Staff Geologist
Job Summary
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34000 people in over 30 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.
Arcadis is seeking an Environmental Geologist to join our Resilience Environment team in Reno NV. This role offers a blend of field (25-40%) and office-based work providing hands-on experience with support for mentorship and professional growth. Youll collaborate with engineers project/program managers and technical experts on a variety of impactful projects. The team is committed to supporting your success and providing guidance as you navigate your role. As part of our Resilience Environment team youll help improve quality of life. You will work alongside Engineers Project/Program Managers and Technical Experts on various activities and projects.
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. Our people are our greatest asset and we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where you can grow thrive and make a real impact on the world around you. Join us to improve quality of life for our clients communities and each other.
Role accountabilities:
As part of this role you will be responsible for assisting Project Managers (PMs) in planning and executing baseline surveys permitting data evaluations regulatory compliance environmental site characterization investigation and remediation tasks.
Your responsibilities will include office and field work. Field work will often be performed at project sites with environmental media (e.g. soil sediment groundwater surface water etc.) and will offer you an opportunity to plan coordinate and oversee various scopes of work including drilling for soil sampling and groundwater well installation groundwater sampling and subcontractor oversight. It is essential to conduct and manage fieldwork with a focus on health and safety.
Your core duties will include:
- Collaborating with multiple engineering disciplines hydrologists and geologists on relevant project work
- Participate in all aspects of permitting site investigation and remediation projects
- Communicate and work closely with project teams clients and regulatory agencies
- Perform fieldwork which may include drilling oversight for soil sampling and/or groundwater well installation groundwater sampling or subcontractor oversight
- Assisting with writing and preparing technical reports work plans letters and memorandum
- Conduct project-related research (historical data regulations etc.)
- Prepare periodic status/program reports
- Analyze and interpret field data
- Utilize basic software skills such as Leapfrog and ArcGIS
To be successful in this role you should possess strong written and oral communication skills be self-motivated and exhibit independent thinking. You should be able to work effectively and efficiently in a team setting as well as independently and remotely. Successful candidates will demonstrate their ability to be adaptable creative problem solvers who can work collaboratively as a team member.
In summary this position encompasses both office work (task management data analysis report preparation scope preparation and client communications) as well as field work.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors of Science in Geology Hydrogeology or closely related field (i.e. environmental science physical science)
- 5 years of experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Current OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training
- MSHA 24 hr Surface Miner
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. 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 employer. 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 EAP401K 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 $76000 - $11400.
Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.
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About Company
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more