Title:
Junior Environmental Engineer
Location:
Syracuse, NY or Saratoga Springs, NY
Job Type:
Regular Full-time
What’s the Opportunity?
Anchor QEA is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented engineer to join our Syracuse or Saratoga Springs, NY office. This is a full-time opportunity to grow your engineering career while contributing to a long-term environmental remediation project. We are looking for candidates with 0 to 5 years of experience in environmental engineering design and construction support.
You’ll work on a variety of projects involving sediment remediation, stream and wetland restoration, and other in-water and upland environmental efforts. This role offers hands-on experience in site investigation, design development, and construction oversight, with opportunities to collaborate across disciplines and make a meaningful impact.
Responsibilities:
- Support planning, design, and implementation of environmental remediation projects, including dredging, capping, stream restoration, and wetland construction.
- Prepare engineering design documents, including drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and calculations.
- Contribute to technical reports such as sampling and analysis plans, feasibility studies, and design documentation.
- Provide field support for soil, sediment, and water sampling, site inspections, and construction oversight.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including engineers, scientists, planners, and biologists.
- Participate in construction support activities, including reviewing contractor submittals and RFIs.
- Ensure deliverables meet Anchor QEA’s quality standards.
- Travel occasionally for fieldwork, site visits, and project meetings (primarily in Eastern NY and Western MA).
What Are We Looking For?
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Environmental, Civil, Coastal, or Geotechnical Engineering.
- 0–5 years of experience in environmental remediation, including investigation, design, and construction.
- Experience with sediment remediation projects (such as dredging and capping) and stream or wetland restoration projects.
- Strong technical writing and communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
- Willingness to travel for field assignments and meetings.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with contaminated sediment sites and in-water remediation.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D and GIS for site planning and design.
- On track to obtain Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in NY or MA within 3-5 years.
What Can You Expect?
A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits detailed below.
Who Are We?
Anchor QEA provides environmental planning, science, and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States, our collective vision is to be an inclusive, sustainable, and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values, we strive to be our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees’ reason to be excited about going to work each morning. Learn more about Anchor QEA at
www.anchorqea.com.
How to Apply?
Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at
https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/. Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to [email protected]
Additional Information
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.
Salary and Other Compensation:
- Salary Range: $65,100 - $72,500
- Annual Bonus
- Other potential bonus types: Billable Time Bonus, Spot Bonus, Milestone Anniversary Bonus, Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus, Peer-reviewed Publication Bonus, Employee Referral Bonus.
Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:
- Healthcare: Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance
- Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
- Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
- Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
- Retirement Plan: 401k plan with an employer match * Further information on benefits: https://anchorqea.com/careers/benefits/
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What We Do
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Anchor QEA is a nationally recognized environmental science and engineering consulting firm specializing in aquatic, shoreline, and water resource projects, including coastal and flood resiliency.
With more than 500 employees in 26 offices across the United States, Anchor QEA works with public and private sector clients to address environmental issues at some of the most challenging sites in the nation by providing planning and strategy development, scientific investigation, engineering design, and construction management.
