Division: Environmental, Remediation, and Construction Services
FLSA Status: Full Time, Exempt
Compensation: Depends on Experience
Reports To: Senior Project Manager
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm or as needed to successfully accomplish the essential functions of these positions. Overtime is anticipated and may be required.
Travel Requirements: Varies, up to 50%
Work Location: West Sacramento, CA Office
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SUMMARY: This position will be based in West Sacramento, CA, supporting the Senior Project Manager(s) in conducting historical records research or performing site investigations to identify or recommend solutions to mitigate pollutants or hazards that affect the environment. The Staff Environmental Chemist will utilize their knowledge of various scientific disciplines to participate in the collecting, synthesizing and documentation of data from investigated areas and assisting in the preparation of project documentation.
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reasonable Accommodations Statement: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. To the extent practicable in a field setting, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Staff Environmental Chemist’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Conduct and oversee site investigation and assessments in accordance with state and federal regulatory guidelines and as directed by project management staff
• Perform Quality Control (QC) review of field data and forms for legibility and accuracy.
• Import field data (e.g., coordinate information, sample depth, photos, field notes, QC documentation) to Share Portal and Environmental Information Management (EIM) databases, as appropriate.
• Initiate and maintain data tracking activity for laboratory samples.
• Review boring logs and prepare for entry into EIM.
• Perform database queries as needed and requested by project staff. Prepare charts or graphs from data samples, providing summary information on the environmental relevance of the data.
• Prepare working summary reports of field and analytical laboratory data, and prepare data tables for reporting purposes.
• Provide electronic data deliverables as needed.
• Adhere to schedule and financial objectives as specified by project management
• Control time and expenditures to achieve project goals.
• Update job knowledge by reading historical documentation, publications; and other information specifically related to applicable disciplines.
• Enhance company and organization reputation by accepting ownership for the team performance and adding value to assigned tasks.
• Supervise environmental technicians and other technical staff in data collection, and evaluation and review of data collected in support of environmental restoration objectives.
• Provide scientific and technical guidance, support, coordination, and oversight to project staff preparing written project documentation.
• Review and provide documentation of environmental technical standards, guidelines, policies, and formal regulations to ensure proposals meet all appropriate requirements.
• Determine data collection methods to be employed in site surveys and investigations.

COMPETENCIES
• Self-Motivated – Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
• Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Time Management – Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Team Worker – Ability to inspire and work within a group of people to work toward a goal.
• Goal Oriented – Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
• Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES
• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, government regulations, executive orders, and agency rules governing environmental restoration projects and programs.
• Knowledge of the practical application of science and technology.
• Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
• Knowledge of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
• Use scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Combine various sources of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

EDUCATION
• Bachelors’ degree in chemical, physical or environmental science, plus three (3) to five (5) years of experience conducting environmental investigations for jobs similar in size and complexity,
• A broad understanding of federal and California environmental regulations with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience at RCRA/CERCLA sites,
• Current appropriate training to include at a minimum:
o Up to date 40 Hour HAZWOPER,
o OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety, and
• Demonstrated ability to plan and conduct field environmental assessments of sites where hazardous and/or toxic waste may have been released from past operations.

Other Requirements
Meeting safety responsibilities and goals. Achieving quality requirements. Conducting team field investigations. Supervising junior staff. Understanding best management practices as they relate to environmental investigations. Implementing process improvement, and tracking and reporting on changes to scope and schedule.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG TESTING: Required pre-employment drug testing utilizing urinalysis collection. A positive drug test makes the candidate ineligible for employment.
SHAREHOLDER PREFERENCE: Preference will be given to shareholders, shareholder descendants and/or shareholder spouses in accordance with their Policy.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities
At-Will Employment: This job description is not an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

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• Location: Sacramento, CA
• Compensation: DOE
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