Staff Scientist

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We are looking for future team members who are excited to make an impact. As an employee-owned company, we are dedicated to the betterment of our clients, our communities, and our employees. Your contribution is key to the quality of service SMA delivers. Throughout your career with SMA, there will be opportunities for you to improve the skills you need to achieve your professional goals.

We encourage you to explore innovative ways to develop solutions while collaborating with team members inside and outside the organization by providing the framework for you to find success.

We don't just talk about being client-focused; the engineers, scientists, surveyors, technicians and other professionals at SMA live and breathe it. After all, we are members of the communities we help.

• Ownership & Impact: Experience the unique advantage of employee ownership, where your contributions directly shape our company's future.
• Community Focus: We're deeply committed to the communities we serve. Our engineers, scientists, surveyors, and professionals are dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that make a real difference.
• Growth & Development: We invest in your professional growth, providing opportunities to expand your skills and collaborate with a dynamic team.
• Proven Excellence: With a legacy dating back to 1985, SMA is a leading engineering firm in New Mexico, renowned for our commitment to infrastructure, water safety, environmental remediation, and more.

Souder, Miller & Associates is recruiting a full-time Staff Scientist I for the Environmental Technical Sector in our Albuquerque, NM office. Staff Scientist I will assist with projects by performing the duties related to the successful completion and delivery of a project. The Staff Scientist I position will directly report to and support senior staff in the Albuquerque, NM office, and occasionally virtually to senior staff at other offices.

This early career position will expose you to varied concepts, tools, and project types, allowing you to find the work that interests you. Assignments typically include a mixture of field and office duties, completed on teams and independently at the direction of the Project Manager. Field tasks generally include groundwater sampling, oversight of drilling activities, Phase I-II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), technical report writing, and environmental consulting.

Office duties primarily involve preparing reports, including investigation reports, compliance reports, hydrogeologic reports, well siting reports, data evaluation, and GIS work. New and varied assignments may be made frequently, so the role requires flexibility in travel, self-directed learning skills, and a high level of interaction with colleagues and clients. Field assignments can be frequent, and their duration can extend beyond one week.

• Acquire and develop basic technical skills.
• Apply prescribed techniques and procedures in accordance with established criteria to perform assigned tasks.
• Perform routine technical work that does not require previous experience, including gauging and sampling groundwater monitoring wells, monitoring subsurface gas concentrations.
• On-site construction observation of monitoring wells, supply wells and other environmental construction
• Collect data and gather information or documents. Perform standard computations and analysis.
• Assist in client contact and communication pertaining to specific projects.
• Assist in the development of scopes of work and cost estimates for projects.
• Attend client meetings and complete field investigations, day or night; ability to complete overnight travel…