Principal Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead or assist in the design of remedial systems, including groundwater extraction and treatment, soil vapor extraction, thermal remediation, and in-situ injection solutions.

• Create engineering design documents, technical specifications, bid packages, cost estimates, and as-built drawings.

• Conduct remedy selection and feasibility assessments for complex sites with various contaminants and regulatory requirements.

• Design and enhance performance monitoring programs while assessing system operations and maintenance.

• Assist in permitting processes for RCRA, NPDES, and air quality regulations and prepare regulatory submissions.

• Oversee the execution of technical scopes of work, schedules, and budgets.

• Collaborate with internal teams and subcontractors to ensure quality, timely, and cost-effective project delivery.

• Draft and review work plans, technical reports, and remedial action plans.

• Facilitate effective communication and coordination across multidisciplinary teams.

• Provide technical leadership for remediation projects across the United States and potentially abroad.

• Act as a technical resource during client meetings, regulatory discussions, and proposal preparation.

• Identify opportunities for growth within existing projects and client relationships.

• Assist in proposal writing, cost estimation, and project scope development.

• Mentor team members and support the advancement of the technical practice.

• Listen, analyze, advise, and collaborate with project managers and technical teams to achieve objectives, identify challenges, evaluate options, and drive project decisions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in civil or environmental engineering.

• Professional engineer licensure.

• 15+ years of professional experience, with a strong preference for at least 10+ years in environmental consulting.

• Experience in remedial system design, including groundwater treatment, soil vapor extraction, injection technologies, and preparing as-built drawings.

• Proficiency in designing water treatment systems for chlorinated volatile organic compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, non-aqueous phase liquids, and PFAS/PFOA.

• Familiarity with soil vapor extraction systems, vapor treatment systems, sub-slab depressurization systems, NAPL recovery and management, and electrical power and control systems.

• Knowledge of industrial processes.

• Experience with remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and evaluations of remedial alternatives.

• Background in designing, evaluating, and optimizing performance monitoring programs.

• Experience in preparing technical reports, work plans, and remedial action plans.

• Project and task management experience, including planning and implementing scope, schedule, and budget.

• Strong knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations and technical guidance.

• Exceptional writing and editing skills; writing samples and/or a test exercise may be required.

• Ability to delegate design elements to create a comprehensive engineering design package.

• Capacity for adaptive engineering problem solving.

• Strong understanding of the consulting business model.

• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, communication, and collaboration abilities.

• Capability to provide support and mentorship to colleagues.

• Comfortable working in a remote office environment.

• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

• Proficient in developing presentations and facilitating meetings.

• Ability to cultivate client relationships and identify and expand business opportunities.

• Strategic and conceptual thinker with the ability to translate strategy into actionable plans.

• Independent worker with integrity, accountability, initiative, ownership, and reliability.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous Vacation Policy.

• Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision).

• 401k with matching options.

• Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage.

• Life Insurance.

• Sick Time.

• Bonus Opportunities.

• Remote office setting.