Entry-level Environmental Scientist
Woodard & Curran
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- Pay
- $48K to $60K
- a year
- Location
- Duluth, GA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 19
- 3 days ago
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About the company
Woodard & Curran
Environmental services · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you'll do
- Identification of ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial streams
- Completion of biological assessments such as aquatic and terrestrial habitat field surveys
- GPS/GIS data management and mapping of environmental resources
- Assistance with preparation of USACE Section 404 permit applications
- Assistance with preparation of State 401 Water Quality Certification applications (including Georgia EPD state waters buffer variances)
- Assistance with preparation of NPDES construction stormwater permit applications
- Completion of E&SC inspections on active construction sites
- Environmental sampling while following appropriate sample integrity and chain-of-custody procedures
- Sample coordination with appropriate laboratory for sample analysis
- Site visits to document other environmental compliance and associated reporting
What you need
- MS degree is preferred, but not required
- 1-2 years of field experience in the ecological and natural sciences is preferred, but not required
- Knowledge of eastern United States flora and fauna, especially wetland and riparian flora
- Formal wetland delineation training is preferred, but not required
- Proficiency with GPS hardware and software (EOS Arrow, Trimble, Garmin, Bad Elf, etc.)
- GIS experience (ESRI ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcPro, ArcMap, etc) is highly desirable, but not required
- OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification is preferred, but not required
- Ability to work long, physically demanding hours in a variety of weather conditions in remote locations
- Ability to traverse uneven terrain and carry field equipment (up to 40 lbs)
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to travel as project requires
Key skills
Geographic Information SystemsGPS data collectionwetland delineationsstream assessmentsenvironmental samplingGIS mappingtechnical report preparationenvironmental permit applicationsE&SC inspections
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We are recruiting for an entry-level scientist to work in our Duluth, Georgia office who can support environmental assessment, compliance, and remediation projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Successful candidates will be interested in ecology, wildlife biology, soil science, hydrology, environmental policy, geography, botany, earth sciences, natural resources stewardship, and water resource management. This position would report to and interact with senior scientists, engineers, and project managers, and would be involved with industrial, linear utility, oil and gas, water resources, site remediation, ecological restoration/conservation, and other environmental engineering projects. The right candidate will be professional, courteous, self-motivated, and diligent. The preferred candidate will be flexible team player and should be prepared to travel for up to 2-4 weeks at a time for certain assignments.
Typical field work activities would likely include wetland and waterbody delineations, stream assessments, threatened and endangered species habitat surveys, global positioning system (GPS) data collection, environmental site assessments, environmental sampling (i.e. soil, surface water, ground water, wastewater, etc.), and erosion and sediment control (E&SC) inspections. Typical office duties would include assistance with technical report preparation, preparation of environmental permit applications, desktop analysis of project sites using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GIS mapping of field-collected scientific data, assistance with development of presentations for technical workshops and conferences, communication with local/state/federal regulatory agencies, and some limited client communications.