Hydrogeologist

Overview

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success. As an employee‑owned company, Black & Veatch puts its people at the center of everything we do and empowers them to grow, explore new possibilities, and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity’s biggest challenges in an ever‑evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, we are building a world of difference.

Black & Veatch is seeking a motivated, self‑reliant, and detail‑oriented individual to join our team. This position will involve a mix of field and office assignments, with potential assignments outside the home office locality. While the role is focused on work in Florida, it also includes opportunities to support the team nationally. The candidate will plan and oversee tasks such as water supply evaluations, installation of groundwater production wells, well testing and analysis, injection wells, quantitative hydrogeology and other hydrogeology and geology tasks.

The role also includes leading field data evaluations, preparing well permit applications, generating technical specifications and bid documents, developing schedules and budgets, ensuring regulatory compliance, collaborating across disciplines, and preparing reports. The position provides an opportunity to provide guidance, training, and oversight to early‑career professionals and growth in technical experience, project task management, and presentation skills.

• Strong organizational and communication skills (written, verbal, graphical)
• Work independently on tasks and projects with limited supervision
• Adherence to internal company health and safety and other processes and policies
• Provide professional hydrogeological support for a wide range of domestic and potentially international projects
• Underground Injection Control
• Develop and support proposal, work plan, and report deliverables
• Work with project technical leads, project managers, and delivery teams to ensure that work products meet client needs
• Ensure regulatory compliance with federal, state, and local requirements
• Evaluate and interpret collected geologic and hydrogeologic data
• Prepare or review graphical and tabular data summaries
• Develop and support the presentation of project findings to clients and technical professionals
• Oversight of subcontractors and adherence to project specifications and designs
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to knowledge sharing across the practice

• 5 to 9 years of relevant experience in hydrogeology, geology, geosystems engineering or environmental geology
• Licensed Professional Geologist, Professional Engineer, or equivalent
• Field experience on projects such as drilling, aquifer testing and analysis, water quality sampling, and evaluation
• Advanced experience conducting subsurface geologic and hydrogeologic evaluations, hydrogeologic conceptualization and aquifer characterization
• Interpolation of hydrogeologic, hydro strati graphic, and water quality data
• Demonstrated problem‑solving abilities in complex geologic or hydrogeologic environments
• Experience in stakeholder engagement
• Working proficiency with ESRI ArcGIS or equivalent software
• Functional understanding of Python or other programming languages
• Experience coordinating and overseeing field staff, subcontractors, and project tasks

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Geoscience, Earth Science or Environmental Science required
• Minimum of 5 years of experience
• Must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations)

Licensed Professional Geologist (P.G.)

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments
• Normal office environment with a hybrid work schedule: 3 days in office and 2 days remote
• Physical demands: reaching, climbing, balancing, kneeling, stooping,…