Senior Environmental Scientist, Biologist, or Geologist 3

Find your path and enjoy the journey at Haley & Aldrich. With us, you'll tackle clients' most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments - and, in turn, build stronger communities. You'll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.
As a company, we aim to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well-being, and quality of life. Join us to accelerate this vision and your professional development.
We are looking to add new talent to our growing team! We are currently seeking a Senior Environmental Scientist, Biologist, or Geologist 3 to work in a technical support role with highly skilled professionals on diverse project teams in a dynamic environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing group and company and get involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients. This is a full-time position located in our Parsippany, NJ office.
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
In this position, you will:

• Assist and lead with identifying new client opportunities while developing internal and external networks into a book of business.
• Lead the execution of project work through individual contribution and delegation to lower-level staff.
• Understand and develop technical scopes of work and proposals in your area of expertise and make connections between your and other aspects of the project to achieve client goals. Have an ability to recognize conditions that require modifications to accommodate client- or regulatory-specific requirements.
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of proper jurisdictional codes, regulations, and professional standards of practice to assigned project work.
• Coach, mentor, and support staff to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure high-quality execution of project tasks, technical reports, and deliverables.
• Use developing skills to be visible in your specialty area by giving internal and external technical presentations and attending external networking events.
• Play a significant leadership role in performing technical evaluations and developing conceptual site models on environmental, natural resource, and land use permitting projects.
• Lead the development of proposals and technical reporting efforts supporting natural resources, permitting/compliance, and related projects.
• Work with the appropriate staff to support the design and development of restoration and mitigation design plans.
• Perform or oversee field implementation of technical resource studies, restoration/mitigation design development and implementation along with construction oversight, as needed.
• Plan and perform all work in accordance with company and client health and safety protocols.
• Demonstrate the company's foundational safety behaviors.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Minimum Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Geology, or related field.
• 15+ years of related experience.
• Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) certification required
• Experience with local, state and federal permitting, wetlands, and natural resource management regulations/requirements, experience with wetlands/land use permitting in New Jersey a must
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including verbally presenting project information to peers, stakeholders, and clients.
• Desire to advance skills in your area of expertise to become more visible in the industry.
• Experience with wetlands, natural resource management, conducting facility audits to determine compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (Section 404/401, RCRA, Clean Water Act Permits/Plans, Clean Air Act Permits, EPCRA/CRTK)
• Environmental design and contract package development experience.
• Working knowledge of regulatory frameworks pertinent to the work.

Preferred Skills

• Master's degree in Environmental science, Biology, Geology, or related field.
• Experience conducting facility evaluations to determine operational environmental liabilities & make recommendations on permits, plans, systems required to achieve compliance.
• Experience in developing compliance plans (e.g. SWPPP, SPCC) for client facilities and assisting in integrating plans into facility operations and quality assurance programs.
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER training and refresher updates.

The salary range for this position in Parsippany, NJ is $120,000 - $140,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based upon a variety of factors such as education, related work experience, certificates, skills, and current market conditions. Haley & Aldrich reviews salary ranges each quarter to assess competitiveness with the market. This role is eligible to participate in the company's discretionary bonus program. This role may be eligible to receive a sign-on bonus.
About Haley & Aldrich
Haley & Aldrich is committed to solving our clients' most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments. Our team of 1,000+ engineers and scientists across the United States draws inspiration from one mission: to work closely with clients as they navigate change to create safer, more robust places to live and work. Since our founding in 1957, organizations across the public and private sectors have relied on us for technical excellence and empathetic leadership that achieve results and secure a thriving tomorrow. Find us athaleyaldrich.com and LinkedIn.
Haley & Aldrich is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, age, disability, veteran, or any other legally protected status. We offer excellent career growth, a highly competitive total compensation plan, and a solid benefits package. Interested candidates should apply on our Careers page.
Note to external search firms: Haley & Aldrich does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not be obligated to pay a placement fee for unsolicited resumes. Please do not send resumes to Haley & Aldrich employees. Please work through a Talent Acquisition Manager.
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