Senior Environmental Scientist, Biologist, or Geologist

Find your path and enjoy the journey at Haley & Aldrich. With us, you’ll tackle clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments and build stronger communities. You’ll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.

ippany, NJ.

• Assist and lead with identifying new client opportunities while developing internal and external networks into a book of business.
• Lead the execution of project work through individual contribution and delegation to lower‑level staff.
• Understand and develop technical scopes of work and proposals in your area of expertise and make connections between your work and other aspects of the project to achieve client goals.
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of proper jurisdictional codes, regulations, and professional standards of practice to assigned project work.
• Coach, mentor, and support staff to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure high‑quality execution of project tasks, technical reports, and deliverables.
• Use developing skills to be visible in your specialty area by giving internal and external technical presentations and attending external networking events.
• Play a significant leadership role in performing technical evaluations and developing conceptual site models on environmental, natural resource, and land use permitting projects.
• Lead the development of proposals and technical reporting efforts supporting natural resources, permitting/compliance, and related projects.
• Work with the appropriate staff to support the design and development of restoration and mitigation design plans.
• Perform or oversee field implementation of technical resource studies, restoration/mitigation design development and implementation, and construction oversight as needed.
• Plan and perform all work in accordance with company and client health and safety protocols.
• Demonstrate the company’s foundational safety behaviors.

Minimum Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Geology, or related field.
• 15+ years of related experience.
• Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) certification required.
• Experience with local, state and federal permitting, wetlands, and natural resource management regulations/requirements; experience with wetlands/land use permitting in New Jersey a must.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting project information to peers, stakeholders, and clients.
• Desire to advance skills in your area of expertise to become more visible in the industry.
• Experience with wetlands, natural resource management, conducting facility audits to determine compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (Section 404/401, RCRA, Clean Water Act Permits/Plans, Clean Air Act Permits, EPCRA/CRTK).
• Environmental design and contract package development experience.
• Working knowledge of regulatory frameworks pertinent to the work.

• Master’s degree in Environmental science, Biology, Geology, or related field.
• Experience conducting facility evaluations to determine operational environmental liabilities and make recommendations on permits, plans, systems required to achieve compliance.
• Experience in developing compliance plans (e.g., SWPPP, SPCC) for client facilities and assisting in integrating plans into facility operations and quality assurance programs.
• OSHA 40‑Hour HAZWOPER training and refresher updates.

The salary range for this position in Parsippany, NJ is $120,000 – $140,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based upon a variety of factors such as education, related work experience, certificates, skills, and current market conditions. Haley & Aldrich reviews salary ranges each quarter to assess competitiveness. This role is eligible to participate in the company’s discretionary bonus program and may be eligible for a sign‑on bonus.

Haley & Aldrich is committed to delivering the value our clients need from their capital, operations, and environmental projects. Our one‑team approach allows us to draw from our 900 engineers, scientists, and constructors in more than 35 offices for creative collaboration and expert perspectives. Since our founding in 1957, we have pursued the goal of delivering long‑term value efficiently, no matter how straightforward or complex the challenge.

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Haley & Aldrich is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, age, disability, veteran, or any other legally protected status.