Environmental Scientist - ( 2400022D )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

Stantec GS is seeking a highly skilled Environmental Scientist/Chemist/Subject Matter Expert (SME)to join our Honolulu, HI office. The SME will utilize their expertise in water quality to fulfill a range of responsibilities related to water resources including environmental monitoring, assessment, compliance, permit management, water sampling, laboratory results analysis, and interpretation of results.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Collecting surface water, groundwater, stormwater, wastewater, soil, sediment, and drinking water samples.

• Reviewing/updating National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Management Plans (SWMP’s) and other environmental permits.

• Operating/maintaining environmental monitoring equipment such as flow meters, automated samplers, turbidity meters, and YSI sondes.

• Participate with project teams collecting, processing, and analyzing environmental samples from various media for laboratory analysis of chemistry, pathogens, and physical properties well as other biological and water quality index criteria while following established calibration and sampling procedures and requirements.

• Evaluate, interpret, qualify, statistically analyze and QA/QC sample laboratory results of bacteria, nutrients, metals, organic chemicals, petroleum, and conventional parameters relative to data quality objectives for presentation in technical reports as well as database archiving.

• Provide management, technical, and regulatory guidance to municipal and industrial clients regarding storm water permits and plans (e.g., NPDES, UIC), industrial wastewater permits (e.g., IWDP, IWS), and pollution prevention (e.g., SWPCP).

• Install and maintain advanced field monitoring stations in natural streams, wetlands and constructed drainage systems for continuous hydraulic/hydrologic, atmospheric, as well as sediment and water quality measurements.

• Assist with monitoring site surveys and design, as well as installation planning and logistics.

• Manage and process physically measured and remotely accessed (telemetered) stream flow data for establishing and updating flow rating curves, identifying runoff coefficients, estimating runoff volumes and flow/time pacing for storm water composite samples, as well as producing storm event reports with hydrographs and charts.

• Conduct surface water, stormwater, wastewater, and pollution prevention compliance audits throughout industrial facilities ensuring environmental plan and permit developed monitoring requirements, records, procedures, equipment condition and operations, education/training, as well as operational and structural BMPs are in order.

• Reviewing water sampling and laboratory results.

• Discussing technical water quality elements with the project team and providing guidance as needed.

• Developing written materials such as reports, educational materials, and communication materials regarding permits and laboratory results.

• Receiving project team and client comments on review of materials and addressing comments and edits.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong knowledge of water sampling techniques, water quality analysis, and environmental regulations.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Experience working with diverse teams and collaborating effectively in a fast- paced environment.

• Ability to pass background screening.

• Excellent grammatical skills, excellent written and spoken English.

• Excellent verbal communication skills.

• Knowledge of risk communication principles.

• Ability to work independently or as a team, with strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills.

• Excellent MS Office skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Adobe.

• Must possess a valid driver’s license with a good record.

• Must be located on Oahu, Hawaii

• Demonstrated organizational skills with mechanical aptitude.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently with limited supervision.

• Ability to conduct field work in the environment under storm conditions.

• Ability to operate a vehicle during storm conditions, may require weekend and after business hours work.

• Drug screen is required for position.

• Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations and procedures is preferred but not required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Hydrology, Water Quality Management, Engineering or related field.

• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in water quality management or related roles with proven abilities to work on a variety of demanding projects with multi-disciplinary teams.

• 40 Hour HAZWOPER, adhering to OSHA 29 CFR §1910.120(e) is preferred but not required.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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Salary Range(s):

• $64,700 - $93,800 Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in CO and HI

The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : United States-Hawaii-Honolulu

Organization : BC-2374 EnvSvcs-US Government Services

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : May 14, 2024, 6:41:08 AM

Req ID: 2400022D

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