Project Environmental Scientist

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Project Environmental Scientist to join our Energy Transition team to support and grow our expanding business in the Intermountain West region (primarily Utah and Nevada) across a range of sectors including renewable energies linear utilities oil and gas and rail. The successful candidate will provide technical and task management support for a variety of environmental permitting and planning projects and provide project management support for successful project delivery. This position requires experience with the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Environmental Policy (NEPA) and western state agencies.

The position will require a candidate to work collaboratively with a diverse team and have the capacity to balance varying priorities. Arcadis offers a flexible working environment and follows a hybrid work structure. A successful candidate can expect to work remotely and from the office as needed based on demands of project and client teams. Periodic travel may be required (10-15%) to support regional projects and teams where appropriate.

Role accountabilities:

As a Project Environmental Scientist you will work closely with a team of biologists cultural resource specialists planners engineers and other technical specialists to successfully execute environmental permitting projects. This includes supporting and implementing permitting strategies including leading the preparation of permit applications and coordinating with both regulatory agencies and clients to ensure successful project outcomes. Arcadis is committed to all phases of our clients projects and as such you can expect to participate in the following: assistance with project siting; planning and permitting; supporting successful project construction; and finalizing permit closeout. Therefore it is expected that you have demonstrated experience with relevant state and federal laws and regulations including the Clean Water Act the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

In this role you will also be involved in supporting the growth of new and existing client relationships in conjunction with business development leaders and account leaders. This will include leading pursuits and proposal opportunities including scope and cost development.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required qualifications for the role include:

• Bachelors degree in environmental science biology ecology or similar environmental discipline
• 6 years of relevant experience managing environmental permitting projects in western US ideally within the environmental consulting industry.
• Experienced task manager who is schedule-driven with experience estimating and managing costs and delivery of environmental planning projects
• Significant experience with the development of permit applications and permitting strategy with state-specific experience with the Western US. Experience consulting/working with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is required. NEPA experience is preferred

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $82400- $100000.

Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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