Entry-Level Environmental Engineer & Stormwater Scientist

Weston & Sampson; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Employee-owned company

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Weston & Sampson in Reading, MA seeks an Engineer I / Environmental Scientist I to support municipal stormwater programs and field investigations. The role offers a hybrid office/field/remote setup and a salary range of $55,000 to $76,000 annually, with 0–3 years of experience preferred.

You will perform data collection, drafting in AutoCAD, GIS mapping, and contribute to multi-project teams. Our team emphasizes growth, collaboration, and an ownership culture as a 100% employee-owned firm with

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science, engineering, or related field.
• 0 to 3 years of experience.
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft excel for data analysis
• Familiarity with ArcGIS and AutoCAD considered a plus but is not mandatory
• Experience working in field setting a plus but not required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to handle flexible workload.
• Work well with multiple staff members
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• A positive attitude and willingness to continue learning as new tasks are assigned and new projects are undertaken
• Travel will be required to conduct field work (valid driver’s license is required)

Responsibilities

• Support municipal stormwater programs and MS4 Permit compliance activities, including development and implementation of required plans, programs, procedures, annual reporting, and permit deliverables.
• Conduct stormwater outfall inspections and sampling, as well as in-system drainage investigations and sampling for field screening and laboratory analysis.
• Manage a flexible workload across multiple projects and collaborate effectively with diverse project teams.
• Assist senior staff in the preparation of engineering studies, design plans, specifications, and reports for flood mitigation and water quality improvement projects.
• Perform field work, including data collection, site inspections, sampling, surveying, and other project-related tasks.
• Complete office-based engineering tasks such as AutoCAD drafting, specification development, data management and analysis, technical report preparation, and data review.
• Use GIS tools to prepare maps and perform spatial analysis for use in engineering design and processing field data.
• Contribute to a variety of stormwater planning, compliance, design, and permitting projects as workload demands.
• Travel to project sites and client locations as required.

Skills

MS Excel

Written & verbal communication

Team collaboration

Driver's license

Flexible workload management

Education

Bachelor of Science in environmental science/engineering

Tools

ArcGIS

AutoCAD

Job description

Weston & Sampson in Reading, MA seeks an Engineer I / Environmental Scientist I to support municipal stormwater programs and field investigations. The role offers a hybrid office/field/remote setup and a salary range of $55,000 to $76,000 annually, with 0–3 years of experience preferred.

You will perform data collection, drafting in AutoCAD, GIS mapping, and contribute to multi-project teams. Our team emphasizes growth, collaboration, and an ownership culture as a 100% employee-owned firm with