Soil and Groundwater Engineer​/Scientist

What’s the role

Shell is seeking a Soil and Groundwater Engineer/Scientist.

The Shell Soil and Groundwater (SGW) Solutions team is a diverse and inclusive global team of technical professionals, with a delivery model that is benchmarked as industry leading and top quartile across all areas of its activities. Reporting to the Manager of Shell SGW Technical Solutions, this role includes technical assurance on soil and groundwater investigations, risk assessments, and remediation activities conducted by our environmental consultant–partnering companies.

This role is virtual and primarily supports sites and portfolios in the USA and Canada.

• Provide deep technical expertise as a SGW Subject Matter Expert, supporting Shell businesses
• Deliver deep technical expert support on projects and sites in several of the following key areas:
  • Hydrogeological modeling
  • Water resource management / Water availability
  • Technical Assurance on contaminated land management
  • Soil and groundwater risk management
  • Due diligence on land, site, and portfolio acquisitions & divestments
  • Regulatory negotiations and advocacy
  • SGW research and development (R&D)
  • Chemical environmental fate and transport assessment and/or modeling
  • Waste assessment and sustainable, alternative disposal/reuse technologies
• Provide technical assurance (TA) activities, with primary responsibility for ensuring high‑quality delivery of technical project elements by third‑party consultants across a portfolio of sites with contaminated land, groundwater, and surface water potential risks.
• Contribute to or lead research and development initiatives to deliver leading edge technologies and innovative contaminated land management approaches.
• Participate in regional regulatory advocacy activities and projects designed to maintain Shell’s strategic leadership and trusted advisor status in contaminated site risk assessment and management.
• Collaborate internally and with Shell SGW contracting partners to deliver optimized technical assurance support.

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US and/or Canada on a full‑time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Bachelor’s degree (BSc) in a relevant science or engineering discipline, plus a postgraduate degree (MSc or PhD) in Hydrogeology, contaminated Land Management, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related field
• At least 5 years of experience working in a contaminated land management role, within industry, environmental consultancy, or a regulatory agency or equivalent
• Experience with groundwater sourcing/disposal/protection issues related to oil & gas exploration, production activities, and/or water resource forecasting.
• Demonstrated expertise in several of the following:
  • Hydrogeological modelling
  • Conceptual Site Model development
  • Tiered environmental risk assessment
  • Contaminant fate and transport evaluation and/or modelling.
  • Direct/develop site assessment and groundwater monitoring programs
  • Remediation strategy development, options analysis, feasibility testing and system performance evaluation and optimisation
  • Hydrogeologic analyses (aquifer testing, strati graphic interpretation/ correlation)
  • Regulatory negotiations and regulatory expertise
  • Contaminated land regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated ability to interface with internal business customers, external consultants, and regulators
• Demonstrated understanding of business value created by environmental risk‑assessment and risk/liability management, and ability to quickly seek and understand business objectives when developing technical solutions.
• English is the primary language used for this team, however, proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus.
• In addition to technical excellence, this role requires demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, including ability to business partner and coach and develop, deliver change management, and facilitate and intervene. Candidates will be reviewed against these as part of the selection process.
• Expected travel is approximately 10% and mostly within the region of work.

The base salary range for this position is $ – $ per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as…