Traveling Project Geologist

Job Title:

Traveling Project Geologist

Job Description

The Traveling Project Geologist prepares, analyzes, and delivers clear, technically precise scientific reports based on field and laboratory data, while leading and executing complex field and office assignments for environmental and remediation projects. This role performs extensive field-based geoscience tasks, manages moderate to complex scopes of work from initiation through completion, and serves as a technical lead within their area of expertise.

The position requires 100% travel to project sites, primarily in Pennsylvania and the Northeast region, with occasional assignments in the Midwest, and includes periods at home to complete reporting between projects.

Responsibilities

+ Prepare, analyze, and deliver clear, technically precise scientific reports based on field and laboratory data collected within defined project scopes.

+ Lead and take ownership of complex field and office assignments, including site investigations, remedial action projects, and environmental sampling programs.

+ Perform field-based geoscience and remediation tasks such as monitoring well installation, soil and rock characterization, soil sampling, groundwater sampling, and remediation system oversight and monitoring.

+ Select and apply appropriate methods and procedures on both routine tasks and new assignments within your areas of technical expertise.

+ Serve as a technical lead within your discipline, resolving project challenges with support from senior staff as appropriate.

+ Apply sound technical judgment to solve problems of varying complexity, including data analysis, evaluation of remedial alternatives, and selection of appropriate methodologies.

+ Plan, manage, and execute moderate to complex field scopes of work and remediation projects from initiation through completion.

+ Research and evaluate emerging remediation technologies and methodologies for potential application to project work.

+ Coordinate field operations and data collection activities to meet established schedules and budgets.

+ Support project quality assurance and quality control processes, including audits, data validation, and implementation of corrective actions to ensure data quality and defensibility.

+ Ensure project activities comply with applicable technical specifications, regulatory requirements, and standard operating procedures.

+ Oversee environmental health and safety (EHS) program compliance on medium- to high-risk projects, providing technical safety input and promoting a strong safety culture across all field activities.

+ Coordinate directly with the EHS department when project-specific safety planning requires additional guidance or when site conditions fall outside the established scope of work.

+ Manage field staff adherence to all project- and site-specific EHS requirements, ensuring alignment with the broader EHS program.

+ Use electronic data collection tools, such as GPS and GIS, as applicable to support accurate field documentation and reporting.

+ Conduct field investigations and document soil and rock descriptions, strati graphic information, and other geologic observations in a clear and defensible manner.

+ Perform project management tasks related to field execution, including planning, scheduling, and coordination of resources.

+ Prepare concise and technically sound written deliverables, including reports and supporting documentation, during periods in the field and while working from home between projects.

Essential Skills

+ Proven ability to prepare, analyze, and deliver clear, technically precise scientific reports based on field and laboratory data.

+ Strong experience performing field-based geoscience tasks, including monitoring well installation, soil and rock characterization, soil sampling, and groundwater sampling.

+ Demonstrated capability to oversee drilling of soil and rock borings and to supervise installation of monitoring wells, including logging of geologic and strati graphic information.

+ Ability to select and apply appropriate methods and procedures for both routine and complex assignments within areas of technical expertise.

+ Experience serving as a…