Job Tag: Science/Engineering

The State of New Hampshire, Department of Environmental Services, Waste Management Division, Hazardous Waste Remediation Bureau has a full time vacancy for a Hydrogeologist III.

Summary:

Provides high-level hydrogeological and regulatory expertise and experience in evaluating hydrogeological investigations for the permitting, operation and closure of solid waste facilities. Communicates complex hydrological data and analysis to a variety of stakeholders. Provides analytical, technical, and regulatory expertise for proper management of contaminated soils.

Responsibilities:

Reviews and analyzes complex hydrogeological data submitted by consultants to evaluate site-specific conditions and to form a basis for agency decisions about permitting, operation, closure design and monitoring requirements at solid waste sites, including RCRA Subtitle D lined landfills and unlined landfills.

Interprets hydrogeologic information at waste management facilities and contaminated sites to characterize the source and extent of contamination and approve remedial action plans to address contamination. Also, evaluates data to determine the effectiveness of remedial action plans and recommends changes if the remedial actions are not performing as intended.

Reviews groundwater permit applications and prepares groundwater permits for waste management facilities, to establish groundwater monitoring requirements that ensure protection and restoration of groundwater quality.

Coordinates the review of hydrogeologic information pertaining to solid waste landfills, and other waste management facilities, with other department environmental programs to ensure agency decisions are consistent with achieving compliance with all relevant environmental and human health standards, policies and procedures.

Assists with major enforcement activities and negotiations with responsible parties, municipal representatives, consultants, and attorneys to achieve adequate response and clean-up actions that comply with agency laws, regulations, and policies. Provides expert testimony at appeals, permit revocations and in court when necessary.

Assists the agency in developing procedures, policies and rules for the effective management of contaminants of concern at waste facilities.

Communicates agency rules, policies and environmental goals and procedures to responsible parties and their consultants and lawyers, to obtain understanding and compliance. Also communicates hydrogeological data and results at public hearings for waste facility permit applications and at other hearings and meetings where the public has a high degree of interest. Prepares technical presentations on the extent of contamination and appropriate remedial actions to diverse groups including department senior management, public, consultants, attorneys and responsible parties.

Coordinates and implements a range of technical and regulatory assignments to establish and ensure compliance with best management practices for management of contaminated soils.

Provides input and support for implementing programs, projects and procedures to accomplish the annual and strategic goals of the Solid Waste Management Bureau, the Waste Management Division, and the Department.

Continually seeks to improve practices and add quality and value while identifying and eliminating unnecessary or redundant actions in the Solid Waste Management Bureau.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university with major study in forestry, geology, hydrogeology or a related water resources or earth science degree. Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

Experience: Six years’ experience as a professional geologist, hydrogeologist or hydrologist.

License/Certification: Must have, or obtain within one year of hire, registration as a Professional Geologist in the State of New Hampshire. Eligibility for N.H. driver’s license required for performing professional field work.

The Director, Environmental Science serves as the academic administrator and lead entrepreneur responsible for the assigned program. Under the guidance and direction of the Dean, this position performs in alignment with the College’s mission and strategic direction in service to students and their success.

Program-Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for management of Hocking College’s environmental science academic program as well as the live learning consulting service of environmental bioremediation.

Position Duties and Responsibilities

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:
Conducts regular review of all aspects of the program in collaboration with the program’s Advisory Board for continuous quality improvement.
Conducts regular review of the program to maximize accreditation opportunities.
Responsible for ensuring course fees support the sustainability of the program.
Responsible for cultivation of leads, recruitment and enrollment of students in the program.
Provide effective day-to-day management and administration of the program.
Supervise all faculty and coordinate adjunct assignments including evaluations.
Plan and oversee professional development for program faculty.
Manage course schedules, assist with faculty and student issues.
Communicate college policies and ensure they are followed.
Manage aspects of grant funding as needed.
Actively engage in Academic Affairs and Institutional activities. Serve on committees as assigned by the Dean.
Represent the program to students, prospective students and other interested parties at recruiting events, on and off campus.
Work with Career Technical Centers and traditional secondary schools to develop articulation agreements.
Collaborate and provide programming for career/program exploration camps including summer camps.
Lead efforts to collaborate with the marketing department to develop materials that promote the program (e.g., publications, web page, annual report).

TEACHING AND ADVISING
Develops and maintains relevant curriculum to ensure student employability upon program completion.
Maintain required credit hours of teaching load per term.
Work with students and faculty to resolve conflicts and serve as the second step in grade appeals.
Drive student involvement in the advising process by maintaining sufficient advising hours compatible with student schedules; meeting with advisees regularly; advising students struggling with coursework; maintaining appropriate advisee files; directing students to appropriate department and College resources; maintaining confidentiality; evaluating graduation progress and completions. Supervise program advisors to accomplish same.
Manage student files including applications. Keep track of student progress in cross disciplines and update student records. This requires working closely with many different offices throughout the College such as Admissions, Student Affairs, Financial Aid, etc.
Reviews graduation applications prior to final approval by the Dean.
Act as the lead liaison for practicum sites for the program.

MANAGES LEARNING LABORATORIES AND ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES:
Responsible for identifying contaminated sites in need of remediation that are good candidates for our program’s approach.
Responsible for identifying and securing grant funds or private contracts to provide for the costs associated with remediation services and to generate revenue for the program.
Manages purchasing, budgeting, staff, and programming at relevant facilities and field operations.
Promotes and publicizes programs and opportunities to include the general public. This includes Leisure Learning programs.
Coordinates with faculty and staff within the college regarding use of the facilities.
Ensures entrepreneurial ventures are integrated in teaching in academic classes, practicum experiences and management of facilities.
Seeks partnership in support for facility maintenance and restoration, including grants and college self-performance on projects.

Qualifications – Education, Experience, and Skills
Master’s degree in Environmental Science, Microbiology, Biology, or a closely related field required. Graduate-level coursework must align to the teaching workload.
Degree must be from a regionally or nationally accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent as verified by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc.
Minimum of 5 years of full-time, professional, field and/or lab experience within Environmental Science.
Evidence of professional development in the field of concentration as demonstrated by activity in professional associations, consultative practice; participation in seminars, workshops, and formal coursework, and individual reading and research.
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
Strong technology skills including usage of Microsoft Office, email, student information system, and learning management system.
Knowledge of educational theory and application including learners and individual learning styles with interest in and commitment to the learner-centered educational process.
Confidentiality.
Customer service attitude toward all internal and external stakeholders.
Willingness to extend self to help students succeed.
Genuine openness to feedback and coaching.
Attention to detail.
Flexibility in dealing with others.
Ability to work as a team member.
Ability to prioritize work.
Emulates and fosters Hocking College and Academic Affairs mission, goals, and values.
Knowledge of safe working conditions.

GENERAL DEFINITION OF WORK: Performs difficult professional and administrative work overseeing the conservation easement program including donated easements and purchase of development rights easements; does related work as required. Work is performed under general supervision. Supervision is exercised over all division personnel.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Comprehensive knowledge of conservation easement practices, trends, and oversight. Significant understanding and implementation of real estate transactions oversight; interpretation of land use policies and principles relative to easement administration; strong knowledge and understanding of monitoring and inspection skills including from baseline review to annual review; ability to work property owner through approval processes and corrective action plans as to easement requirements; ability to work effectively with individuals and groups; thorough knowledge of federal, state and local easement policies and programs and the laws on which they are based; ability to plan, organize and direct professional and nonprofessional employees; ability to express complex ideas effectively orally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with County officials, associates community agencies, various community officials and the general public.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Any combination of education equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with major course work in planning, environmental or agriculture sciences, or similar field. Significant work experience with real estate legal document preparation, interpretation, and review including document research with the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Knowledge and demonstrable ability to complete monitoring and inspection of easement properties.

Langan is seeking an Environmental Engineer to join its collaborative Environmental team in support of a large project in Queens, NY. This individual will spend a majority of the time in the field with occasional time in the office and will serve a key function in working on small-scale and large-scale environmental remediation and construction projects that involve Environmental, Geotechnical, or Site/Civil Engineering. In this role, you will have cross-disciplinary opportunities working in a continuous learning environment.

Job Responsibilities:

Perform field inspections and environmental investigations;
Perform air, soil, gas, groundwater sampling and remediation of contaminated properties;
Field oversight of remediation activities and subcontractors;
Assist with the preparation of technical reports, specifications, and plans; data management and evaluation; and environmental assessment and remediation; and
Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering or Civil Engineering;
0 to 3 years of work-related experience;
Minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA;
EIT Certification, or current registration for the FE exam;
Related internship experience;
Aviation project experience a plus;
A strong technical education, professional demeanor, and desire to learn;
Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical, multitasking, and judgment capabilities;
Ability to effectively work independently and in a team environment;
Possess a valid driver’s license in good standing and reliable transportation access to remote job site locations; and
Availability to work overtime as needed.

SFEI is seeking a GIS Specialist to join the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team. This position will be a full-time position (40 hrs per week), under the supervision of the GIS Manager. A successful candidate will be enthusiastic, self motivated, and passionate about applying technical GIS skills to address environmental problems. You will collaborate with your colleagues to ensure an optimal relationship between science and policy through innovative approaches to information collection, display, and analysis. Although a strong foundation of GIS skills is required, an environmental science background to enable effective landscape interpretation, change analysis, and mapping is ideal.

This is an opportunity to work creatively with other GIS professionals on exciting advanced technical challenges to address some of the most important environmental issues in California and beyond. Your immediate team will include the GIS Manager, Pete Kauhanen, and other GIS specialists, Alex Braud and Regan Murray. However, you will also often work with software engineers, environmental scientists, and experts from across the Institute.
GIS Focus Area Description

The GIS Focus Area is responsible for serving the Institute and external user community’s spatial information needs through collaborative and innovative projects. Its success has provided the Institute with a strong reputation of GIS excellence, regarding spatial dataset creation, spatial tools and analysis, and evocative cartography. The GIS Specialist will work with both technology and science teams to develop and implement GIS methods, tools, and web delivery applications to support local and statewide environmental management. GIS staff work closely with SFEI’s Clean Water program on aquatic contaminant distribution and analysis and the Resilient Landscapes program on wetlands mapping, landscape analyses, and resilience planning. GIS is one of five “focus areas” of the Environmental Informatics Program which provides clients and partners with the most current technology tools available to meet their missions.
Role Responsibilities

Duties are likely to be diverse and will require an enthusiastic, team-oriented individual. Typical duties will include:

Use remote sensing, object based image analysis, and other advanced methodologies to further automate wetland mapping to support the Institute’s aquatic resource mapping initiative (https://www.sfei.org/cari)
Tool development—team-oriented code development of GIS-specific landscape analysis tools
Science-driven methods development—collaboration with SFEI and partner scientists to answer environmental management questions with GIS
Data acquisition—sleuthing out GIS datasets and/or GIS contacts from various agencies, counties, cities and special districts
Data management—organizing and maintaining GIS data in accordance with SFEI’s on-line data management protocols
Cartography—production of high-quality maps
Project management—tracking project progress and time management

Qualifications

We seek a candidate that can bring a strong technical GIS background and an inquisitive and creative approach to environmental problems and data creation. This candidate should have a minimum of 2 years of experience in a professional GIS setting and thus have the organizational and project management skills to work both with the larger GIS team and on specific tasks independently.

If you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.
Required Skills

Minimum of 3 years experience with ESRI’s ArcGIS Desktop / ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcServer, spatial data manipulation and formats including Arcpy, data management, and analysis toolboxes
Strong technical capabilities in multiple GIS areas such as spatial analysis, data acquisition, management, display/visualization, spatial statistics, remote sensing, raster analysis, and image classification
Experience with automated mapping work flows including segmentation and machine learning or rule-based classification
Experience with GIS scripting/tool development with ArcPy, GDAL/OGR, PostGIS, R, QGIS, or Google Earth Engine programming language(s)
Experience or interest using GIS for natural resource management
Exceptional attention to detail and problem-solving skills
Motivation to gain and develop new technical skills
Ability to manage time effectively on multiple projects
Capability to works productively in a collaborative team setting
Ability to work independently and follow through with tasks under general guidance from supervising staff
Effective written and verbal communication skills—ability to communicate technical information to non-technical clients

Preferred Skills

Training and experience in the environmental sciences (e.g., coastal and wetland science, biology, geology, landscape architecture, and aquatic ecology)
Experience with automation of GIS workflows
Experience using Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA)

Experience with eCognition Software
Experience with and interest in keeping up with advancing and emerging technologies, e.g., object detection, machine learning, lidar, multispectral imagery, Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS)/drones, etc.
Experience with the complete project lifecycle from conceptualization through requirements definition, design, development, testing implementation, maintenance, and user training as it applies to GIS related technology
Experience in photo interpretation of wetlands, flood infrastructure, and/or vegetation

Benefit Highlights

Matching contributions to retirement plan (403b)
Medical Insurance: health, vision, dental
12 paid holidays, plus vacation days starting at 3 weeks/year
Hybrid workplace

Salary Range

$69,000 – $78,000 (dependent on experience)

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Works under the direction of an assigned manager in Storm Water Management or Industrial Monitoring Service Center, Public Works Division. Coordinates environmental projects to ensure that the City complies with local, state, and federal regulations and achieves National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) compliance and pollution prevention goals. Investigates complaints of environmental complaints and prepares and presents written/verbal reports of findings. Drives throughout the City to conduct field investigations to track/source water pollutants. Ensure sites and waste disposal facilities are in conformance with government regulations, ordinances and permits, and advises site manager of findings. Inspects industrial and municipal storm water drainage systems and outflow areas, and pollution control equipment to ensure conformance with government regulations and permit requirements. Inspects waste treatment facilities for conformance with regulations. Creates ad hoc reports as needed and develops and conducts a variety of limited duration, scientific studies, such as Total Maximum Daily Load, pH tracking, etc. Assists in performing environmental engineering analyses including examining topographical maps, Geographic Information System (GIS), sanitary sewer and drainage plans, and analytical data to accurately investigate pollutants and place monitoring equipment. Assists in developing and reviewing engineering plans, slug control plans and/or storm water management plans for the implementation of practices to minimize detrimental impacts to the environment, surrounding rivers and streams, collection system, and waste water treatment plants. Collects data used in determining sources of water pollutants. Extracts water and/or wastewater samples from storm drains, sanitary sewer manholes, cleanouts, pipes, streams, etc., for laboratory tests and evaluates data to determine compliance. Conducts training and informational presentations to various groups.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:
1. Performs additional functions (essential or otherwise) which may be assigned.

TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Must be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing. Requires traversing uneven ground, reaching, bending, and pulling in setting up pollution control equipment and lifting and carrying objects such as water monitoring equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. Requires visual acuity and ability to distinguish colors in order to read various meters. Requires the ability to operate general office equipment such as personal computer and telephone. Requires the ability to operate an automobile.

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Majority of work is performed in the field in a control room environment to inspect facilities and/or outdoors to conduct environmental compliance inspections. Travels to various sites throughout the City. May be exposed to various weather conditions, fumes, odors, dust and noise.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Environmental Project Coordinator I: Associate’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science/Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field and four (4) years’ experience in environmental protection, enforcement programs and/or environmental regulations; or any combination of experience and training which enables one to perform the essential job functions. A bachelor’s degree in one of the above fields may be used to substitute for two (2) of the required four (4) years of experience. Storm Water candidate must obtain the required certifications to preform required job duties within 12 months of hire and maintain as condition of continued employment. Industrial Monitoring candidate must obtain the required certifications to preform required job duties within 24 months of hire and maintain as condition of continued employment. Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license as condition of continued employment.