Environmental Scientist

Poutrix; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 58,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401K plan

Paid holidays

PTO 15 days per year

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking an Environmental Scientist to join our Salt Lake City, Utah team. This role has a significant field component and the candidate should be willing to travel and perform field work across site investigations, excavations, emergency response, operations and maintenance, and remediation activities.

You will support technical project teams and managers, performing office and field work, including soil, groundwater, and vapor intrusion tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science or related field
• At least 2 years of related work experience
• Willingness to travel and perform field work

Responsibilities

• Participate in site investigation and remediation projects
• Coordinate with project teams, clients, and regulatory agencies
• Perform fieldwork including drilling oversight, groundwater sampling, excavation oversight, and vapor intrusion surveys
• Assist with writing technical reports, work plans, letters, and memoranda
• Assist with data compilation, cost estimates, and health & safety plan preparation
• Conduct project-related research and regulatory file review
• Prepare status and program reports
• Analyze and interpret field data and oversee subcontractors

Skills

Site investigation

Field work

Technical reporting

Regulatory liaison

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science

Related field degree

Tools

OSHA 30 Construction

OSHA Site Supervisor

SHA 24-hour New Miner Training

Job description

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

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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.

Role description

Arcadis is seeking an Environmental Scientist to join our team in Salt Lake City, Utah. This role has a significant field component and the candidate selected will show a willingness to travel and perform field work.

In this role, you will assist technical project teams and managers supporting clients on projects that span from site investigations, excavations, emergency response, operations and maintenance to remediation activities. Your responsibilities will include office and field work. Field work will often be performed at project sites with environmental media (e.g., soil, sediment, groundwater, surface water, etc.) that has been impacted with hazardous substances and/or hazardous wastes.

Role accountabilities

• Participate in all aspects of site investigation and remediation projects
• Communicate and work closely with project teams, clients, and regulatory agencies
• Perform fieldwork which may include drilling oversight for soil sampling and/or groundwater well installation, groundwater sampling, excavation oversight, emergency response, operation and maintenance of remediation systems, and vapor intrusion/soil gas surveys
• Assisting with writing and preparing technical reports, work plans, letters, and memorandum
• Office work may include task coordination, data compilation and interpretation, cost estimates, health & safety plan preparation, report writing, regulatory file review, proposal writing, project strategy development, schedule and budget
• Conduct project-related research (historical data, regulations, etc.)
• Prepare periodic status/program reports
• Analyze and interpret field data and subcontractor oversight

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science or related field
• 2 years of related previous work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• OSHA 30 hr Construction Certification
• OSHA Site Supervisor Certification
• SHA 24-hour New Miner 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.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $58,320 - $87,480.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.