Traveling Project Geologist

Traveling Project Geologist

Job Description

The Traveling Project Geologist leads and executes complex field and office assignments for environmental and remediation projects, with extensive travel to project sites. This role prepares and delivers technically precise scientific reports, plans and oversees field investigations and remedial action projects, and ensures that all activities comply with environmental, health, and safety requirements. The position requires strong technical judgment, project ownership from initiation through completion, and the ability to serve as a technical lead while coordinating closely with project teams and environmental health and safety personnel.

Responsibilities

+ Prepare, analyze, and deliver clear, technically precise scientific reports based on field and laboratory data collected within defined project scopes.

+ Plan, lead, and take ownership of complex field and office assignments, including site investigations, remedial action projects, and environmental sampling programs.

+ Perform field-based geoscience and remediation tasks, including monitoring well installation, soil and rock characterization, soil sampling, groundwater sampling, and remediation system oversight and monitoring.

+ Select and apply appropriate methods and procedures for both routine tasks and new assignments within your areas of technical expertise.

+ Serve as a technical lead in your discipline, resolving project challenges and consulting with staff as needed.

+ Apply sound technical judgment to solve problems of varying complexity, including data analysis, evaluation of remedial alternatives, and selection of appropriate methodologies.

+ Lead and manage moderate to complex field scopes of work and remediation projects from initiation through completion.

+ Research and evaluate emerging remediation technologies and methodologies for potential application to project work.

+ Coordinate field operations and data collection activities to meet established schedules and budgets.

+ Support project quality assurance and quality control processes, including audits, data validation, and implementation of corrective actions to ensure data quality and defensibility.

+ Ensure all project activities comply with applicable technical specifications, regulatory requirements, and standard operating procedures.

+ Oversee environmental health and safety (EHS) program compliance on medium- to high-risk projects, providing technical safety input and promoting a strong safety culture across all field activities.

+ Coordinate directly with the EHS department when project-specific safety planning requires additional guidance or when site conditions fall outside the established scope of work.

+ Manage field staff adherence to all project- and site-specific EHS requirements, ensuring alignment with the broader EHS program.

+ Complete reporting and documentation between field assignments, including data summaries, interpretations, and formal project deliverables.

Essential Skills

+ Proven experience installing and overseeing monitoring wells, including drilling oversight and logging of soil and rock borings and strati graphic information.

+ Strong field skills in soil sampling, groundwater sampling, soil and rock characterization, and field investigations.

+ Demonstrated ability to manage and lead field activities, including planning, execution, and oversight of environmental and remediation projects.

+ Solid understanding of environmental health and safety (EHS) principles and practices, with experience promoting and enforcing safety in the field.

+ Ability to coordinate and execute quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) processes, including data validation and corrective actions.

+ Strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills for data analysis, remedial alternative evaluation, and method selection.

+ Excellent scientific report writing skills, with the ability to prepare clear, concise, and technically accurate deliverables.

+ Effective project management capabilities, including scheduling, budgeting, and coordination of field operations.

+ Willingness and ability to travel 100% of the time to project sites.

+ Bachelor's degree in Geology, Geoscience, or a related field.

+ At least 6 years of related professional experience.

+ At least 3 years of experience planning, performing, and leading field activities and assisting in scoping projects.

Qualifications

+ Experience overseeing the drilling of soil and rock borings and the installation of monitoring wells, including detailed logging of lithology and stratigraphy.

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Experience with electronic data collection tools, including GPS and GIS, is a plus.

+ Experience in geology, environmental science, or related environmental disciplines.

+ Familiarity with remediation system oversight and monitoring.

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Experience with quality assurance and quality control processes in environmental projects.

+ Strong organizational skills and attention to detail when coordinating multiple field tasks and…