Geologist - Environmental Remediation - 2+ years experience

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.