Senior Environmental Engineer

Job Description

Are you an exceptional Environmental Site Investigation/Remediation (SI/REM) Engineer Professional looking for an opportunity to grow and expand your career and lead the growth and expansion of our Portland Team? Do you want to work for a well-established, nationwide company with an excellent reputation for taking care of its employee-owners while providing excellent professional growth potential? If you answered Yes, come “Explore with us” and start your journey as a Senior Geologist in our Portland Oregon office!

This position is based out of our Portland, OR office and will work closely with our Seattle location on projects with a diverse client base in both public and private sectors, working with commercial, industrial, government, property development, and institutional market entities.

• Collaborate with the team to prepare winning proposals for projects involving standard site investigation, site characterization, and remediation opportunities.
• Manages scope, schedule, and budget for projects ranging from due diligence subsurface investigations to complex cleanups, monitors activities, and allocates resources to ensure client objectives are met.
• You will coach and mentor SI/REM staff on quality data generation and reporting, driving consistent excellence.
• Lead the daily operations of our growing team, focusing on safety, staff training and development, the quality of our services and work products, and enhancing the client experience.
• Work with the office and regional leadership team on market engagement, client development, service expansion, marketing activities, and the recruitment, mentoring, and development of environmental professionals to support growth.
• Designing and implementing site characterization and remediation approaches.
• Projects may include soil removal actions, soil vapor assessments, as well as groundwater remediation systems.
• Support multi-disciplinary teams in the scoping and preparation of RI/FS, development of Conceptual Site Models, CAPs, RAPs, VCP applications, and monitoring remedial systems performance.
• Partner with other departments and offices to secure specialized resources for projects.
• Conduct project meetings and prepare reports to communicate project status.
• Coordinate financial management of business intelligence, invoicing, and collections with accounting.
• Develop an understanding of project-related risks and associated risk mitigation. Know Company risk management policies.
• Lead the planning, design, scheduling, implementing, and management of technical scopes of work related to advanced site characterization methods.
• Lead development of proposals and scopes of work for complex site investigations to assess soil, groundwater, soil vapor, and indoor air sampling for sites impacted by organic and inorganic contaminants, using innovative investigative techniques.
• Design, document, and supervise the installation of remediation systems (soil, groundwater, vapor) and O&M of remediation systems, providing supervision and technical support to the team.
• Apply standard practices and techniques, adjust and correlate data, recognize discrepancies, and follow operations through a series of related steps.
• Assist in continuous quality monitoring and improvement for projects and Terracon policies and procedures used for site investigations, remedial design and fieldwork deliverables.
• Be proficient in client management, client development, and driving environmental sector growth locally and nationally.
• Lead safety efforts for the team and ensure compliance with safety rules and guidelines; promote pre-task planning for all projects.
• Participate in developing marketing strategies and presenting qualifications to clients on a project basis.

• Understanding of Oregon State UST and Environmental Cleanup Programs, as well as an understanding of Washington State Model Toxics Control Act cleanup regulations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of demonstrated experience in environmental field investigations, remedial design, and implementation with an environmental, engineering, or remedial construction focus
• Professional Engineer…