Senior Environmental ScientistProfessional Geologist
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Sr. Environmental Scientist/Professional Geologist
Westwood Professional Services Inc.
Westwood Professional Services Inc.is seeking a Sr. Environmental Scientist/Professional Geologist to join our renewables team. The qualified individual will provide senior technical professional leadership consultation peer review due diligence and investigative services for technical and environmental projects to support the planning design and permit approvals primarily for renewable energy and associated development projects as well as residential and commercial land development projects. This is a technical leadership role and not a management position. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing highlevel professional services to our clients.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct environmental due diligence and geological assessments and analyses to support primarily renewable energy projects including solar wind and energy storage systems as well as residential and commercial land development projects.
- Direct and provide senior technical review of Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments and field investigations.
- Analyze environmental and geological data and coordinate with staff to prepare detailed reports maps and presentations to communicate findings to project teams and clients.
- Collaborate with project and service managers engineers and environmental scientists clients government agencies and other professionals to integrate geological insights into project planning and design.
- Ensure compliance with environmental regulations and industry standards during due diligence and geological assessments and reporting; provide geological insight to teams across various environmental service offerings.
- Participate in project meetings and provide technical expertise to support decisionmaking processes.
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior environmental scientists and interns fostering a collaborative and educational work environment and ensuring that proper methods quality assurance and documentation are performed.
- Participate in administration with project managers including scopes budgets proposals contracts and invoicing.
Required Experience
- Bachelors degree in Geology Earth Sciences or a related field; Masters degree preferred.
- Professional Geologist (PG) license required and the ability to obtain licensure in Texas within six months of hire if not already established.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in environmental and geological assessments within the due diligence investigation and remediation field preferably with experience in the renewable energy sector; indepth knowledge of ASTM E1527 ASTM E2247 Unified Soil Classification USGS conventions federal and state regulatory programs.
- Current OSHA HAZWOPER 40hour certification with annual 8hour updates required.
- Proficiency in mapping data analysis and interpretation of environmental geological and hydrological data.
- Proven ability to work productively on multiple projects both independently and with multiple teams simultaneously under strict deadlines.
- Dependable selfstarting team player with strong critical thinking problemsolving and research skills.
- Strong technical communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to present complex environmental and geological concepts to diverse audiences and to conduct senior peer review and quality assurance of project submittals.
- Experience with environmental geological and consulting software and tools (e.g. MS Office suite Quire boring log apps hydrologic/hydrogeologic modeling familiarity GIS a plus).
Compensation Range Minimum
Compensation Range Maximum
About Westwood Professional Services Inc. (Westwood)
Westwood Professional Services Inc. (Westwood)was established in 1972 and has since become a leader in many of the markets it serves. Westwood is a fullservice multidiscipline professional engineering firm and serves wind solar power delivery residential and commercial development and public infrastructure clients and their projects from multiple offices across the U.S.
In 2023 Zweig Group ranked Westwood nationally at #12 and #30 respectively on its Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work for lists. Zweig also awarded Westwood two national 2nd place awards for Marketing Excellence. Westwoodwas recently recognized as #79 in the ENR Top 500 Firms in 2023.The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on awardwining projects nationwide.
Westwood provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. We believe that diverse backgrounds strengthen our business. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
