Geologist II ( Mid-Level Geologist)

Location

New Mexico | United States

Job description

Sundance Consulting, Inc. ( is a Native-Owned/Woman-Owned, award-winning environmental and natural/cultural resources Small Business. Our success has been rewarded by a deep backlog of work and we look forward to continuing to accomplish our goals. We value your innovative thinking, technical expertise, business skills, and your ability to engage with our clients and our project teams. If you are a high-achiever with a client-focus and a passion for quality, innovative solutions, and environmental stewardship, you will be a perfect match with us.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, & vision insurance, disability/life/ADD insurance, and a 401(k) with a generous matching program.

Geologist II - New Mexico or the Southwest - possibility of working remotely with some travel

Flexible Salary Range: up to $80,000

Summary of Position

Mid-level geologist position supporting and managing project and field operations across a number of interdisciplinary projects. The position will lead field activities such as soil and groundwater sampling, monitoring well installation and other project-specific tasks as needed. The hours of operation will fall between 7:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend work.

This position requires promoting our strong culture of safety, leadership, teamwork, and environmental responsibility. Tasks will include leading field work, data collection, analysis, and report preparation. Excellent written and verbal communications skills, attention to detail, and the ability to learn technical competencies for a variety of potential project types across Sundance's Environmental Compliance, Characterization and Remediation business unit.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead site coordination, investigation, assessment, and remediation activities across a number of interdisciplinary fields, including groundwater, soil and soil vapor media.
• Lead/oversee team(s) of 3-4 individuals with environmental field work using standard industry methods.
• Oversee documentation of field activities including, daily safety tailgates, daily field logs, sample collection forms, photographic documentation, GPS locations, sample tracking and management, chain of custodies, quality assurance forms, and quality control review of field documentation.
• Operation and maintenance of field equipment as needed, including delegation to field technicians, including items such as organic vapor detectors, GPS units, soil and water quality parameter instrumentation, stream flow meters, compass, metal detectors, binoculars, digital camera, etc.
• Manage small projects and project tasks.
• Author major portions of subcontractor scopes of work, technical memorandums and reports, and project planning documents such as APPs, SSHPs, Work Plans, and UFP-QAPPs.
• Oversee environmental drilling operations, including soil borings, monitoring well installation, monitoring well development, and monitoring well abandonment.
• Lead environmental compliance activities (spill response plans, investigation derived waste permitting and management, compliance audits, etc.).

Required Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree (BS) in geology or hydrogeology or another relevant field.
• Five (5) to ten (10) years of related experience with leading geologic/hydrogeologic and environmental investigation/remediation planning, implementation, data collection, documentation and reporting.
• Ability to become a registered professional in associated technical field.
• Ability to pass a background check, and obtain base passes and/or security clearance, as
• While prioritizing health and safety, this position requires an individual who is able to walk and hike through varying degrees of difficult terrain. Individuals may also be required to perform their job responsibilities in inclement weather conditions.
• Must understand, comply and lead with company safety
• Exceptional attention to
• Excellent writing and communication
• Ability to learn technical competencies for a variety of potential project
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to learn
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software applications and demonstrate the ability to learn other software applications as necessary.
• Current OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certification with current 8-hour

Preferred Qualifications:

• Registered Professional, PG or equivalent.

Working Environment and Conditions

• Travel to support field work and project-related work is a mandatory requirement of the
• Schedule according to business needs , may include occasional weekends and

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift a minimum of 25 pounds on
• Ability to pass drug screen and physical
• Ability to drive a Company truck, must pass driver record

Sundance is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority / Female / Disabled / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

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Salary

$80k