PFAS Specialist

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Scientist or Engineer with PFAS and emerging contaminant experience to join our Environmental Business Line team in support of our Federal program in Portland, Maine. We are looking for a task-oriented candidate with strong organizational and team building skills, who feels comfortable with a dynamic workflow.

You will work alongside Senior Scientists, Project/Program Managers, and Technical Experts on various activities in support of diverse environmental assessment and remediation projects. This opportunity is to support our growing emerging contaminant project portfolio and remediation capabilities.

Role accountabilities:

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing program support to a variety of projects underway for the US Federal Government and industrial clients.
• Travel (25%): assisting in the field with investigations and sampling, conducting pilots and full-scale remedial efforts, and participating in face-to-face client, technical, and other stakeholder meetings.
• Assisting with the development of technical reports, presentations, cost-estimates, and proposals
• Working effectively with local, national, and global technical and client teams.
• Preparing Feasibility Studies
• Developing visual, graphical, and tabular summaries of environmental data and trends
• Coordinating work schedules with subcontractors
• Conducting project related research (historical data, regulations, etc.)
  

Key skills:

• Demonstrated experience with emerging contaminants and PFAS investigation and remediation for both soil and groundwater.
• Experience working for Department of Defense clients
• Proficient with Microsoft Office-based software programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing.
• Focus on health and safety
• Demonstrated teambuilding and organizational skills #LI-AG1

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Hydrogeology, or closely related field
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. (or PhD) in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology, or closely related field

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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