Assistant Consultant, Environmental Engineering

Our Business

We are a global leader in environmental consulting - made stronger with the recent acquisition of Wood’s Environment & Infrastructure business and Golder - with world-class expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG), climate resiliency & sustainability (CRS), and earth sciences. Combined we have over 20,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide collaborating daily to protect and conserve natural landscapes, create firm foundations for communities to stand on, and champion sustainable development to combat climate change. 
 
As part of the team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Early Career Environmental Engineer to sit in our Charlotte, North Carolina office and be involved in projects with the Site Investigation and Remediation, Earth & Environment Team. Our growing organization is committed to developing smart solutions that meet our client’s objectives and solves their environmental challenges. This position offers exposure to environmental assessment, soil and groundwater remediation, vapor intrusion mitigation systems, impact assessment, and environmental permitting. You will have the opportunity to contribute to environmental site investigations and remediation processes, determinations of overall risks to ecological and human health, corrective action strategies, classification of contaminated materials, and assisting with recommendations to avert degradation of air, water, and land resources. 

Your Impact

• Assist in the development and implementation of environmental site investigation and remediation strategies for a diverse client base (federal, municipal, commercial, industrial) and projects from various regulatory programs (Superfund, Brownfields, Voluntary Cleanup, etc.)
• Perform multi-media investigations activities that may include subsurface boring and trenching oversight, groundwater monitoring and injection/recovery well installations, aquifer testing, geologic logging, multi-media sampling, and field mapping.
• With minimal supervision, assist with collecting, extracting, identifying, and compiling environmental data from soil sampling, soil gas sampling, groundwater sampling, stormwater sampling, boring logs, and other matrices for projects, investigations, and surveys.
• Conduct analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of geologic, hydrogeologic, and analytical data obtained during field investigations.
• Assist with work plan preparation and coordination of field work permitting for environmental site assessment and remediation projects.
• Maintain quality control standards and procedures for accurate and precise measurements and statistical analysis of environmental data.
• Perform basic professional environmental engineering work relating to air emission sources, hazardous or solid waste facilities, water supply facilities, industrial and agricultural facilities, pollution sources, existing site conditions, water resource, and underground storage tanks.
• Assists with verifying the characteristics of a site, providing technical assistance on various environmental issues.
• Write technical reports summarizing research with findings and conclusions, generating complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems and software.
• Comply with safety guidelines and site-specific procedures which include but is not limited to, the maintenance of sample collection, laboratory documentation, written procedures, and field/work site logbooks.
• Assist technical staff and project managers with environmental risk identification and assessment, offering input and analysis with low-level threat mitigation activities and remediation projects.
• Work with cross-functional teams in executing project work.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental, Geotechnical, Civil, or Chemical Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• 0 to 1 years of relevant post-education experience in environmental engineering.  
• Analytical mindset with an ability to exercise sound judgement in evaluating situations and making decisions.
• Capable self-leadership with attention to detail, accuracy, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Knowledge of engineering principles, practices, and methods and their application to environmental and project work-related issues. 
• Familiarity with the concepts of reducing and eliminating the use or generation of hazardous substances, processes, or products., as well as awareness of mitigation programs.
• Familiarity with relevant environmental laws, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
• Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation and communication software, technology, math principles, predictive models, and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Engineer-in-Training Certification, or ability to obtain one.

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