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Environmental Scientist or Senior Scientist CW 2026-01

WTS South Carolina
Richmond, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/27/2026
Details

Posted: 26-Apr-26

Location: Richmond, California

Type: Full Time

Categories

Environmental - Air and Water Pollution

Environmental - Quality

Environmental Engineering

Years Of Experience

5 - 10

Preferred Education

Masters

Additional Information

Hybrid/Remote is allowed.

Internal Number: CW 2026-01

Position Description

The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) seeks an Environmental Scientist/Engineer or Senior Scientist/Engineer to join an interdisciplinary team to support or lead projects investigating contaminant sources and loadings in watersheds and their impacts on water quality. The goal of this work is to support policy development that prevents or minimizes impairments to beneficial uses. This work will be carried out in support of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) and other Clean Water Program efforts to address pivotal pollution issues with regional, state, and national implications.

Responsibilities

This is a full-time, Bay Area-based, hybrid office position for a candidate wishing to advance their career in environmental research. Responsibilities for this position include:

  • Leading design and implementation of contaminant monitoring studies within a collaborative team environment
  • Analyzing data and preparing written reports
  • Communicating findings to local stakeholders and the broader scientific community
  • Working with stakeholders to build consensus and articulate priority information needs and
  • Leading or strongly contributing to fundraising

The position responsibilities will include conducting stormwater fieldwork during winter rainstorms.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

  • Education and relevant work experience in environmental chemistry, environmental science, environmental engineering, or another related scientific field. Experience in environmental monitoring, environmental study design, conceptual and mechanistic models, environmental statistics, or fate and transport processes.
  • PhD and 2 years work experience or MS and 9 years work experience.
  • Experience leading scientific teams on complex environmental projects, including field work to collect environmental samples, synthesizing peer-reviewed literature, data analysis, and report writing for scientific and public audiences.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills, and the ability to effectively communicate technical details to scientific and public audiences.
  • A team player who inspires staff and is enthusiastic about the Institute’s mission of providing science to inform decisions.
  • Ability to do fieldwork that may involve driving; a valid Driver’s License is required.

Desired Additional Skills And Experience

  • Technical experience with pollutants in urban stormwater.
  • Experience managing multiple projects at once and juggling multiple deadlines.
  • Experience in stakeholder governance and meetings, meeting facilitation, and working with a diverse group of stakeholders.
  • Experience doing field work that may involve working unusual hours (e.g., late nights, early mornings, and weekends) and carrying 40-pound field equipment for short durations.

If you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may still be the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.

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About San Francisco Estuary Institute

For thirty years, SFEI has provided essential data and knowledge to improve water quality and protect human and ecological health. Increasingly, SFEI is being called upon to help make the Bay Area and communities across California more resilient to the impacts of rising waters, rising temperatures, and increasingly severe storms. SFEI’s reliable science, networks built on trust, and creative collaboration help restore ecosystems, and inform policy development and the billion dollar investments in infrastructure and nature-based solutions necessary to safeguard our shared home.

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