About the Role
Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for an Early-Career Environmental Engineer as part of our contaminated sediment site assessment and remediation practice. This role is ideal for an early‑career professional interested in developing project coordination and management skills while gaining selective exposure to field activities that support remediation projects.
Responsibilities
- Assist in coordination and management of large-scale sediment remediation projects including project budget tracking, report preparation, meeting coordination, and other project management administrative support tasks
- Perform fieldwork such as surface sediment, sediment coring, passive porewater, surface water, soil, and groundwater sampling
- Conduct driller and contractor oversight
- Perform construction quality assurance and oversight
- Manage remediation system O&M
- Evaluate chemical data and contaminant fate & transport
- Analyze data, including reviewing historical documents and preparing maps, tables, and figures
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to develop strategies to address complex problems
- Accept instruction from team members to accomplish project objectives
- Coordinate with client contacts, subcontractors, and regulatory agencies
- Prepare technical reports, letters, memoranda, plans, specifications, and proposals
- Commit to Geosyntec’s culture of health & safety
- Undergo OSHA health and safety, first aid, and CPR training and medical monitoring
- Participate in professional development opportunities including in-house seminars, webinars, and mentoring
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering
- Prior research experience in contaminated media or remediation technology
- Prior internship experience in environmental consulting
- Experience operating a skiff/small boat or any on-water boating experience
- Ability to learn new tasks quickly while being receptive to a hands-on coaching and teaching approach, working collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to digest and summarize technical language from white papers, reports or regulatory documents
- Technical experience in engineering, geology, geotechnical, environmental, or related disciplines
- Experience working in challenging outdoor environments
- Relevant field experience, for example sediment sampling, porewater sampling, observation of well installation, soil sampling, groundwater sampling, and/or other field techniques
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Access, and related software; GIS
- Regular fieldwork and overnight travel
- Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing may be required
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel
Skills
- Environmental Engineering
- Contaminated Sediment Site Assessment
- Remediation
- Project Coordination
- Project Management
- Fieldwork
- Sampling (surface sediment, sediment coring, passive porewater, surface water, soil, groundwater)
- Driller and contractor oversight
- Construction quality assurance
- Remediation system O&M
- Chemical data evaluation
- Contaminant fate & transport analysis
- Data analysis
- Technical report preparation
- Proposal writing
- Health & Safety
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- MS Access
- GIS
- Writing skills
- Communication skills
Location
- Brooklyn, NY
- Pennington, NJ
Work Type
- Onsite
- Fieldwork
- Travel
Experience Level
- Early-Career
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Benefits
- Well-being programs
About the Company
- Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure.
- Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world.
- Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.
- We invest in our people.
- Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too.
