Senior Chemist

Requisition ID: 90978 

Job Category: Environmental 

Location: Ambler, PA, United States 
 

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 65 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Our Environmental Services Group (ESG) provides our clients with expertise in climate change, environmental assessment & management, noise & vibration, social impact management, sustainable development design, and water resources. With your help, we can build extraordinary things that co-exist, and benefit local communities and habitats.

 

The team is growing, and we are looking to engage an experienced Environmental Professional to join our US team in the Southeast region. We are looking for someone that wants to be involved across all aspects of an environmental consultancy from developing high level conceptual project strategies to delivering against defined requirements to verifying performance outcomes in operation, to identifying and developing new talent. This position will be involved in seeking out new project opportunities, assisting our project managers and engineering teams, and mentoring members of our team. This individual should have a desire to identify, develop and grow new service offerings with existing and new clients in areas such as remediation, environmental data analytics/data quality, environmental forensics, and emerging contaminants (focus on PFAS). 

 

Your new colleagues

The Global Environmental team has a diverse range of backgrounds and experience across mining, infrastructure, and power projects.  We work on projects where we develop legislative frameworks and pathways forward. We are involved in influencing engineering design to incorporate environmental and sustainability requirements. We are working with our Climate Change and Advisory teams to deliver GHG accounting, strategy, and projects around decarbonization strategies. We work with our international teams on IFC and World Bank requirements. We speak with clients on material stewardship. We collaborate with our civil, surface water and engineering teams to develop closure plans and design for the end of life of a facility or mining project. 

 

A typical day for you
•    Collaborating with team members across the business to identify environmental and sustainability opportunities, and potential projects
•    Lead and contribute to business development activities, and developing proposals and estimates for submission for environmental scopes of work.  
•    Handling Deliverables for Projects – including technical advisory services to detailed design support, to permitting strategy and implementation
•    Contributing to project planning and strategy development
•    Managing projects’ and clients’ sustainability outcomes 
•    Liaising with clients to develop project briefings and sourcing information
•    Applying a deep understanding of environmental, chemistry, and sustainability principles to solve complex problems
•    Applying strong statistical programming expertise to develop disruptive machine learning and AI solutions for clients and internal processes
•    Building meaningful partnerships with analytical laboratories and in situ sensor developers to deliver high-quality data driven solutions for our clients 
•    Producing deliverables and reports to meet client requirements for projects
•    Mentoring juniors in the environment team and educating project teams around their environmental and sustainability commitments, and potential constraints.
•    Developing and leading a growing team within a technical area of focus around remediation and sustainability 

 

What We'll Love About You
•    Master’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science or equivalent environment/sustainability related discipline
•    8+ years’ of industry experience 
•    Diverse experience producing data-driven solutions in various fields including environmental remedi