Senior Environmental Scientist - Remediation; Minneapolis

Join to apply for the Senior Environmental Scientist - Remediation (Minneapolis) role at Burns & Mc Donnell

3 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Join to apply for the Senior Environmental Scientist - Remediation (Minneapolis) role at Burns & Mc Donnell

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

Direct message the job poster from Burns & Mc Donnell

Description

Burns & McDonnell’s team in its Upper Midwest Region is looking for a Senior Environmental Scientist to support environmental investigation and remediation projects for clientele within a variety of business sectors including electrical utility, solid waste, mining, manufacturing, oil and gas, renewable energy, and others.

Burns & McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned firm ranked numerous times on FORTUNE’s List of 100 Best Companies to Work For and voted as a Best Place to Work in cities across the United States.

This position offers challenging work with significant project variety at a successful, growing company that has been in business for more than 125 years. The individual will have the opportunity to tackle most challenging environmental issues of today leveraging cutting-edge technology applied in the remediation industry, including 3D visualization modeling, forensic studies and investigation, high resolution site characterization (HRSC), remediation systems engineering design, etc.

Additionally, the ideal candidate will help expand our remediation and environmental engineering services and client base in the region.

This position requires experience performing and managing all aspects of environmental site assessment and remediation projects from initial site assessments to hydrogeologic investigations, development of conceptual site models, contaminant fate and transport, remedial action design and implementation, etc.

Experience with emerging contaminants of concern including PFAS and experience investigating coal combustion residuals (CCR) is preferred.

The successful candidate will develop and support multiple projects from a remediation perspective as well as manage and complete independent project tasks. These activities may include marketing and business development, proposal development, developing scopes of work and schedules, providing technical experience in the development of client deliverables, negotiating with regulatory agencies, managing subcontractors, contracts, schedules, and budgets.

Duties

The Senior Environmental Scientist will work within our region’s Remediation Department and collaborate broadly to support our Environmental Services Global Practice (division) national Civil Construction group and generally perform the following duties:

• Performing task and project management responsibilities for manufacturing, transportation, solid waste, Coal Combustion Residual (CCR), and other civil/environmental engineering projects.
• Managing accuracy, scope, budgets, contracting, quality control and quality assurance, safety, reporting, schedule and client expectations.
• Act as a technical resource for environmental remediation projects.
• Supporting remediation system design and operation, including in-situ remedies, cover systems, recovery and treatment, waste management, etc.
• Client and business development, networking and broadcasting.
• Assisting with and leading proposal and cost estimating efforts for environmental engineering and remediation projects.
• Interface with various agencies, clients and internal and external team members and partners.
• Mentoring and generally working closely with junior level environmental staff.
• Assist with recruiting, development, and training of staff.
• Other duties, as assigned.

• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science or related degree from an accredited program.
• Minimum of 8 years of related professional experience. Preferably consulting experience with environmental assessment and remediation related projects for a variety of clientele including electrical utility, solid waste, manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and public sector.
• Experience investigating and managing coal combustion residual (CCR) related…