Staff Geologist / Scientist / Engineer

 

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is seeking a Staff Geologist/Scientist/Engineer to support our Resilience – Environment team and specifically help to lead and grow the emergency response (aka “Incident Response & Recovery”; IRR) group in the Pacific Northwest area.  

As a Staff Geologist/Scientist/Engineer, you will be helping to plan and implement environmental investigation and remediation projects from the office and field (e.g., long term remediation projects) as well as support and respond to IRR events (e.g., releases and train derailments). Involvement in the IRR group will allow for immediate involvement with client, contractor, and regulatory partners, as well as the national IRR team of Arcadis, for which you would be a regional leader in IRR. 

Role accountabilities:

• Safety – the priority at Arcadis. You will be responsible for yourself, Arcadis staff, contractors, and anyone else at a project site. Identifying and controlling hazards, and knowing when to stop work, will be a primary task at all sites
• Leading IRR efforts for emergency responses (e.g., supporting clients by documenting incident details and site activities, coordinating contractors, overseeing first responder contractors, tracking waste, and managing onsite safety).
  • Note that Arcadis does not perform hazardous material clean-up directly, but rather oversees, manages, or supports those that do
• Leading environmental investigations and remediation projects (e.g., groundwater monitoring well installations and monitoring, heavy equipment and construction oversight, soil boring logging, sampling, remedial excavation oversight and sampling, utility surveys, site inspections, surface water and/or sediment sampling, etc.)
• Planning remedial events (e.g., developing work plans, permitting, cost estimates, contracting, scheduling, laboratory coordination, waste management, etc.)
• Report preparation (e.g., figure generation, data management, technical writing, etc.)
• Evaluating data to support the development and refinement of conceptual site models and optimizing long-term monitoring programs
• Ensuring tasks are completed in accordance with all Federal, State, Local, and client-specific health and safety requirements
• Delegating to and mentoring junior staff on safety and technical topics
• Field work up to 70% for the first couple of years, mostly regional but some national (expect 6-8 weeks/year out of state)

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Geological Sciences, Environmental/Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Emergency Management, or a related discipline
• Personable with excellent communication skills
• Performs well under pressure. Able to balance full field and office workload
• Ability to support immediate mobilization to regional job sites as incidents are identified
• 4-6 years of consulting/remediation experience
• 4-6 years of field experience, of which emergency response was a component of the work

Preferred Qualifications:

• ICS-100 and ICS-200 training

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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