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Job Title: Geologist II
Location: Merritt Island, FL

Environmental Geologist II

Description/Job Summary

HGL - WHO WE ARE

At HGL, we value our employees as individuals and as important members of our team. We offer a work environment that is flexible, inclusive, and dedicated to creating a sustainable future. We provide opportunities for a dynamic work environment surrounded by industry leaders working to solve today’s environmental, infrastructure, and natural resources challenges.

HGL offers career advancement through internal and external training, skill advancement, and education. Projects at HGL span the United States and its territories all while solving problems associated with emerging contaminants (PFAS, radiological, and unexploded ordnance) along with traditional chemical contamination across all media.

With over 550 employees, HGL is large enough to execute high profile projects, but small enough that personal working environments are possible with senior management and HGL's talented team members. By joining HGL, you will be working toward restoring the environment and protecting our future.

HGL - WE INVEST IN YOU

It’s not just a job, it’s your career. HGL provides career growth opportunities via mentoring, training, education, and support for your certifications and licenses. HGL’s mission is to continually deliver new solutions and technologies for the ever-changing range of environmental challenges encountered in today’s world. HGL’s corporate culture ensures you’ll be given the opportunity for career advancement while being supported by bright, highly productive peers and leaders.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

HGL is currently seeking a junior/mid-level Geologist to support our Merritt Island, Fl Location. The person hired for this position will be supporting our long-term Florida contracts for the Air Force (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Patrick Space Force Base, and Homestead Air Reserve Base), NASA Kennedy Space Center, and regional EPA projects. Our projects are focused on environmental investigation, remediation, and performance monitoring to reach site closure. Projects commonly involve sites with groundwater and soil impacted emerging contaminants (PFAS) chlorinated solvents, and petroleum compounds.

This is a full-time position working in our Merritt Island, FL office and also includes field activities. This role will start fully in-office, and may eventually move to a hybrid work schedule after 3-6 months.

Responsibilities/Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

The person hired for this role will be responsible for:

• Managing and conducting environmental field investigations and remediation projects.
• Manage /lead field operations and conduct in a safe manner in accordance with project specific Site Safety and Health Plans / Health and Safety Plans.
• Participating and/or lead field teams for collection of groundwater, soil, surface water, and soil vapor samples utilizing various sampling techniques.
• Oversee subcontractor actions for sites including monitoring well installation, DPT sampling, waste transportation and disposal.
• Contributing to the preparation of work plans and project deliverables (e.g., UFP-QAPPs, FSPs, RI/FS Reports, SSHP/HASPs, technical memoranda).
• Assisting with data entry, analysis, and interpretation of environmental data using statistical and visualization tools.

Required Skills

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

The ideal candidate will need the following as a foundation for success in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology or related field.
• 2+ years’ experience of directly related experience in the environmental field.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills (both written and oral) including the ability to comfortably engage with varying levels of leadership, internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong writing skills with prior experience contributing to the preparation of technical reports, memorandum, and work plans.
• Previous experience with environmental investigations including various groundwater, soil, and soil vapor sampling methodologies.
• Coordination of field subcontractors for environmental investigation and/or remediation activities. The above-described experience on a CERCLA, DoD, DOE, EPA, or RCRA project/site.
• Possess or obtain OSHA HAZWOPER certification upon employment and be able to work in various levels of PPE, if required.

Preferred Skills

WHAT YOU NEED TO STAND OUT – Preferred, not required

• Experience working on U.S. federal contracts.
• Experience as a task manager or field team leader for environmental investigations.
• M.S. degree in Geology or related field.
• Geologist-in-Training or Professional Geologist Certification (or capable of obtaining designation within one year), depending on experience.

Details

MORE ABOUT HGL AND THE OPPORTUNITY

We are all unique in our experiences and diversity of backgrounds, yet we share a drive and vision in our belief that we can make a difference in improving the world we live in through collaboration, teamwork, and a positive work environment. This unites and empowers us to strive for excellence in all our endeavors.

A pre-hire drug test and physical are required.

This specific role supports a U.S. Federal government contract which requires employees engaged on this contract to be U.S. citizens.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected category. Some positions may require U.S. citizenship. Applicants who wish to request a reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process should contact Human Resources directly at 703-478-5186.

EEO notices: US Equal Opportunity Employment Poster, US Equal Opportunity Supplemental Poster, Know Your Rights, and Pay Transparency Notice.

A full list of benefits is available at

The salary range for this position ranges from $57,432- $83,276. This position's final salary can be impacted by various factors including, but not limited to, contractual requirements, geographic location, job-related education, training, experience, and skills. If your desired salary falls outside of this range, we hope you'll still apply as there may be other positions that better align.

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