# Senior Principal Geologist

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Redmond, WA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,600 - $175,000
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Senior Principal Geologist / Senior Technical Manager to join our Pacific Northwest Site Investigation & Remediation Team.

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted technical advisor for complex environmental projects involving contaminated sites, groundwater, sediment, and remedial actions.

**Technical Leadership and Subject Matter Expertise**

- Serve as a senior technical expert and reviewer for site investigation, remediation, groundwater, and environmental compliance projects.

- Lead development of conceptual site models, investigation strategies, remedial alternatives analyses, and corrective action approaches.

- Provide technical oversight of complex environmental assessments and remedial programs under MTCA, CERCLA, RCRA, and related regulatory frameworks.

- Interpret complex environmental, hydrogeologic, geochemical, and regulatory data to support sound technical and business decisions.

- Deliver technical excellence through peer review and quality assurance of project work products.

**Client and Regulatory Advisory Services**

- Serve as a trusted advisor to public- and private-sector clients on environmental liability, remediation strategy, compliance, and risk management.

- Maintain productive working relationships with federal, state, tribal, and local regulatory agencies.

- Support remedy selection, regulatory negotiations, permit compliance, and long-term site management decisions.

- Effectively communicate technical findings and recommendations to clients, regulators, stakeholders, and project teams.

**Project Leadership and Delivery**

- Lead technical aspects of complex site investigation and remediation projects from planning through implementation.

- Collaborate with project managers to develop scopes of work, budgets, schedules, and technical approaches.

- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams including engineers, chemists, toxicologists, risk assessors, GIS specialists, and data managers.

- Support successful project execution while maintaining technical quality, safety, and client satisfaction.

**Business Development and Market Growth**

- Leverage existing client relationships to support continued growth of WSP's Site Investigation & Remediation practice.

- Contribute technical leadership to proposals, interviews, and strategic pursuits.

- Identify opportunities to expand services for existing clients and develop new client relationships.

- Represent WSP at industry conferences, professional organizations, and regulatory forums.

**Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing**

- Mentor junior and mid-level staff in technical practices, problem solving, and client service.

- Support development of future technical leaders within the organization.

- Promote collaboration, innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across project teams.

**Required Qualifications**

- B.S. degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science, or related discipline.

- 12+ years of progressively responsible environmental consulting experience.

- Professional registration as a Licensed Hydrogeologist (LHG), Professional Geologist (PG), or equivalent credential.

- Demonstrated expertise with Washington MTCA, Oregon environmental regulations, CERCLA, RCRA, and associated regulatory programs.

- Significant experience leading contaminated site investigations and remedial actions.

- Strong technical writing, data interpretation, and communication skills.

- Proven ability to manage complex technical issues and client relationships.

- Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.

- Commitment to safety, quality, and professional excellence.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- M.S. degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Engineering, or related field.

- Recognized technical expertise in remediation, groundwater investigations, contaminated sediment, or environmental compliance programs.

- Established relationships with Pacific Northwest industrial, utility, municipal, state, or federal clients.

- Experience supporting large, multi-stakeholder remediation programs.

- OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification.

- History of successful proposal support and project capture activities.

**Benefits**

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

**Compensation**

Expected Salary (all locations): $125,600 - $175,000

## Skills

### Required
- Geology
- Hydrogeology
- Environmental Science
- MTCA
- CERCLA
- RCRA
- Licensed Hydrogeologist (LHG)
- Professional Geologist (PG)

### Nice to have
- M.S. degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Engineering
- OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification

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