Title: Senior Environmental Engineer
Location: Syracuse, NY
Job Type: Regular Full-time
What’s the Opportunity?
Anchor QEA is seeking a full-time, senior environmental engineer for our Syracuse, NY office. We are interested in a candidate that is detail-orientated, is a committed team player, and possesses strong written and verbal communication skills. This position will include management of a range of projects and tasks, ranging from small sites to large complex remediation projects. Projects are typically environmental engineering projects involving site assessment, remedial design, and construction management. Typical project locations are generally remediation projects in the Northeast, but assignments may also include work on projects nationwide. Successful candidates will have an opportunity to work on a variety of tasks of differing complexities, both independently and in team environments, learn directly from leaders in the industry, and provide mentoring to our junior staff.
Responsibilities:
- Project and task management on projects ranging from small to large complex remediation projects, including team assignments and coordination, client interaction, and production of deliverables.
- Preparation of work plans, design documents, and supporting deliverables, including remedial investigation and feasibility study reports.
- Performing engineering analyses/evaluations for a range of multi-disciplinary projects including upland remediation, sediment remediation, waterfront development, restoration, and source control projects.
- Technical writing to support the preparation of sampling and analysis plans, remedial investigation and feasibility study reports, and design documents.
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of environmental and engineering data
- Mentoring and training of junior staff on engineering principles and design, depending on existing experience and level
What Are We Looking For?
Ideal candidates will have the following:
- BS or MS degree in relevant field (e.g., Civil or Environmental Engineering)
- 15 to 20 years of relevant work experience
- Experience with upland and in-water remediation sites, including the planning and implementation of sampling, data analysis, feasibility studies, and remedial design.
- Experience with New York State Technical Guidance for Site Investigation and Remediation (DER-10).
- Experience with CERCLA and RCRA regulations and application to various stages of a remediation project.
- Experience working with regulators (USEPA, USACE, and/or State regulators).
- Experience with Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) site remediation a plus.
- Risk assessment experience a plus.
- Strong understanding of the application of engineering principles to engineering design.
- Professional Engineering (PE) licensure or ability obtain within one year
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Critical thinking and strong problem-solving skills.
- 40-hour HAZWOPER certification (CFR 1910.120) a plus.
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: $117,500-$132,000
- 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.








