Water Resources Geologist​/Hydrogeologist

Overview

If you’re looking for a place to advance your career, where you can contribute to a dynamic innovative firm, tackle demanding project work, and collaborate with industry recognized professionals – Geosyntec Consultants is the place for you!

Geosyntec is seeking an experienced Water Resources Geologist / Hydrogeologist to join our Seattle, WA office. As a key member of our Water Resources practice, you will work on complex projects involving hydrogeology, water supply management, and water rights permitting. Our Water Resources group works on complex projects ranging from water supply development, water supply management, water rights, mining hydrogeology, regulatory permitting, and source water protection, across the Pacific Northwest.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

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Collaboration and mentoring are cornerstones of Geosyntec’s culture. You should expect to work closely with experienced professionals who will help integrate you into Geosyntec’s culture as you advance to this next stage of your career. We operate under a sell‑manage‑do culture, so you will work on challenging technical projects while leveraging your existing knowledge and experience to help Geosyntec expand its current practices and capabilities through business development and client management.

Some of the key responsibilities for this position include:

• Lead and manage regional and local scale hydrogeologic analyses for water supply management, regulatory compliance and new source development;
• Design and implement field programs and studies of aquifer systems;
• Oversee and manage the installation and testing of groundwater supply wells (and monitoring wells);
• Support and manage aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) and surface recharge basin projects
• Lead and support permitting and regulatory compliance projects, including water rights;
• Consultation and interaction with client representatives and other project stakeholders, including regulatory agencies and the public;
• Preparing technical reports, letters, memoranda, plans, specifications, and proposals;
• Task‑manager and project‑manager responsibility for scoping, performing, managing, and delivering multiple concurrent project assignments;
• Provide support for business development, new and existing client interaction, lead generation, and proposal development;
• Attend and publish prominent industry conferences; and
• Recruiting, supervising, and mentoring junior staff;
• Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations, as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental or related engineering discipline with emphasis on water resources. (required)
• Advanced degree the same. (preferred)
• Professional registration (i.e., P.E. P.G.). (required)

• At least 7+ years of direct hydrogeology consulting experience working on water resources projects, or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• Experience with multi-disciplinary project teams. (required)
• Experience with project management and business development. (required)
• Excellent leadership and detail‑orientation skills. (required)
• Experience with design and implementation of field hydrogeology programs in glacial, basalt, and clastic aquifer systems (required)
• Familiarity with numerical modeling of groundwater flow and well test analysis. (required)
• Ability and…