Hybrid Senior Staff Engineer, Scientist

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• Job title: Senior Staff Engineer, Scientist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $70,595 - $106,945 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Seattle, United States

About the role

• Senior Staff Engineer or Scientist in environmental sciences for contaminated site assessment and remediation. Join innovative Geosyntec in Seattle, WA or Costa Mesa, CA offices with potential remote work.

Responsibilities

• Assess exposure and human health risks from chemicals in contaminated environmental media and consumer products.
• Manage and analyze data to support environmental investigations and prepare tables, figures, and other data exhibits.
• Perform calculations to support human health and ecological risk assessments and environmental regulatory compliance.
• Conduct literature searches and critically review and evaluate scientific studies regarding toxicological, biological, chemical fate and transport, exposure, or other risk assessment subject matters.
• Prepare technical reports, letters, memoranda, workplans, proposals, investigative reports, and presentations.
• Focus on team project delivery, taking direction primarily from supervisors and Project Managers.
• Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations, as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in biology or toxicology (required)
• Advanced degree with focus on aquatic toxicology (M.S. or Ph.D.) (preferred)
• At least 2 years of post-academic environmental consulting or research experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience (required)
• Experience and knowledge with aquatic toxicity (required)
• Experience and knowledge with PFAS bioaccumulation and toxicity (required)
• Knowledge of and experience in exposure assessment, human health risk assessment and ecological risk assessment (preferred)
• Prior research experience in environmental science (preferred)
• Experience with risk communication to stakeholders (preferred)
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements related to environmental remediation (preferred)
• Proven ability to publish scientific articles and/or present at scientific conferences (preferred)
• Prior internship experience in environmental consulting (valuable)
• Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and related software; AutoCAD and/or GIS (preferred)
• Excellent writing and communication skills (required)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing (required)
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel (required)

Benefits

• 9 paid holidays
• 2 floating holidays
• 8 sick days
• minimum of 11 vacation days per year
• medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• variety of leaves of absences and other benefits