Site Assessment and Remediation Professional Geologist or Environmental Engineer (Long Beach, CA)

​We are seeking a junior geologist or environmental engineer with 3-5 years of experience to join our team of Site Assessment and Remediation experts. The team works to serve our existing and rapidly growing client base in multiple sectors; including industrial clients (ie: aerospace, manufacturing, food service, etc.), healthcare, biotech, schools and universities, development (real estate and construction), and municipal. This position is located in Long Beach, California.

Alta Environmental, an NV5 Company, is growing a different kind of consulting firm – a firm of dynamic, motivated, and entrepreneurial technical experts. Alta|NV5 is known for anticipating and resolving sustainability, compliance, remediation and restoration needs for the most significant industrial businesses and agency sector organizations. We are the best and brightest, a team of technical and scientific leaders and innovators who keep ahead of trends and requirements. Our experts are trusted advisors to clients across many industries and sectors. We help our clients obtain and maintain compliance with federal, state and local environmental regulations; and we specialize in the complex California regulatory agencies’ requirements. Our work makes businesses and communities cleaner, stronger, and safer.
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What does all that mean for you? It means you’ll be part of a strong team that wants you to succeed and will give you the tools to do so. It means you’ll be working with smart and dedicated people who work hard but like to have fun. It means there’s plenty of opportunity to increase your skills and share your ideas. And, probably most importantly, we do important work in a business that continues to expand and grow – which means you can develop strong technical expertise, expand your existing skills, learn from top experts in the business, and grow your career with us! If that matches where you want to be in your career and how you like to work, let us hear from you!

Alta|NV5 is proud to be a 2017, 2018, and 2019 Zweig Group Best Firms To Work For. This award which recognizes the top architecture, structural engineering, civil engineering, environmental, geotechnical engineering, landscape architecture/planning, and multidiscipline firms in the US and Canada based on their workplace practices, employee benefits, employee retention rates, and much more. Alta|NV5 is also a Zweig Hot Firm recognized for fast growth.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Conducting site assessment/remediation; hydrogeology; and environmental risk management studies and services.
• Performing field studies, data gathering and sampling activities at sites including soil and groundwater sampling, groundwater flow and hydrogeological data evaluation, chemical data and contaminant fate and transport evaluation, well installation, aquifer testing, and groundwater monitoring, groundwater and soil remediation evaluation, environmental due diligence, regulatory compliance services, and permit acquisition.
• Keeping abreast of federal, state and local regulations and published scientific findings as they pertain to the project assigned.
• Client service and identifying client needs.
• Working closely with project managers to deliver projects on schedule and budget.
• Preparing technical reports and supporting cost estimates.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited university in geology, hydrogeology, or civil/environmental engineering or other related science with at least 3 years of demonstrated consulting experience in California.
• Professional Geologist,  Geologist in Training, or Professional Engineer, or Engineer in Training.
• Operational knowledge of computer databases and office programs (MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word).
• OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER Certification.
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Ability to work outdoors in field sampling conditions and lift 50 lbs.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to prepare reports and proposals
• Excellent writing and analytical skills a must.

Next Steps:
Please send resume and cover letter to Resumes@altaenviron.com. You must include “Open Position: Geologist SAR” in the subject line.