Geologist III

Job Title:  Geologist III
City & State Location:  Billings, Montana or Remote in Montana or Mountain West

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 seeking a Geologist III for work supporting projects in the Billings, Montana area. This position will be either in office, hybrid, or full-time remote role, working from home or the job site. Preference will be given to candidates who are within commuting distance of Billings, Montana, but HGL will also consider candidates in Montana or the greater Mountain West who can travel to project sites as needed. 

This position will support remedial design work for the State of Montana Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency remedial investigation (RI) locally, and occasional travel to other environmental projects within the Mountain West U.S. area. Projects commonly involve investigation and remediation of former mining sites with groundwater and soil impacted by acid mine drainage, mining waste, and emerging contaminants (such as PFAS), chlorinated solvents, and petroleum compounds.

 
Responsibilities/Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING   

• Supporting environmental field investigations and remediation projects at hazardous waste/contaminated sites under the direction of project managers and senior staff members.
• Ensuring field operations are conducted in a safe manner in accordance with project specific Site Safety and Health Plans / Health and Safety Plans.
• Participating on field teams for collection of water, soil, soil vapor, surface water, sediment and biota samples utilizing various sampling techniques.
• Performing / conducting field subcontractor oversight inclusive of drilling, monitoring well construction, waste transportation and disposal, and heavy equipment operation.
• Contributing to the preparation of work plans and project deliverables (e.g., UFP-QAPPs, RI Reports, SSHP/HASPs, PowerPoint presentations, and technical memoranda).
• Assisting with data entry, analysis, and interpretation of environmental data using statistical and visualization tools.
• Provide support remotely at home office with travel (up to 40% during field season) as needed. Travel will focus on in-state project support in Montana and other Mountain West EPA Region 8 task orders, and other nationwide work as needed.

Required Skills

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL 

• A BA/BS degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Geophysics, Geological/Geotechnical Engineering or a related field. 
• 6+ years of related work experience. An advanced degree may decrease the number of years of work experience required.
• If a primarily remote position, time management and the ability to communicate well through written and verbal conversations is important.
• Previous experience with environmental investigations (CERCLA, RCRA, DoD, DoE, State, and/or EPA projects) including various groundwater, soil, vapor intrusion, surface water, sediment and biota methodologies.
• Experience with monitoring well drilling, logging, installation and sampling; developing boring logs and review/interpretation of geological boring logs.
• Prior experience contributing to the preparation of technical reports, remedial designs, memoranda, and work plans.
• A demonstrated history of responsibility, initiative, motivation, and creativity.
• Ability to work within a team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and organization.
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, and other MS Office applications.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Preferred Skills

WHAT YOU NEED TO STAND OUT – Preferred, not required

• Master’s degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Geophysics, Geological/geotechnical Engineering or a related field. 
• Experience as a Field Team Lead or Site Health & Safety Officer for environmental investigations/remediations.
• OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety and Health certificate.
• Abandoned Mine Lands Experience. 
• EPA Superfund experience. Direct experience working with EPA Region 8.
• Strong work ethic with the desire to learn and expand role by taking on more responsibilities.
• PFAS sampling and remediation experience.
• Experience or training in developing hydrogeologic conceptual site models (CSMs) and modeling (surface water or groundwater).
• Experience or training with GIS, Carlson, Civil 3D or similar, 2d/3d data visualization software such as Earth Volumetrics Studio.

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. 

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 www.hgl.com/careers/.

The salary range for this position ranges from $71,868 - $107,801. 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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