Published: Feb 18, 2025 – The Environmental Professional coordinates and oversees fieldwork, site inspections, and multi-media sampling for various environmental projects while ensuring compliance with regulations and preparing comprehensive reports. This position manages project budgets, schedules, and documentation, including proposals, assessments, and plans, to meet client requirements effectively. The environmental professional also guides junior staff, reviews technical documents for accuracy, and participates in health and safety initiatives to maintain project standards.

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1. Environmental Professional, GreenTech Solutions, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Create new business opportunities.
- Engage with client/business development.
- Help increase market share.
- Work with the marketing team on RFP/RFQ submittals.
- Prepare and evaluate investigation and remedial cost estimates.
- Troubleshoot and problem-solve utilizing client-focused solutions.
- Develop and maintain client relationships.
- Participate in industry organizations.
- Coach other employees in business development skills.
- Manage projects, budgets, scope, change orders, and collections.
- Conduct regular evaluations and interactions with environmental agencies.
- Conduct data analysis and interpretation.
- Conduct risk identification and management
Skills on Resume:
- Business Development (Soft Skills)
- Client Management (Soft Skills)
- Market Growth (Soft Skills)
- RFP/RFQ Prep (Hard Skills)
- Cost Estimation (Hard Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
- Project Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
2. Environmental Professional, EcoSafe Industries, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Complete Desktop environmental assessments, Transaction Screen Assessments, and Phase I ESAs from start to finish.
- Review third-party environmental reports to assess the validity and accuracy of the assessment.
- Review environmental assessment reports prepared by others throughout the company.
- Maintain a close working relationship with the review team, which this role will join.
- Help manage the national network of team members completing environmental assessments along with the other members of the review team.
- Streamline systems to track, measure, report, and reduce GHG emissions and develop Science-based Targets.
- Support product development to increase energy and water efficiency within facilities and throughout the housing ecosystem.
- Support the development of climate impact governance, strategies, goals, and commitments.
- Measure and describe the impact of initiatives in reports for senior leadership, the Board of Directors, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and ESG investors.
- Manage Sustainability Office tools and resources, project planning, and roadmap development.
- Support ESG rating agency responses in partnership with the Sustainability Manager.
Skills on Resume:
- Environmental Assessments (Hard Skills)
- Report Review (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Network Management (Soft Skills)
- System Streamlining (Hard Skills)
- Product Development Support (Soft Skills)
- Impact Measurement (Hard Skills)
- ESG Support (Soft Skills)
3. Junior Environmental Professional, Pure Earth Consulting, Portland, OR
Job Summary:
- Assist with the coordination and execution of
- Phase 1 and 2 Environmental Site Assessments through to reclamation certification
- Small and large-scale remediation and reclamation projects
- Take responsibility for groundwater monitoring programs
- Detailed site assessments and vegetation management activities in forested, native prairie, cropland, and peatland settings
- Prepare detailed technical reports, work plans, and cost estimates.
- Implement corporate and client safety programs.
- Ensure that project requirements are met in a timely and effective manner.
- Prepare detailed technical reports, work plans, and cost estimates.
- Ensure that project requirements are met in a timely and effective manner.
Skills on Resume:
- Environmental Site Assessments (Hard Skills)
- Remediation and Reclamation (Hard Skills)
- Groundwater Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Site Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Technical Report Writing (Hard Skills)
- Safety Program Implementation (Soft Skills)
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
- Cost Estimation (Hard Skills)
4. Environmental Professional, Sustainable Future Corp, Raleigh, NC
Job Summary:
- Manages the development of work scope, schedule, and budget definition for proposals
- Directs the execution of work, including subcontractor procurement
- Assists the Project Manager and team in ensuring effective client and regulatory agency communication and relations
- Prepares Part 213 site investigation reports, remedial/corrective action plans, remedial designs, and related documents
- Prepare work plans, health and safety plans, and quality control plans under the supervision of senior staff
- Direct multi-media sampling, including soil, groundwater, vapor, and indoor air
- Demonstrates and maintains competency in a diverse set of local, state, and federal environmental regulations
- Complete detailed site assessments and vegetation management activities in forested, native prairie, cropland, and peatland settings
- Complete Reclamation Certificate and/or Certificate of Restoration Applications
- Prepare detailed technical reports, work plans, and cost estimates.
Skills on Resume:
- Scope Management (Hard Skills)
- Subcontractor Procurement (Hard Skills)
- Client Communication (Soft Skills)
- Investigation Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Safety Planning (Hard Skills)
- Multi-Media Sampling (Hard Skills)
- Regulation Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Site Assessment (Hard Skills)
5. Environmental Professional, Clean Air Strategies, Madison, WI
Job Summary:
- Identify and interpret applicable environmental regulations.
- Perform inspections/audits to verify site compliance.
- Interface with plant staff to identify existing and potential environmental problems.
- Participate in developing corrective and preventive measures.
- Develop procedures to ensure continuing compliance with regulations and organization standards.
- Prepare and contribute governmental reports and interface with external agencies.
- Maintain knowledge of laws and regulations affecting the organization’s operations.
- Coordinate and execute pre-construction environmental assessments, assessments, and construction monitoring of access roads, pad sites, and pipelines.
- Assist with fish habitat assessments and mapping for various types of developments.
- Coordinate and execute Environmental Impact Assessments
- Coordinate and execute reclamation and reclamation monitoring programs
Skills on Resume:
- Regulation Interpretation (Hard Skills)
- Inspections and Audits (Hard Skills)
- Problem Identification (Soft Skills)
- Corrective Measures Development (Soft Skills)
- Procedure Development (Hard Skills)
- Governmental Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Environmental Assessments (Hard Skills)
6. Environmental Professional, Earthwise Assessments, Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Collate and assess environmental data (water quality, leachate, gas concentration, and weather)
- Compile environmental data for quarterly and annual reporting to the regulator.
- Collect macroinvertebrate samples annually and reporting
- Assess waste disposal applications against landfill acceptance criteria
- Provide oversight for engineering geology and/or Environmental Site Assessments.
- Contribute directly to the preparation of technical project deliverables (e.g. work plans, remedial investigations, Phase I, II, and III Environmental Site Assessments, Designated Substances Survey).
- Contribute to Remedial Options Analysis and Remedial Action Plans.
- Engineering Design and Specifications support, including cost estimates.
- Actively communicating with co-workers, clients, subcontractors, and sub-consultants.
Skills on Resume:
- Environmental Data Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Data Compilation and Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Macroinvertebrate Sampling (Hard Skills)
- Waste Disposal Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Site Assessment Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Technical Deliverables Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Remedial Plan Contribution (Hard Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
7. Junior Environmental Professional, Nature's Pathways, Salt Lake City, UT
Job Summary:
- Site assessment support - water monitoring, soil, and rock sampling, drilling supervision, designated substances, etc.
- Project Health and Safety support, including developing and implementing project health and safety plans.
- Actively communicate with co-workers, clients, subcontractors, and sub-consultants.
- Complete site inspections for environmental site assessments, preliminary assessments, or other due diligence projects.
- Collect samples of environmental media such as soil, groundwater, surface water, soil vapor, indoor and ambient air, and sediment.
- Conduct noise and traffic studies.
- Prepare tables, boring logs, well construction diagrams, and sections within reports, including Environmental Assessment Reports, Remedial Investigation Reports, Underground Storage Tank (UST) Closure Reports, Remedial Action Work Plans, Remedial Action Reports, and other reports and permits.
- Coordinate work with and document work completed by subcontractors, including drillers, surveyors, analytical laboratories, UST removal contractors, and others.
- Phase 1 and 2 Environmental Site Assessments through to reclamation certification
- Small and large-scale remediation and reclamation projects
Skills on Resume:
- Site Assessment Support (Hard Skills)
- Health and Safety Support (Soft Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Site Inspections (Hard Skills)
- Sample Collection (Hard Skills)
- Noise and Traffic Studies (Hard Skills)
- Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Subcontractor Coordination (Soft Skills)
8. Environmental Professional, Green Horizon Advisors, Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Coordinate and manage fieldwork for multiple projects.
- Write and prepare reports such as proposals, Phase I, Phase II, Soil Management Plan, Dust Control Plan, environmental site assessment, emission, groundwater, and compliance reporting.
- Complete site inspections for reporting.
- Multi-media sampling (soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, air) and reporting.
- Compliance monitoring, permitting, document preparation, and proposals.
- Project Management of small to mid-scale projects.
- Prepare budgets and schedules for client projects
- Manage budgets, invoicing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and scheduling for client projects.
- Participate in health and safety training
- Review technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements.
- Serve as a resource for junior staff and assist staff in resolving project-specific issues.
Skills on Resume:
- Fieldwork Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Report Writing (Hard Skills)
- Site Inspections (Hard Skills)
- Multi-Media Sampling (Hard Skills)
- Compliance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
- Budget and Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Staff Mentoring (Soft Skills)