Senior Environmental Statistician - Soil & Groundwater

Arcadis; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 68,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Project Environmental Scientist/Geoscientist to support our Resilience Environment team in the United States. This role focuses on soil and groundwater contaminant characterization and remediation, with a specialization in applying statistical tools.

The successful candidate will lead statistical analyses for soil, groundwater, sediment, and surface water investigations, interpreting results for regulatory compliance and communicating findings clearly in technical memos and

Qualifications

• Experience applying statistics to soil and groundwater investigations.
• Ability to interpret environmental datasets and communicate findings clearly.
• Strong technical writing for reports, memoranda, and regulatory deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Review conceptual site models and datasets to develop statistically defensible strategies.
• Plan and execute statistical analyses for soil, groundwater, sediment and surface water.
• Interpret results in the context of site conditions and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare technical memoranda, monitoring reports, and regulatory submittals.
• Present statistical approaches and recommendations to project teams.
• Provide technical responses to client and regulator comments.
• Serve as a focused practitioner in environmental statistics for multidisciplinary teams.
• Travel up to 20% based on project needs.

Skills

Env statistics

Trend analysis

Background characterization

Confidence intervals

Hypothesis testing

Data interpretation

Technical writing

R/Python

Regulatory communication

Team collaboration

Data quality

Education

BS in statistics or math

Env sci / Geol. eng. with stats

MS degree preferred

Tools

R

Python

ProUCL

VSP

Sanitas

Job description

Arcadis is seeking a Project Environmental Scientist/Geoscientist to support our Resilience Environment team in the United States. This role focuses on soil and groundwater contaminant characterization and remediation, with a specialization in applying statistical tools.

The successful candidate will lead statistical analyses for soil, groundwater, sediment, and surface water investigations, interpreting results for regulatory compliance and communicating findings clearly in technical memos and