Field Geologist

Field Geologist (Finance)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is seeking a Field Geologist to join the Environmental Team in Midland or Odessa, TX. As a Field Geologist, you will collaborate with a dynamic and growing team to support projects through all phases of the site evaluation and remediation life cycle. This role is ideal for an ambitious individual seeking career growth in environmental consulting and the environmental remediation market.

The Field Geologist will have the opportunity to develop and refine a wide range of essential skills that serve as the foundation for a successful career in the environmental industry. In this full‑time position, you will contribute to environmental investigation, remediation, and permitting projects, working across multiple projects and supporting various project managers. Your responsibilities will primarily include fieldwork with occasional office‑based tasks, encompassing a diverse range of activities related to environmental investigation and remediation.

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we're feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we're seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more frequent.

As a Field Geologist, you will play a key role as part of a collaborative team, contributing to the planning, coordination, and execution of various project environmental field assessment scopes. Your daily/weekly activities will include a mix of field-based tasks, consisting of soil boring, monitoring well installation, soil and groundwater sampling, public water system inspections, and remediation system O&M visits. Local travel to work sites is expected and occasional overnight travel will be required.

Successful candidates will have prior experience drilling and logging the lithology of a well/boring and executing environmental assessment activities such as soil and groundwater monitoring. Key aspects of the role include adherence to health and safety requirements, overseeing execution and completion of field work, strong documentation/field‑note skills, communication skills both verbal and written, and meeting schedules and budget objectives. Preferred qualifications may include experience working around heavy equipment, troubleshooting system or equipment issues, and knowledge of local and federal environmental regulations.

• Field Work:
  Installation of groundwater monitoring wells or soil borings, well abandonment, groundwater monitoring, and other field-based tasks.
• Health and Safety Stewardship:
  Ensuring adherence to safety protocols and procedures.
• Client and Stakeholder Interaction:
  Communicating effectively with clients, internal project teams, and stakeholders.
• Data Collection:
  Supporting the development of conceptual site models, delineating the nature and extent of contamination, and contributing to the design, modification, or optimization of site remedies.
• Oversite of subcontractors:
  Ensuring Arcadis and client expectations for health and safety, task objectives, and work schedule are being met. Point of contact with project management to ensure full understanding of the field event progress.

This role offers a diverse mix of responsibilities, providing opportunities to contribute meaningfully to a variety of environmental projects.

• 2+ years of experience in the environmental industry
• Bachelor's Degree in Geology (preferred)
• Previous experience with environmental drilling, sampling, field documentation and data collection
• Strong focus on health and safety, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of…