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Remote Environmental Engineer jobs are actively listed across the U.S. at remote-first firms and distributed teams in consulting, energy, infrastructure, and environmental services. Employers hiring remotely right now include Saint-Gobain, HII, and ICF. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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SUMMARY OF JOB DESCRIPTION:
CAPE is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Engineer to join our Construction Services Team. In this role, you’ll provide a broad range of technical and engineering support to help deliver high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective project outcomes. You will collaborate closely with senior construction services management and multidisciplinary teams to support CAPE’s mission of technical excellence, client satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
The Project Engineer will support construction and engineering projects through tasks such as plan & submittal development, engineering design, technical evaluations, data analysis, and process optimization. This position plays a key role in ensuring that all project deliverables meet CAPE’s standards for quality, accuracy, and compliance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop practical, effective solutions to project challenges by collaborating with supervisors and colleagues to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, and clarity of deliverables.
- Prepare high-quality plans and reports that are accurate, concise, and representative of project objectives, requiring minimal revision.
- Actively engage with internal and external clients to understand needs and provide exceptional service and communication.
- Identify and communicate potential quality issues to supervisors; assist with developing and implementing corrective actions and documenting lessons learned.
- Research and apply applicable industry standards, client specifications, and regulatory requirements to assigned projects, and communicate them clearly to project teams.
- Provide diverse technical support including design and data evaluations, reporting, field engineering, and proposal development.
- Support regulatory research and permit application preparation for assigned projects.
- Review design drawings, specifications, and submittals; perform quantity take-offs; and assist with the development of contractor scopes of work.
- Participate in project meetings with internal teams, clients, and regulatory agencies as needed
SALARY:
$90K - $130K annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
TRAVEL:
50%. While this is an office position, we expect some travel to gain experience, provide support to field engineers, and to check on work progress.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an ABET accredited university
- Five years of experience in construction industry, preferably with 2 years of field experience
REQUIRED TRAINING/CERTICATIONS:
- Engineer in Training certification
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and satisfactory driving record
- Ability to comply with annual health and safety training, medical monitoring, and pre-employment and client-driven drug testing
- Ability to submit verification of U.S. citizenship
CRITICAL SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Strong analytical and technical writing skills
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office suite; familiarity with industry standard programs (e.g., CAD)
- Flexibility and ability to work efficiently in fast-paced field and office conditions and prioritize multiple tasks
- Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities with attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to provide clear direction to project teams
- Ability to foster a cooperative work environment
- Ability to use technical/functional expertise to establish plans, develop systems and processes
- Ability to establish, build and maintain working relationships with various teams
- Ability to independently and successfully manage the execution of technical work
- Understanding of construction/consulting business practices, display organizational savvy
MINIMUM PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Potential exposure to equipment operation hazards and moving mechanical parts
- Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions; elevated work locations; outside weather conditions; and exposure to heat or cold extremes.
- Occasional moderate to high noise exposures in the work environment
- Potential exposure to chemical, physical, and biological hazards such as: hazardous materials/waste and toxic airborne contaminants; physical hazards from work environment conditions and equipment operations; and biological hazards from poisonous plants and animals
- Activities may require use of respiratory protection and chemical protective clothing
- Tasks involve frequent standing and sitting. Occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell
- Occasional lifting and/or moving of objects up to 50 pounds in weight required
- Vision abilities specifically required include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus
- Position may require the ability to safely use construction equipment
- Travel required for technical project support
WHY CAPE?
For 35 years, CAPE has delivered construction and environmental remediation solutions to governmental and private organizations nationwide. As a $100 M small business, we have Nationwide contracts with the USACE, USN and USAF totaling over $20 B in prime contract capacity. As a top 3 SB in our industry, our $12 B portfolio also includes unrestricted contracts where we compete against large businesses for task order awards. Most recently in the unrestricted area, CAPE won a $30 M + groundwater treatment plant construction project for the USACE in New Jersey. We routinely partner with other small and large businesses to provide better responsiveness in support of achieving our clients goals.
Our projects are high-profile environmental remediation projects involving cleanup of contaminated soil, groundwater, and sediment. The culture of our company is one of working together to achieve our clients objectives, company goals and employee’s professional goals and is succinctly and accurately defined as “We, Not Me” behavior. To ensure long-term, sustainable growth, we tailor our 3-year vision to be ahead of our industry in delivering our projects, align with our clients and team partners to improve our existing market share and develop new services to support smart growth.
CAPE offers competitive benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision insurance, life insurance, Vanguard retirement savings plan including both traditional and Roth 401(k) with up to 4% match and lowest in class fees, health savings account (HSA) with investment option, flexible spending account (FSA), paid annual leave, paid maternity/paternity leave, and tuition reimbursement. CAPE also offers staff several other voluntary benefits options, as well as the option to work from home.
CAPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We invite all qualified applicants to apply to our open positions.
Communication
Any communication regarding this position will come from an email address ending in cape-inc.com. Scammers may try to imitate our HR team. Please use caution when replying to emails that are from other domains. To ensure you are applying for a legitimate job, please only complete a job application that originates from https://www.cape-inc.com/environmental-jobs.
SUMMARY OF JOB DESCRIPTION:
CAPE is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Engineer to join our Construction Services Team. In this role, you’ll provide a broad range of technical and engineering support to help deliver high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective project outcomes. You will collaborate closely with senior construction services management and multidisciplinary teams to support CAPE’s mission of technical excellence, client satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
The Project Engineer will support construction and engineering projects through tasks such as plan & submittal development, engineering design, technical evaluations, data analysis, and process optimization. This position plays a key role in ensuring that all project deliverables meet CAPE’s standards for quality, accuracy, and compliance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop practical, effective solutions to project challenges by collaborating with supervisors and colleagues to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, and clarity of deliverables.
- Prepare high-quality plans and reports that are accurate, concise, and representative of project objectives, requiring minimal revision.
- Actively engage with internal and external clients to understand needs and provide exceptional service and communication.
- Identify and communicate potential quality issues to supervisors; assist with developing and implementing corrective actions and documenting lessons learned.
- Research and apply applicable industry standards, client specifications, and regulatory requirements to assigned projects, and communicate them clearly to project teams.
- Provide diverse technical support including design and data evaluations, reporting, field engineering, and proposal development.
- Support regulatory research and permit application preparation for assigned projects.
- Review design drawings, specifications, and submittals; perform quantity take-offs; and assist with the development of contractor scopes of work.
- Participate in project meetings with internal teams, clients, and regulatory agencies as needed
SALARY:
$90K - $130K annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
TRAVEL:
50%. While this is an office position, we expect some travel to gain experience, provide support to field engineers, and to check on work progress.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an ABET accredited university
- Five years of experience in construction industry, preferably with 2 years of field experience
REQUIRED TRAINING/CERTICATIONS:
- Engineer in Training certification
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and satisfactory driving record
- Ability to comply with annual health and safety training, medical monitoring, and pre-employment and client-driven drug testing
- Ability to submit verification of U.S. citizenship
CRITICAL SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Strong analytical and technical writing skills
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office suite; familiarity with industry standard programs (e.g., CAD)
- Flexibility and ability to work efficiently in fast-paced field and office conditions and prioritize multiple tasks
- Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities with attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to provide clear direction to project teams
- Ability to foster a cooperative work environment
- Ability to use technical/functional expertise to establish plans, develop systems and processes
- Ability to establish, build and maintain working relationships with various teams
- Ability to independently and successfully manage the execution of technical work
- Understanding of construction/consulting business practices, display organizational savvy
MINIMUM PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Potential exposure to equipment operation hazards and moving mechanical parts
- Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions; elevated work locations; outside weather conditions; and exposure to heat or cold extremes.
- Occasional moderate to high noise exposures in the work environment
- Potential exposure to chemical, physical, and biological hazards such as: hazardous materials/waste and toxic airborne contaminants; physical hazards from work environment conditions and equipment operations; and biological hazards from poisonous plants and animals
- Activities may require use of respiratory protection and chemical protective clothing
- Tasks involve frequent standing and sitting. Occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell
- Occasional lifting and/or moving of objects up to 50 pounds in weight required
- Vision abilities specifically required include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus
- Position may require the ability to safely use construction equipment
- Travel required for technical project support
WHY CAPE?
For 35 years, CAPE has delivered construction and environmental remediation solutions to governmental and private organizations nationwide. As a $100 M small business, we have Nationwide contracts with the USACE, USN and USAF totaling over $20 B in prime contract capacity. As a top 3 SB in our industry, our $12 B portfolio also includes unrestricted contracts where we compete against large businesses for task order awards. Most recently in the unrestricted area, CAPE won a $30 M + groundwater treatment plant construction project for the USACE in New Jersey. We routinely partner with other small and large businesses to provide better responsiveness in support of achieving our clients goals.
Our projects are high-profile environmental remediation projects involving cleanup of contaminated soil, groundwater, and sediment. The culture of our company is one of working together to achieve our clients objectives, company goals and employee’s professional goals and is succinctly and accurately defined as “We, Not Me” behavior. To ensure long-term, sustainable growth, we tailor our 3-year vision to be ahead of our industry in delivering our projects, align with our clients and team partners to improve our existing market share and develop new services to support smart growth.
CAPE offers competitive benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision insurance, life insurance, Vanguard retirement savings plan including both traditional and Roth 401(k) with up to 4% match and lowest in class fees, health savings account (HSA) with investment option, flexible spending account (FSA), paid annual leave, paid maternity/paternity leave, and tuition reimbursement. CAPE also offers staff several other voluntary benefits options, as well as the option to work from home.
CAPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We invite all qualified applicants to apply to our open positions.
Communication
Any communication regarding this position will come from an email address ending in cape-inc.com. Scammers may try to imitate our HR team. Please use caution when replying to emails that are from other domains. To ensure you are applying for a legitimate job, please only complete a job application that originates from https://www.cape-inc.com/environmental-jobs.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote environmental engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, civil engineering, or a related science discipline
- Experience with environmental site assessments, remediation design, or permitting under federal regulations
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, ArcGIS, or environmental modeling software such as MODFLOW
- Professional Engineer license or active progress toward licensure preferred for senior roles
- Familiarity with EPA, RCRA, CERCLA, Clean Water Act, and state environmental compliance frameworks
- Strong technical writing skills for reports, permits, and agency correspondence
Tips for Your Remote Environmental Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote environmental engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly. Remote postings fill fast, so checking regularly and applying as soon as a role fits gives you a real advantage.
Show async communication in your application
Remote environmental engineering teams rely on written updates, shared documentation, and asynchronous coordination. Demonstrate this in your cover letter and resume by describing how you communicated findings, tracked project milestones, or managed stakeholder reports without real-time back-and-forth.
Build a portfolio of independent technical work
Remote employers want evidence you can produce deliverables without supervision. Compile Phase I or II assessments, remediation plans, GIS maps, or compliance reports you led. Even academic or freelance work counts if it shows you can own a project from data collection to final document.
Target firms with distributed project footprints
National consulting firms and multi-region energy developers already run remote environmental teams because their projects are geographically scattered. Search for companies with active work in multiple states, as they're structurally set up to hire engineers who don't need to be on-site full time.
Remote Environmental Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote environmental engineer job?
Target companies that have already built distributed teams, such as national environmental consulting firms, renewable energy developers, and federal contractors with geographically spread projects. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and fluency in tools like GIS software, data management platforms, and collaborative project management systems. A portfolio of completed assessments or reports you led independently gives you a concrete edge over candidates who list skills without evidence.
Which companies hire remote environmental engineers?
Companies hiring remote environmental engineers right now include Saint-Gobain, HII, and ICF, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote environmental engineer roles tend to come from national consulting firms, distributed energy and infrastructure companies, and government contractors running projects across multiple regions.
Can you get a remote environmental engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one without in-office guidance. Your best path is through national consulting firms or environmental data companies that hire junior staff for report writing, data QA, or GIS support. A strong capstone project, field internship write-ups, or open-source environmental data work can substitute meaningfully for formal experience when applying remotely.
Do you need a degree for remote environmental engineer jobs?
Usually, yes, because most environmental engineer roles require licensure pathways that begin with an accredited engineering or environmental science degree. Remote employers still weigh that credential heavily. That said, candidates with equivalent technical skills in GIS, environmental data analysis, or regulatory compliance, backed by a strong project portfolio, can compete for analyst-adjacent remote roles that sit just outside the licensed engineer track.
Which industries hire the most remote environmental engineers?
Remote environmental engineer roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Those sectors hire remotely because their projects are geographically distributed, making it practical to run reporting, compliance, and assessment work from anywhere rather than tying engineers to a single office location.
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