Senior Sediment Remediation Engineer — River & Port Projects

CDM Smith; Watertown (SD); On-site; USD 91,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a mid- to senior-level Sediment Remediation Engineer in the United States. You will lead projects and mentor staff on sediment remediation for riverine, coastal and port settings with state, federal, and public sector clients.

You will apply expertise in sediment transport, site assessment, cap modeling, dredge approaches, and remedial design while coordinating with clients and senior technical staff to deliver defensible, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental or Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license.
• 7 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Providing expertise in evaluating the feasibility of sediment remediation technologies and preparing sediment remediation designs for riverine, coastal, riparian/floodplain, and/or port site settings involving multiple stakeholders.
• Understanding the scientific and engineering principles of sediment and contaminant transport, environmental site assessment, sampling/monitoring technologies, cap modeling, dredge approaches, remedial action design, and/or remedial action construction.
• Providing support of mathematical/statistical evaluations of environmental data sets.
• Serving as CDM Smith’s task manager on various components of complicated sediments sites. This includes having the ability to assess and understand a problem, develop and communicate a technical strategy to the client, and interact effectively with CDM Smith subject matter experts.
• Possessing an in-depth expertise in the various CERCLA, GLLA, and/or other regulatory program steps/processes at contaminated sediment sites.
• Serving as a technical liaison with the client, general public, and/or outside consultants, including communicating complicated technical evaluations and/or designs to non-subject matter experts.
• Leading other staff in preparing/reviewing/scrutinizing technical information to provide a document that is technically sound and that conforms to applicable regulations and policy.

Skills

Team player

Excellent written and verbal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

PE license

Tools

CADD 3D/4D software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a mid- to senior-level Sediment Remediation Engineer in the United States. You will lead projects and mentor staff on sediment remediation for riverine, coastal and port settings with state, federal, and public sector clients.

You will apply expertise in sediment transport, site assessment, cap modeling, dredge approaches, and remedial design while coordinating with clients and senior technical staff to deliver defensible, compliant solutions.