Geologist​/Environmental Scientist​/Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an entry-level Geologist/Scientist or Environmental Engineer to join our team in San Luis Obispo, CA. This role is slated to start in January 2027. We are looking for a candidate with strong organizational and team building skills, who feels comfortable with a dynamic workflow.

As part of our Resilience Environment team, you’ll help improve quality of life. You will work alongside Senior Scientists and Engineers, Project/Program Managers, and Technical Experts on various activities in support of diverse environmental assessment and remediation projects. This opportunity is to support our growing emerging contaminant project portfolio and remediation capabilities.

Role accountabilities:

Our services encompass a range of responsibilities aimed at engineering design and optimization support for treatment systems. You will specialize in providing program support for a diverse portfolio of projects underway, catering to both the US Federal Government and industrial clients.

You will actively participate in field investigations, sampling activities, pilot programs, and full-scale remedial efforts. Additionally, you will play a crucial role in fostering effective communication by engaging in face-to-face meetings with clients, technical teams, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities could include a combination of field and office related tasks and will include periodic travel.

These responsibilities may include:

Operation and maintenance oversight for remediation systems (both water and vapor treatment systems)
Design and oversight of system improvement projects as well as system upgrades

Soil and groundwater investigation and sample collection

Site characterization, remedial design, and feasibility studies

Data compilation, evaluation, and QA/QCReport writing, permitting, cost estimating support

Coordination with project managers and senior engineering staff

The successful candidate will be involved in interpreting and evaluating field and analytical data in order to prepare engineering designs, permit applications, and construction-related documents. Environmental remediation design tasks, including soil and groundwater remedial system and in-situ technology treatment design and assessments are also a part of this exciting role. This position will require travel and field  summary, this position encompasses both office work (task management, data analysis, report preparation, scope preparation, and client communications) as well as field work.

Fieldwork will also be a key aspect of this position, which will offer you an opportunity to be trained to oversee drilling for soil sampling and groundwater well installation, groundwater sampling, subcontractor oversight, operation and maintenance of remediation systems, vapor intrusion/soil gas surveys, among other tasks.

Additionally, Arcadis supports many of our client’s needs when unforeseen incidents occur, such as train derailments, pipeline releases, etc. An aspect of this role is supporting our Pacific Northwest and National emergency response teams to ensure rapid protection of human health and the environment. This work is completed under the direction of trained incident responders and may require unanticipated travel and work outside standard business hours.

Field work will require regional business travel for up to…