On-site Environmental Scientist, Engineer, and Technical Specialist

ERG is a research and consulting firm that provides a wide range of support to federal, state, and commercial clients. ERG offers multidisciplinary teams with nationally recognized skills in engineering, science, economics, public health, informational technology, and communications. We hire people with the best minds and then provide them with a vibrant and flexible environment in which to develop their careers.

The qualified individual must be highly motivated with the skills to prioritize, perform, and communicate effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Applicants should have experience using R, Python, MATLAB, or similar programming languages to process, analyze, and interpret environmental data. The successful candidate must be able to efficiently manage large datasets, perform statistical and data-quality analyses, and produce scientifically sound results that support environmental monitoring, assessment, and reporting activities.

• Support environmental monitoring, laboratory, and field research activities
• Conduct testing and performance evaluations of air-quality sensors and environmental monitoring instrumentation
• Collect, organize, manage, analyze, and interpret environmental data
• Assist with the development and implementation of experimental protocols and research studies
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, manuscripts, and other project documentation
• Perform statistical analyses and evaluate data quality, accuracy, and completeness
• Support the calibration, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of environmental monitoring equipment
• Contribute to quality assurance and quality control activities to ensure the reliability and integrity of project data
• Follow laboratory safety procedures and assist with routine laboratory operations
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, technicians, and project managers to achieve project objectives and deliver high quality results
• Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, atmospheric science, chemistry, physics, biological sciences, data science, or a related field
• Experience troubleshooting environmental monitoring systems and instrumentation
• A combination of education, technical knowledge, and practical experience in environmental science, engineering, atmospheric science, chemistry, physics, or a related scientific discipline
• Understanding of environmental monitoring sensors and measurement principles
• Knowledge of air-quality monitoring technologies, including Federal Reference Methods (FRM) and Federal Equivalent Methods (FEM)
• Familiarity with particulate matter measurement systems, aerosol-generation equipment, gas-generation systems, and related environmental instrumentation
• Understanding of scientific data-quality concepts, measurement uncertainty, statistical analysis, and error propagation.
• Knowledge of laboratory operations, sampling methodologies, and experimental procedures
• Experience using R, Python, MATLAB, or similar programming languages for data processing and analysis
• Ability to work with large environmental datasets
• Experience conducting statistical analyses and evaluating data quality and performance metrics
• Ability to compare, assess, and interpret sensor, FEM, and FRM monitoring data
• Experience working in laboratory and/or field research environments
• Familiarity with laboratory safety procedures, gas cylinders, compressed gases, and related safety equipment
• Experience supporting experimental studies, instrumentation setup and calibration, sample collection, or environmental monitoring activities
• Ability to prepare technical reports, presentations, scientific documentation, and manuscripts
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work…