On-site Environmental Scientist & Data Analyst

ERG; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Educational benefits

FSAs

401k

Profit sharing

Employee assistance program

Paid vacation days

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

ERG is a research and consulting firm seeking an experienced candidate to support environmental monitoring, data processing, and reporting for diverse clients. The role emphasizes handling large environmental datasets, statistical analysis, and sensor evaluation.

The successful applicant will work with multidisciplinary teams to develop protocols, generate technical reports, and ensure data quality while following safety procedures in laboratory and field settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, atmospheric science, chemistry, physics, biological sciences, data science, or a related field.
• Experience troubleshooting environmental monitoring systems and instrumentation.
• A combination of education, technical knowledge, and practical experience in environmental science, engineering, atmospheric science, chemistry, physics, or a related scientific discipline.
• Understanding of environmental monitoring sensors and measurement principles.
• Knowledge of air-quality monitoring technologies, including Federal Reference Methods (FRM) and Federal Equivalent Methods (FEM).
• Familiarity with particulate matter measurement systems, aerosol-generation equipment, gas-generation systems, and related environmental instrumentation.
• Understanding of scientific data-quality concepts, measurement uncertainty, statistical analysis, and error propagation
• Knowledge of laboratory operations, sampling methodologies, and experimental procedures.
• Experience using R, Python, MATLAB, or similar programming languages for data processing and analysis.
• Ability to work with large environmental datasets.
• Experience conducting statistical analyses and evaluating data quality and performance metrics.
• Ability to compare, assess, and interpret sensor, FEM, and FRM monitoring data.
• Experience working in laboratory and/or field research environments.
• Familiarity with laboratory safety procedures, gas cylinders, compressed gases, and related safety equipment.
• Experience supporting experimental studies, instrumentation setup and calibration, sample collection, or environmental monitoring activities.
• Ability to prepare technical reports, presentations, scientific documentation, and manuscripts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary research team.

Responsibilities

• Support environmental monitoring, laboratory, and field research activities.
• Conduct testing and performance evaluations of air-quality sensors and environmental monitoring instrumentation.
• Collect, organize, manage, analyze, and interpret environmental data.
• Assist with the development and implementation of experimental protocols and research studies.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, manuscripts, and other project documentation.
• Perform statistical analyses and evaluate data quality, accuracy, and completeness.
• Support the calibration, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of environmental monitoring equipment.
• Contribute to quality assurance and quality control activities to ensure the reliability and integrity of project data.
• Follow laboratory safety procedures and assist with routine laboratory operations.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, technicians, and project managers to achieve project objectives and deliver high quality results

Skills

R

Python

MATLAB

Statistical analysis

Data management

Environmental science

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in environmental science or related field

Job description

ERG is a research and consulting firm seeking an experienced candidate to support environmental monitoring, data processing, and reporting for diverse clients. The role emphasizes handling large environmental datasets, statistical analysis, and sensor evaluation.

The successful applicant will work with multidisciplinary teams to develop protocols, generate technical reports, and ensure data quality while following safety procedures in laboratory and field settings.