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Entry Level Geologist Or Environmental Scientist

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 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.

Arcadis is seeking an Entry Level Geologist or Environmental Scientist to join our team in either Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Akron, Cleveland) or Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Sewickley). 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 include:

• Actively participating in field activities including supporting drilling operations, installation of monitoring wells, and providing descriptions of soil or rock.
• Conducting soil, groundwater, and air sampling in compliance with both State and Federal standards.
• Compiling, manipulating, and evaluating data.
• Supporting in writing and preparing technical reports, work plans, letters, and memoranda.
• Contributing to the production of figures, maps, and boring logs.

Core duties include:

• Performing fieldwork which may include drilling oversight for soil sampling and/or groundwater well installation, groundwater sampling, excavation oversight, operation and maintenance of remediation systems, and vapor intrusion/soil gas surveys.
• Data management on tablets, including compilation, evaluation, and QA/QC.
• Local and regional travel. Must be willing to do overnight stays. Overnight stays can stretch up to 2-weeks at a time at various intervals.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required:

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

Preferred:

• Prior environmental fieldwork internship or work experience.

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 which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. 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 and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. 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 per year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.