Environmental Engineer Jobs in California

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

As a Scientist 1 (Geologist, Environmental Scientist, or Engineer), you will collaborate with a dynamic and growing team to support projects through all phases of the site evaluation and remediation life cycle. This role is ideal for an ambitious individual seeking career growth in environmental consulting and the environmental remediation market.

You will have the opportunity to develop and refine a wide range of essential skills that serve as the foundation for a successful career in the environmental industry. In this full-time position, you will contribute to environmental investigation, remediation, and permitting projects, working across multiple projects and supporting various project managers. Your responsibilities will include both fieldwork and office-based tasks, encompassing a diverse range of activities related to environmental investigation and remediation.

Role accountabilities:

As a Scientist 1, you will play a key role as part of a collaborative team, contributing to the planning, management, and execution of various project scopes. Your daily/weekly activities will be focused on field-based work, with travel to work sites locally and regionally as expected and potential out of state travel. Office based tasks will also be conducted including field work planning and report writing.

Your typical responsibilities will include:

• Field Work: Groundwater and soil sample collection, Installation of groundwater monitoring wells and soil borings, well abandonment, remedial system operations and maintenance, and other field-based tasks.
• Health and Safety Stewardship: Ensuring adherence to safety protocols and procedures.
• Project Team Interaction: Communicating effectively with clients, stakeholders or regulators while on job sites, and effective communications with the project team.
• Data Collection and Evaluation: Following standard operating procedures to conduct, collect, and record environmental data from sites in support of conceptual site model development, delineation of the nature and extent of contamination, and contributing to the design, modification, or optimization of site remedies.
• Technical Documentation: Assisting the project team to write technical reports.
• Coordination: Help organizing and planning field events, equipment rentals, and scheduling subcontractors.

This role offers a diverse mix of responsibilities, providing opportunities to contribute meaningfully to a variety of environmental projects.

Qualifications & Experience:

Successful candidates for this position will be detail oriented with excellent communication and organization skills. Candidates will be able to work effectively as part of a larger team and while working independently. Key aspects of the Scientist 1 position include overseeing or conducting scopes of work, managing personal work schedule, and ensuring strict adherence to health and safety requirements. Preferred qualifications may include experience working around heavy equipment, environmental water, soil, and air sampling, troubleshooting system or equipment issues, and knowledge of local and federal environmental regulations.

Required qualifications:

• 0-2 years of experience in the environmental industry

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a closely related field.

  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Previous experience with environmental sampling, technical report writing and data evaluation
• Familiarity with federal and/or state environmental regulations
• 40-hour HAZWOPER certification (with 8-hour annual refresher, if applicable)

This position requires a dynamic and self-motivated individual who is ready to contribute to a team-oriented environment while advancing their career in environmental consulting.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s 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.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll 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, 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 year. The salary range for this position is $70,304 - $89,424 / per year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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