Lead Environmental Engineer

Overview

Lead Environmental Engineer, Full-Time, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The role involves providing technical assistance and guidance for multi-phase environmental work processes, including site investigation, remediation, brownfields redevelopment assessment and planning, vapor intrusion mitigation systems, impact assessment, and environmental permitting. The opportunity includes project leadership on environmental site investigations, remediation design, risk determinations to ecological and human health, corrective action strategies, waste/material characterization, and recommendations to protect air, water, and land resources.

Ensure projects are delivered with a quality standard that meets or exceeds industry expectations.

• Develop environmental site investigation and remediation strategies for a diverse client base (federal, municipal, commercial, industrial) and projects from various regulatory programs (Superfund, Brownfields, Voluntary Cleanup, etc.)
• Develop technical scopes of work, schedules, and cost estimates for site investigation and remediation activities, based on applicable regulations and client objectives.
• Lead multi-media investigations that may include subsurface boring and trenching oversight, groundwater monitoring and injection/recovery well installations, aquifer testing, geologic logging, multi-media sampling, and field mapping.
• Conduct analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of geologic, hydrogeologic, and analytical data obtained during field investigations.
• Evaluate remedial performance and direct appropriate O&M and system optimization activities.
• Prepare a variety of technical reports: remedial alternative evaluations, feasibility studies, pilot test work plans, remedial design, contractor specifications & bid documents, remedial performance evaluation, pre-design investigation, etc.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to clients, stakeholders, and regulators that explain research, findings, and recommendations to prevent, control, restore, clean-up, and address environmental issues.
• Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Maintain quality control standards and procedures for accurate and precise measurements, statistical analysis, and reporting.
• Prepare and implement site-specific Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) and Health and Safety Plans (HASPs).
• Remain current in latest environmental engineering techniques and emerging contaminants of concern.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental or Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• 7 to 10 years of relevant post-education experience in environmental site investigation and remediation.
• Professional Engineer license in North Carolina (with ability to add other States as needed).
• Project management experience with small, mid-level, and large projects including tracking hours and expenses for project work.
• Successful candidate will be required to complete the in-house Project Management training program and become certified as a Project Manager within one year of employment.
• Proficient knowledge of engineering principles, practices, and methods and their application to environmental and project work-related issues.
• Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements under TRRP, RCRA and CERCLA.
• Working knowledge with the concepts of reducing and eliminating the use or generation of hazardous substances, processes, or products, and mitigation programs.
• Ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Ability to plan and conduct inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable…