Geologist - 2+ years experience - AECOM

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AECOM is actively seeking a highly motivated Geologist/Environmental Scientist for employment in the Germantown, MD office. This position would support the Environmental business line, primarily working on Federal projects.

Under the supervision of a Project Manager, the successful candidate will:

• Use scientific principles, theories, practices and existing technologies to develop solutions for technical problems within a defined scope.
• Plan, execute, analyze and report on environmental investigations in natural systems.
• Apply standard field practices and techniques using basic field equipment to collect samples of soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, and sediment; prepare samples for shipping; maintain daily logs; and complete chain-of-custody or similar paperwork.
• After training, perform unsupervised field tasks.
• Direct staff in the execution of tasks.
• Coordinate with task and project managers, working with on-site subcontractors and field staff, and supporting sampling, data collection, and field documentation.
• Prepare technical science-based work plans, data summaries, and reports.
• Interpret and record data, conduct analyses, compare findings to relevant studies and local, state and federal regulations to ensure compliance.
• Apply knowledge of natural sciences (chemistry, physics, biology, hydrology, and mathematics) to explain observations.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Environmental Science, or related field and 2 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License
• Due to the nature of the work, US citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Remedial/Site investigation, remediation planning, or design experience.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills (including polished client presentation skills), organization, time management, and an individual who thrives in a team-oriented environment.
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and preparing technical reports.
• Preparing for professional registration, such as Professional Geologist.
• Field experience overseeing industry-standard drilling and monitoring well installation methods. Experience logging soils using the USCS and rock logging.
• Experience with CERCLA RI/FS, RCRA, and RD/RA projects with commercial or DoD clients.
• Experience with digital tools for field data collection.
• Experience performing environmental investigations at DoD facilities.
• Cost estimating and basic fate and transport modeling.
• Certificates – OSHA 40hr HAZWOPER Training and current refresher; first-aid/CPR.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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