Early-Career Environmental Scientist​/Analyst

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Early-Career Environmental Scientist/Analyst

Bellingham, WA

Regular Full-time

Do you have a passion for the environment, analyzing data, and are looking to join a collaborative, innovative team of environmental and data scientists? Anchor QEA is seeking a full-time early-career level environmental scientist or engineer to join our Data Solutions Group. The ideal candidate has coursework and independent project experience in areas such as environmental science, biology, chemistry, toxic contaminants, environmental risk assessment, statistics, programming, and data science.

You will have a passion for problem-solving, attention to detail and quality, and an interest in environmental issues.

• Extract, cleanse, and load data into a relational database using SQL, Python, and other tools and programming languages.
• Review data for completeness and accuracy.
• Collaborate with project teams, field data collection teams, and analytical chemistry laboratories.
• Perform data analysis, compare results against regulatory criteria, and prepare data tables.
• Perform some programming to support data analysis, visualization, reporting, and task automation tools.
• Some field work is possible but not required for the position.

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, chemistry, or a related field.
• 1 to 5 years of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with basic statistics and the ability to provide supporting visualizations in an analytics platform like Power
  
  BI, Plotly Dash, Posit Shiny, etc.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and familiarity with Earth Soft EQuIS environmental data management system or similar application.
• Familiarity with SQL and one or more programming languages (such as Python, JavaScript, or .NET).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to balance multiple tasks and the ability to work independently.
• Enjoy working with multidisciplinary project teams in a fast-paced environment.

A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits are 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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Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at  Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.

• Salary Range: $65,000 - $ 72,500
• Annual Bonus
• Other potential bonus types:
  Billable Time Bonus, Spot Bonus, Milestone Anniversary Bonus, Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus, Peer-reviewed Publication Bonus, Employee Referral Bonus.

• Healthcare:
  Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance
• Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
• Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
• Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
• Retirement Plan: 401k plan with an employer match
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