Technical Expert, 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, in turn, build stronger communities. You’ll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.

As a company, we aim to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well-being, and quality of life. Join us to accelerate this vision and your professional development.

We are looking to add new talent to our growing team! We are currently seeking a Technical Expert, Geologist to work in a technical support role with highly skilled professionals on diverse project teams in a dynamic environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing group and company and get involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients.

This is a temporary-on-call position located in our Phoenix, AZ office.

In this position, you will:

• Lead the execution of project work and proposals on large and/or complex multi-disciplinary projects to align with company-defined business objectives and client expectations in partnership with the project team.
• Regularly coach, mentor, and direct staff in the quality execution of projects and preparation of analyses, technical reports and other deliverables, with a focus on developing skills to support their professional growth.
• Demonstrate strong technical competence, knowledge of codes and regulations, and professional standards of practice to assigned tasks.
• Leverage your understanding of codes, regulations, and professional standard of practice associated with project work in your area of expertise to align project scopes with client objectives and regulatory requirements to deliver superior client value.
• Leverage your learning to increase the technical capabilities of others and the overall technical performance of the company.
• Excel in your field by engaging with external organizations, delivering internal and external presentations, and contributing to technical publications.
• Lead the development of geologic site characterization plans and oversee the implementation of field investigation programs.
• Lead project teams with the technical evaluation and interpretation of site characterization and geologic data, develop conceptual site models, and work with other multidisciplinary team members to assess the impact to project goals.
• Maintain a high-level understanding of the current state of the practice in the geologic discipline.
• Lead all work in accordance with company and client Health & Safety protocols.
• Demonstrate our foundational safety behaviors.

Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology or related field.
• 12+ years of related Geologic Site characterization experience.
• Professional registration or certification, as applicable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including verbally communicating and presenting project information to clients, regulatory agencies, and stakeholders.
• Applies emotional intelligence to achieve higher impact on project team and client communications.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft 365 products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Office.
• Demonstrated ability to work on interdisciplinary project teams.
• Familiarity with industry-standard geologic modeling software.

• Master’s degree in Geology or related field.
• Expertise with industry standard geologic modeling software.
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER training and refresher updates desirable.

The salary range for this position in $100 per hour. 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 with the market.

Haley & Aldrich is committed to solving our clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments. Our team of 1,000+ engineers and scientists across the United States draws inspiration from one mission: to work closely with clients as…