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Remote environmental associate jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors from environmental consulting and regulatory compliance to sustainability and natural resources management, at remote-first firms, distributed consulting teams, and mission-driven organizations of all sizes. Employers hiring remotely right now include Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, AECOM, and Ryder System. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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We believe in the promise of science and technical solutions, and we push ourselves every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses in the US and around the world. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real difference, RTI is the place for you.
We are seeking a Research Environmental Engineer to join our Forecasting and River Operations team. This team develops operational river forecasting systems, hydrologic and reservoir models, data workflows, and decision-support tools for water management agencies, hydropower utilities, and other clients. We conduct client-sponsored research to advance forecasting methods and adapt emerging research for use in operational systems. The team has extensive experience implementing and supporting river forecast systems, integrating hydrologic, hydraulic, reservoir operations, and other models, and developing workflows for data ingestion, quality control, visualization, reporting, and forecast evaluation.
Why Join Us?
- Do meaningful work that helps forecasters and water managers make informed decisions for the communities they serve.
- Develop practical solutions to complex water management challenges.
- Collaborate with experts across water resources, data science, energy, economics, social science, and software development.
- Translate research into useful day-to-day forecasting and water management tools.
- Work directly with clients to understand their challenges and develop ideas for new projects.
Essential Duties:
Internal leadership, development, and project oversight
- Provide senior input across multiple projects, helping define the technical direction on projects, interpret results, manage project risks, and produce high-quality deliverables.
- Serve as a senior client-facing lead, building trusted relationships through strong technical judgment, dependable project execution, and clear communication to understand client needs.
- Manage complex implementation and research projects from scoping through delivery, including planning, staffing, budget and schedule oversight, risk management, quality review, and communication with clients and partners.
- Provide senior leadership across three or more key technical areas such as:
- Hydrologic model development
- Deterministic and ensemble forecasting
- Data assimilation
- Forecast verification and uncertainty characterization
- Reservoir operations and river system management
- Forecast-informed decision support
- AI/ML and hybrid modeling for forecasting systems
- Coordinate effectively with our multidisciplinary team and with external research or operational partners.
- Mentor technical staff and project managers.
Business development and client relations
- Identify emerging research with potential for implementation in client systems. Communicate these opportunities to clients and lead internal efforts to build the expertise needed to put them into practice.
- Represent RTI in client meetings, technical workshops, conferences, working groups, and collaborative research activities.
- Establish and maintain client relationships, building trust and understanding their evolving needs and priorities.
- Identify and develop new opportunities with current and prospective clients, particularly where RTI can connect applied research, forecasting technology, and operational decision-making.
- Lead or make substantial contributions to capture planning, proposals, and business development.
- Help shape new service offerings, partnerships, and investment priorities that expand RTI’s forecasting and operations portfolio.
- Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of experience, master’s degree and 10 years of experience, PhD and 8 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Relevant fields includes civil engineering, environmental engineering, hydrology, water resources engineering, environmental science, computer science, geography, or a related discipline.
- Deep expertise in core aspects of operational water forecasting and decision support, with the ability to provide credible senior guidance across adjacent water resources disciplines. Experience with the data, models, workflows, verification methods, and operational constraints that affect operational forecasting and decision support systems.
- Proven experience leading technical projects, workstreams, or applied research efforts involving multiple contributors and stakeholders. Strong project leadership skills, including the ability to define scope, organize interdisciplinary work, anticipate risks, make sound decisions, and deliver high-quality work.
- Success working directly with clients, sponsors, operational agencies, utilities, or research partners.
- Experience contributing to business development through activities such as opportunity identification, client engagement, concept development, proposal preparation, or expansion of existing work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical information to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Ability to develop and articulate new technical or research ideas and translate them into fundable, executable work.
- Ability to provide constructive senior review, mentorship, and technical guidance to project teams.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
- Experience with ensemble hydrologic prediction, probabilistic forecasting, uncertainty characterization, bias correction, post-processing, or forecast verification.
- Experience developing AI/ML or hybrid process-based and data-driven methods for hydrologic forecasting or water management.
- Experience applying data assimilation methods to hydrologic, snow, meteorological, hydraulic, or reservoir forecasting problems.
- Experience with reservoir system modeling, forecast-informed reservoir operations, or optimization.
- Experience with forecasting and modeling platforms or tools such as Delft-FEWS, National Weather Service forecasting models and workflows, RiverWare, HEC platforms, or comparable systems.
- Experience with coastal modeling, urban/stormwater modeling, or groundwater modeling
- Working knowledge of Python, geospatial tools, cloud computing, or data engineering.
- Experience working with federal water agencies, River Forecast Centers, reservoir operators, or hydropower utilities.
- Experience leading or contributing to collaborative research involving academic, government, nonprofit, and private-sector partners.
- A record of technical publications, conference presentations, workshops, or leadership in professional and research communities.
RTI accepts applications to our job openings from candidates with criminal histories or conviction records in accordance with all applicable laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
For Applicants in Massachusetts Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States. RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.
At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for all parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.
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Who's Hiring
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania20

- AECOM11

- Ryder System8

- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene8

- Weston Solutions5

Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Construction & Real Estate
- Banking & Financial Services
- Investment & Asset Management
- Waste Management & Environmental Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote environmental associate jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in environmental science, geology, chemistry, or a related field
- 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification or willingness to obtain it
- Experience collecting soil, water, or air samples following standard field protocols
- Familiarity with EPA and state environmental regulations such as RCRA and CERCLA
- Proficiency with ArcGIS or similar geographic information system software
- Valid driver's license and ability to work in outdoor field conditions
Tips for Your Remote Environmental Associate Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote environmental associate openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through unrelated listings. Remote postings in this field fill quickly, so applying early gives you a real advantage.
Show your async documentation skills upfront
Remote environmental associate employers rely on written handoffs, field report templates, and regulatory correspondence that everyone on a distributed team can follow without a meeting. Highlight examples of environmental reports, compliance memos, or data summaries you've produced independently to prove you can keep remote workflows moving.
Lead with your GIS and data management experience
Remote environmental associate roles depend heavily on GIS platforms, environmental databases, and digital permitting tools because distributed teams can't walk over to review a physical file. Name the specific platforms you've used, ArcGIS, ESRI, or similar tools, in your application materials so remote hiring managers can confirm the fit immediately.
Prepare for scenario-based remote interviews
Remote environmental associate interviews frequently test how you'd handle a regulatory deadline or data discrepancy without in-person support. Practice explaining your process for escalating issues, finding regulatory guidance, and coordinating with remote colleagues in writing so your answers reflect real distributed work habits.
Remote Environmental Associate Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote environmental associate job?
Target consulting firms, environmental services companies, and sustainability-focused organizations that run distributed teams, since those employers are most likely to hire environmental associates remotely. Remote hiring managers screen for strong written communication, the ability to manage fieldwork documentation and regulatory reporting independently, and familiarity with GIS platforms and environmental data tools. Candidates who demonstrate self-direction and can show concrete examples of working across distributed workflows move to the top of the list.
Which companies hire remote environmental associates?
Companies hiring remote environmental associates right now include Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, AECOM, and Ryder System, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The employers hiring most consistently in this role remotely tend to be environmental consulting firms, sustainability consultancies, and distributed organizations in regulated industries that need environmental compliance support across multiple locations.
Can you get a remote environmental associate job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level environmental associate roles are harder to land because employers expect you to manage regulatory tasks and fieldwork coordination with minimal hand-holding from day one. Smaller consulting firms and environmental nonprofits with distributed teams are the most likely to hire entry-level candidates remotely. Strong technical writing samples, GIS or data analysis coursework, and any applied environmental project work can substitute for direct job experience and open those doors.
Do you need a degree for remote environmental associate jobs?
Usually, but the degree requirement depends more on the employer than the role itself. Most remote environmental associate postings list a bachelor's in environmental science, biology, geology, or a related field as a baseline. Employers working with regulatory compliance or permitting tend to hold that standard firmly, while sustainability-focused or research-adjacent roles may weigh demonstrated technical skills, relevant certifications, and real project output alongside or instead of a specific credential.
Which industries hire the most remote environmental associates?
Remote environmental associate roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Construction & Real Estate, and Banking & Financial Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors hire environmental associates remotely because their operations cross multiple geographies and they need compliance and sustainability support that doesn't require a single physical office.
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