Entry Level Environmental Scientist Jobs in Virginia

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 or Environmental Scientist to join our team in Bluefield Virginia. While this position requires both field and office work, the candidate should expect to spend 95% to 100% of their time in the field.
As part of our Resilience Environment team, you'll help improve quality of life. With your expertise in geology or environmental science your work could involve a range of remediation, sampling, and monitoring activities as directed and in accordance with relevant Health and Safety or other operational standards.
Role accountabilities:
The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience in remediation field sampling and data collection, along with the ability to accurately document work activities and contribute to the development of reports, plans, and other technical documents. They should be comfortable working collaboratively with project teams, clients, and a variety of stakeholders, demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to maintain a professional demeanor in both written and verbal interactions. The ability to clearly and concisely convey thoughts and ideas in writing is essential. A solid mechanical aptitude and experience with the operations, maintenance, and monitoring of remedial groundwater systems are highly valued. The candidate should maintain a strong health and safety focus, while also exhibiting effective time management and computer skills. Flexibility is essential, with a willingness to shift between tasks as project needs evolve, as well as the ability to perform physical work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions. Additionally, the candidate must hold a valid, clean driver's license and successfully pass a background check and drug test as conditions of employment.
In this role, your responsibilities will involve actively participating in a combination of in-office and field-based responsibilities to support our team. The role may include:

• Coordinate with task and project managers, working with on-site subcontractors and field staff, supporting sampling, data collection, and field documentation.
• Apply standard field practices and techniques using basic field equipment to collect samples of soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, sediment; prepare samples for shipping, and complete chain-of-custody or similar paperwork.
• Prepare preliminary data and scientific documents under supervision of project staff.
• Manage personal workloads; apprising project managers of progress and obstacles and presenting project outputs for inclusion into project deliverables.

Qualifications & Experience:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Environmental Science or closely related field.

Preferred

• 40 Hours OSHA HAZWOPER certification
• General knowledge of the environmental, health and safety field.
• Demonstrated understanding of applied safety protocols for execution of field work.
• Proficiency in standard MS office suite software applications

Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $49,680 - $74,520. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
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