Golden, CO Job Opening

Discover what it means to work at one of Colorado’s fastest-growing companies, where progress begins with you. Baseline Engineering Corporation is striving to be the company of choice for employees and customers needing engineering, surveying, and planning services. We are currently seeking an environmental staff engineer to work in our Golden, CO office.

Position Title: Project Geologist/Environmental Scientist II
Reports To: Environmental Engineering Division Manager
FLSA Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Department: Infrastructure Environmental
Location: Golden, CO

General Summary: The Project Geologist/Environmental Scientist will work on a team of dedicated professionals to perform the day-to-day management of Environmental Division projects from scope, schedule, and budget across the full spectrum of the project’s life-cycle. Working in conjunction with the Senior Project Manager, or Division Manager, perform both office and field tasks associated with the management of ongoing field operations (i.e., soil and groundwater sampling, monitoring well installation, groundwater system hydraulic tests, and fate and transport investigations) to gather data regarding the state of contaminant degradation and migration in the natural environment.

This position requires attention to detail, time management, multi-tasking capability, staff management, and a strong work ethic. Responsibilities will include a combination of field and office-related tasks requiring travel to the job site, client’s office, and City and State regulatory agencies. The majority of projects will be within the Denver metro and Front-Range area of Colorado and Wyoming. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills as well as the ability to interact with clients and regulatory personnel without issue.

Essential Functions:

  •  Working experience conducting Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
  • Permitting and preparing Stormwater monitoring and soil erosion and sediment control plans
  • Hollow-stem-auger, air/mud-rotary, and DPT drilling techniques and sampling equipment
  • Oversight of drilling operations (permitting, designing, installing and developing, monitoring wells)
  • General understanding of the State’s construction dewatering/remediation permit process
  • General understanding of RCRA and the Colorado Voluntary Cleanup Program
  • Scheduling and performing soil, groundwater, and air/vapor sampling
  • Soil Logging in general accordance with the Unified Soil Classification System
  • Calibration, use, and proper care of field instrumentation
  • Subcontractor selection, oversight, coordination, management, and invoicing
  • Analyzing soil and groundwater analytical data and the QC of laboratory reports
  • Preparing groundwater contour potentiometric maps
  • Preparing isoconcentration maps
  • Preparing time-series concentration versus time regression analysis
  • General understanding of Statistical analysis of groundwater data
  • General understanding of Chemical Oxidation/Reduction and Bioremediation
  • Writing bid documents and technical reports, letters, and memoranda
  • Preparing cost estimates and proposals
  • Preparing reports for groundwater investigations, corrective Action Plan, and Voluntary Cleanup Plan programs
  • Working independently, but also collaboratively with team members
  • Using your interpersonal skills to work with a large variety of clientele and contractors
  • Understanding of Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook at a high proficiency
  • Working on and around private, industrial, and federal RCRA facilities and construction sites
  • Performing excavation oversight of asbestos containing materials (ACM), sampling and recognition of ACM and Regulated ACM
  • Preparing Site-specific Health & Safety Plans and/or job-hazard safety analyses forms
  • Following applicable OSHA guidelines, rules, and SOP standards for each project
  • Maintaining quality assurance and control standards on each project
  • Understanding the general EPA laboratory methods and techniques for soil and groundwater analyses, bottle types and preservation, and holding times
  • Embracing and demonstrating the Company’s purpose and values and taking ownership of the work you do

Job Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, Hydrology, Geosciences, Environmental Science, or related field
  • 5 to 8 years of direct and relevant experience
  • Licensed Professional Geologist and/or Engineer, or capacity to become licensed
  • Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
  • Required Certifications: 40-hr Hazwoper Training and Hazwoper 8-hr Refresher
  • Asbestos (CABI) licensure – or willing to obtain within the first year preferred

Pay: $85,000 – $100,000 per year

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Physical Demands:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to walk, stand, or sit; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands to repetitively finger, handle, feel, or operate standard computers and other field equipment; and to reach with hands and arms. Occasionally lift, carry, push, pul,l or otherwise move objects weighing up to 50 lbs., carry and transport soil and groundwater sampling equipment, pumps, hoses, etc.

While working in the office: Typically sit at a desk or table; While performing office tasks, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve problems; use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or new skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks; and interact with staff, and other organizations and supervisors, co-workers, inspectors and employees in other departments and others encountered in the course of work.

Equal employment opportunity is the law.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.

Baseline Engineering Corporation is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable status protected by state or local law.

 

 

Please submit your cover letter and resume to Human Resources at jobs@baselinecorp.com.

Baseline is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. We are dedicated to hiring qualified individuals with disabilities and qualified protected veterans.