• Conducting site evaluations and preparing reports such as Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, sampling and analysis reports, and regulatory submittals.
• Fieldwork, including overnight travel, and some regional, national, and international travel, when necessary.
• Oversee and conduct field data collection, sampling events and field analysis including:
• Soil, soil vapor, and groundwater sampling events and field investigations.
• Logging soil and rock core for subsurface explorations, including installing monitoring wells and piezometers;
• Performing aquifer testing and groundwater flow evaluations;
• Soil, groundwater, surface water and air sampling for analytical analysis
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• Environmental, health, and safety compliance sampling, investigations and audits
• Hazardous building materials along with asbestos, lead based paint, and other regulated materials
• Environmental site assessments, including phase I ESAs, and environmental audits.
• Data compilation, and report generation to meet client and industry requirements.
• Working effectively with multi-disciplinary project teams of scientists, engineers, chemists, geologists, hydrogeologists, and field personnel to achieve project goals.
• Assuring the quality of all work and product deliverables and achievement of project objectives.
  
  

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Strong analytical skills, and attention to detail with the ability to recognize discrepancies.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with both clients and project team members.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities concurrently and meet strict project deadlines.
• Ability to travel locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally as required for proposal and project needs.
• Good driving record and valid driver’s license required.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office productivity software
• Familiarity with GIS, CADD, and database software is preferred.
• Must be able to lift and move items and equipment up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to work outdoors in a physically active environment and in adverse weather conditions.
• Builds and maintains productive professional and personal networking relationships.
• Pre-employment drug and alcohol screening and physical is required.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology or related Science fields.
• 0-3 years of experience.
  
  

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a 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. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

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

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : United States-Tennessee-Nashville

Other Locations : United States-Tennessee-Knoxville, United States-Tennessee-Chattanooga

Organization : BC-1726 EnvSvcs-US Gulf East

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 75 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : May 20, 2024, 12:52:43 PM

Req ID: 2400024L

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Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans