Senior Hydrogeologist

Overview

We are committed to making a meaningful impact through our work. As a Senior Hydrogeologist
, you will join our Drinking Water Team in our Portsmouth, NH, Portland, ME, Woburn, MA, Worcester, MA, or Westwood, MA offices, where you’ll play a key role in delivering vital projects across the Northeast. Working with industry experts, you’ll tackle complex challenges that strengthen community resilience and advance environmental sustainability. At Tighe & Bond
, you’ll find an engaging, hybrid work environment, a culture of collaboration, and the resources to support your professional growth and development.

Our Drinking Water Team and Projects At Tighe & Bond, you’ll join one of the region’s most respected drinking water teams—trusted by hundreds of water suppliers for more than a century. Our award-winning professionals are passionate about safeguarding public health, advancing sustainable water systems, and strengthening vital infrastructure. You’ll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects, from developing new groundwater sources and rehabilitating wells to designing wastewater recharge systems across New England and New York.

Our full-service expertise spans diversion permitting, surface water hydrology, hydraulic modeling, rate studies, and more—ensuring our clients’ systems are resilient, cost-effective, and future-ready. If you’re excited to work alongside industry leaders, tackle complex challenges, and help build smarter, stronger communities, we invite you to bring your skills and passion to our Drinking Water Team.

What You'll Be Doing

As a valuable part of our Drinking Water Team
, a Senior Hydrogeologist will serve as a top technical leader across Tighe & Bond's multidisciplinary practice areas with responsibilities such as:

• Provide technical leadership, innovation, and strategic direction on complex, multidisciplinary projects
• Serve as a “go-to” technical expert across multiple practice areas, addressing the firm’s most challenging technical issues
• Lead hydrogeologic services including feasibility assessments, siting of bedrock and stratified drift wells, groundwater withdrawal permitting, and evaluating and designing groundwater recharge systems
• Oversee the design and rehabilitation of public water supply wells, including pump testing to determine well yield and aquifer characteristics
• Model groundwater hydrology with a focus on contaminant source assessment, fate and transport, mounding analyses, and delineating recharge areas
• Actively participate, and provide leadership, in Tighe & Bond’s Communities of Practice program
• Help develop technical standards, processes, and tools that strengthen the firm’s capabilities
• Conduct quality control (QC) reviews on complex project deliverables and occasional quality assurance (QA) review
• Support strategic business efforts such as marketing plans, client pursuit strategies, and staff hiring and retention planning
• Lead technical focus areas in business development, including proposal writing and presentations
• Publish technical papers, leading at least two external forums or presentations annually, and stay engaged in professional organizations
• Promote Tighe & Bond’s expertise through thought leadership, content marketing, and multimedia
• Mentor junior and mid-level staff to grow the next generation of hydrogeologic experts
• Spearhead at least two technical initiatives each year aimed at advancing internal practices or innovations

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Environmental Engineering, or a related field
• Licensed Professional Geologist (PG) or Certificate as needed
• Substantial years of experience designing, permitting, and evaluating groundwater systems for drinking water and wastewater recharge
• Demonstrated experience working in the northeast U.S., with knowledge of local and state water regulations and permitting
• Proven technical leadership across complex projects, with a track record of solving difficult hydrogeologic challenges
• Strong communication skills with experience delivering technical and client-facing presentations
• Background in managing…