Project Engineer – Recognized Bay Area Environmental Engineering Firm

Company:  Safeguard Global Recruiting
Location: Santa Cruz
Closing Date: 29/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer or Senior Engineer for a specialized, fast-growing environmental engineering firm. This role will lead projects involving groundwater, soil, and soil vapor assessment and remediation, and a varietyof geological and civil projects. The incumbent will work in a close‐knit project team and could mentor a staff of up to four (4) team members.


Job Responsibilities:

  • Prepare and write technical documents and various reports(or portions thereof),including site assessment, remediation implementation, operations and maintenance, remedial progress, and others
  • Check work products for accuracy
  • Upload site data and completed reportsto State databases
  • Adhere to all Health and Safety programs and preparingHealth and SafetyPlans and Job Hazard Analyses for field work
  • Evaluating the site’s geological and chemicaldata to develop remedial strategies and action plans
  • Remedial system design including using AutoCAD and other drafting software
  • Liaison with permitting agencies to securepermits for site work (well installation, streetencroachment, tank removal,etc.)
  • Liaison with analytical laboratories to arrange deliveryand appropriate lab analysis of samples
  • Liaison with various subcontractors (drillers, surveyors, etc.) to scheduleand oversee site activities
  • Prepare cost estimates for site assessment, remediation, and related activities and liaison with regulatory agencies and clients
  • Turn in receiptsand sub‐contractor invoices and enter billable time into a Company accounting database
  • Stay abreastof regulatory and technical developments affecting Company’s clientsand projects
  • Project management responsibilities including planning and executionof projects, client relationship management, preparing budgets and serving as the regulatory liaison and negotiator
  • Interview, hire, train, mentor and lead staff in environmental consulting and related technical and regulatory areas
  • Oversee site assessment, investigation and remedial activities, soil excavations and aboveground/underground tank removals
  • Soil, groundwater, and soil vapor sample collection, logging, and preservation and proper containerization and disposalof investigation‐derived wastes
  • Maintaining site organization and cleanliness during field activities
  • Oversight of complexfield programs, potentially involving multiple staff and multiplesubcontractors
  • Site meetings with regulatory agency representatives and clients to discuss and review project goals, plans, and progress


Required Experience, Skills and Education:

  • 3 to 8 years' experience in environmental assessment and remediation and project management
  • Knowledge and experience in environmental regulations relating to site assessment
  • Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills
  • Ability to work effectively within small projectteams and strong mediating skills
  • Ability to produce quality work products on time and withinassigned budgets
  • Passion for learning new things and sufficient background in math, chemistry and physics to apply knowledge to environmental remediation
  • Strong systems experience with Microsoft Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint
  • Experience in supervising employees and consultants involved in each project.
  • Ability to travel to project locations as required.
  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Civil, Environmental or Chemical Engineering
  • California Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required

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