# Early Career Geologist

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Savannah, GA
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Full-Time Early Career Geologist for their Savannah, GA office to support site investigation and remediation projects. This role involves hands-on field work, environmental data collection, regulatory compliance, and technical reporting.

**Responsibilities:**

- Assist with Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, site reconnaissance, and environmental due diligence activities.

- Conduct field investigations, including soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, soil vapor, and air sampling.

- Support installation, development, and sampling of monitoring wells and other environmental investigation points.

- Document field activities through detailed field notes, photographs, sample logs, chain-of-custody records, and daily reports.

- Coordinate with subcontractors, laboratories, drillers, and internal project teams to support safe and efficient field execution.

- Assist with data review, interpretation of analytical results, preparation of tables and figures, and development of technical reports.

- Support remediation activities, including excavation oversight, groundwater monitoring, remedial system operation and maintenance, and confirmation sampling.

- Follow company and client health and safety requirements, including preparation for field work and participation in job safety briefings.

- Maintain equipment, manage supplies, and support project logistics for field assignments.

- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality environmental consulting services.

- Undertake project-based travel and site work, both within the United States and internationally.

- Complete training on assigned tasks.

- 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.

**Requirements:**

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

- The ability to obtain professional licensure (GIT and/or PG).

- 0 to 1 years of relevant experience in environmental consulting, field investigation, remediation, or a related technical field.

- Strong interest in site investigation, environmental sampling, remediation, and regulatory compliance.

- Ability to perform field work in varying weather conditions and site environments.

- Ability to operate, troubleshoot, and maintain field testing and monitoring equipment.

- Ability to lift and transport a minimum of 50 pounds on a regular basis during the course of field work.

- Valid driver’s license and ability to safely operate a motor vehicle on behalf of the company to travel locally or regionally for field assignments.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail in documentation and reporting.

- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation and communication software, technology, and tools.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team while managing multiple priorities.

- Commitment to safe work practices and a proactive safety mindset.

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

- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.

- Willingness to travel for field work as dictated by project demands, which could be as much as 75% of the time and to periodically adjust personal schedules to meet project needs.

- The selected candidate must have the ability to work in the United States immediately.

- Must be able to pass a HAZWOPER physical and be medically able to wear a tight-fitting respirator / Fit for Duty Exam / Medical Exam.

- This role is subject to a client-mandated drug/alcohol testing policy.

**Benefits:**

- No specific benefits mentioned.

## Skills

### Required
- Geology
- Hydrogeology
- Environmental Consulting
- Field Investigation
- Remediation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Technical Reporting
- HAZWOPER

### Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, or closely related discipline
- 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER)
- Experience performing soil and rock logging
- Experience performing soil, sediment, soil gas, and/or groundwater sampling
- Familiarity with various drilling techniques and experience with installation of groundwater monitoring and/or remediation wells
- Experience with software such as AutoCAD, ArcGIS, EQuIS, OpenGround, Rockworks, EVS, and/or Leapfrog
- Experience with groundwater and plume modeling software, such as Surfer, MODFLOW, MODPATH, and/or MT3DMS

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