Junior Environmental Engineer

Title:

Junior Environmental Engineer

Location:

Amesbury, MA Job Type: Regular Full-time What’s the Opportunity?

Anchor QEA is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented engineer to join our Amesbury, MA office. This is a full-time opportunity to grow your engineering career while contributing to both local and national environmental remediation projects. We are looking for candidates with 2 to 5 years of experience in environmental engineering design and construction support. Project experience with geotechnical engineering evaluations related to sediments are considered a plus.

You’ll work on a variety of projects involving sediment remediation, stream and wetland restoration, and other in-water and upland environmental efforts. This role offers hands‑on experience in site investigation, design development, and construction oversight, with opportunities to collaborate across disciplines and make a meaningful impact. Work may require travel within the northeast region, and occasionally elsewhere in the United States.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work independently and collaboratively, show initiative and attention to detail, and possess a strong interest in environmental engineering.

• Support planning, design, and implementation of environmental remediation projects, including dredging, capping, stream restoration, and wetland construction.
• Prepare engineering design documents, including drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and calculations.
• Contribute to technical reports such as sampling and analysis plans, feasibility studies, and design documentation.
• Perform environmental sampling of soil, sediment, and water sampling.
• Provide field support for site inspections and construction oversight.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including engineers, scientists, planners, and biologists.
• Participate in construction support activities, including reviewing contractor submittals and RFIs.
• Ensure deliverables meet Anchor QEA’s quality standards.
• Travel occasionally for fieldwork, site visits, and project meetings (primarily in New England and NY).

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Environmental, Coastal, or Geotechnical Engineering.
• 2-5 years of experience in environmental remediation, including investigation, design, and construction.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong problem‑solving and critical‑thinking abilities.
• Willingness to travel for field assignments and meetings.

• Experience with contaminated sediment sites and in-water remediation.
• Experience with sediment remediation projects (such as dredging and capping) and stream or wetland restoration projects.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D and GIS for site planning and design.
• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in MA or NY, or on‑track to obtain within 3‑5 years.

A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits detailed below.

Anchor QEA provides environmental planning, science, and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States, our collective vision is to be an inclusive, sustainable, and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values, we strive to be our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees’ reason to be excited about going to work each morning.

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