Field Geologist - Environmental & Federal Projects

Seeds Renewables; Orange (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in Orange, CA is seeking a Geologist to support the Environmental business line on Federal projects. This role offers opportunities to work at the Orange office with potential additional sites in Oakland or Sacramento.

You will apply scientific principles to develop solutions, prepare work plans and reports, and interpret data to ensure regulatory compliance. The position involves fieldwork, coordination with project teams and subcontractors, and providing technical expertise to support

Responsibilities

• Utilizes basic scientific principles, theories, practices and existing technologies to develop solutions for technical problems with limited scope.
• Prepare technical work plans and reports.
• Interprets and records data, conducts analyses, compares findings to relevant studies and local, state and federal regulations to ensure compliance.
• Plan, execute, analyze and report on environmental measures in natural systems.
• Apply standard field practices and techniques using basic field equipment to collect samples of soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, sediment; prepare samples for shipping, and complete chain-of-custody or similar paperwork.
• Apply knowledge of natural sciences (chemistry, physics, biology, hydrology, and mathematics) to explain observations.
• Study contaminants and determine how to restore the environment.
• Prepare basic data and scientific documents.
• Performs unsupervised field tasks.
• Direct staff in the execution of tasks.
• Review analytical data for general indicators of quality for routine analyses based on well-defined guidelines.
• Coordination with task and project managers, working with on-site subcontractors and field staff, supporting sampling, data collection, and field documentation.
• Provide technical expertise support.

Job description

AECOM in Orange, CA is seeking a Geologist to support the Environmental business line on Federal projects. This role offers opportunities to work at the Orange office with potential additional sites in Oakland or Sacramento.

You will apply scientific principles to develop solutions, prepare work plans and reports, and interpret data to ensure regulatory compliance. The position involves fieldwork, coordination with project teams and subcontractors, and providing technical expertise to support