# Senior Technical Manager, Nuclear Geologist

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Pittsburgh, PA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is currently seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Geologist in any of our United States offices.

The work will primarily consist of the practice of engineering geology for safety-related subsurface investigations in support of new nuclear power plants.

You will serve as a technical professional and/or leader for in-depth investigations of the geologic profile, seismicity, surface ruptures, voids, slope stability, and aquifers.

Responsible for SME innovation and administration; ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal environmental and safety regulations; and providing direction to address current and future environmental challenges in a rapidly changing and complex business climate.

**Your Impact**

- Provide proactive and strategic leadership for the scientific discipline and function, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project and work site deliverables are successfully achieved within the business sector.

- Actively foster compliance with applicable Federal, State, and Local environmental laws, policies, and regulatory requirements.

- Ensure that scientific discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition is developed and continuously improved.

- Schedule scientific discipline meetings, providing updates and recommendations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to inculcate discipline expertise and innovation into project work.

- Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics.

- Interpret and summarize data, including reports and documents that result in sound scientific and regulatory conclusions.

- Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high-level strategic advice to clients.

- Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

**Who You Are**

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, or closely related discipline.

- 10+ years of Geologist experience in a corporate environment.

- 3+ years of engineering geology in support of licensing and design of nuclear power facilities.

- Demonstrated experience working under Nuclear Quality Assurance Programs that meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B and ASME NQA-1.

- Experience with the collection of field data using soil borings, rock coring, CPTs, geophysical methods, etc.

- Experience reviewing and summarizing detailed geologic papers and studies.

- Prepare Safety Analysis Reports to support Early Site Permit, Construction Permit, and/or Combined Operating License Applications for submission to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US NRC).

- Licensed Professional Geologist.

- Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to quickly adapt to change.

- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Master’s Degree is preferred.

## Skills

### Required
- Geology
- Hydrogeology
- Engineering Geology
- Nuclear Quality Assurance Programs
- Soil Borings
- Rock Coring
- CPTs
- Geophysical Methods
- Safety Analysis Reports

### Nice to have
- Master’s Degree

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