The Role
The Senior Environmental Remediation Engineer will lead remediation projects, provide technical support and mentorship, and ensure compliance with engineering practices and regulations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.
In response to our continued growth, Woodard & Curran offers a unique opportunity to join our Montana team in our Remediation Practice, which provides high-quality environmental engineering, remediation, and restoration services to commercial and industrial clients throughout the U.S. The successful candidate must be a motivated, growth-oriented professional with technical experience to lead remediation system selection, design, and evaluation, while providing guidance and mentorship to a talented team of junior level engineers and scientists. Woodard & Curran is seeking a motivated professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, a demonstrated focus on providing solutions to commercial and industrial clients using sound engineering practices with a passion for innovation and technical excellence in the remediation field.
In this role, the successful candidate will primarily provide environmental engineering support on remediation and mine site restoration projects throughout the Western United States. The ideal candidate is a technically focused individual with strong experience in the investigation, remedial design, and restoration efforts associated with complex remediation and construction projects. Experience with Superfund sites, former mine site reclamation/remediation, oil and gas well closures, and interactions with regulators is preferred. You will lead the technical delivery and QA/QC of technical services on multiple projects, must be familiar with local and federal regulations, and be able to support marketing and proposal efforts.
The position requires a strong communicator with the demonstrated ability to develop, lead, and mentor project teams, and provides an opportunity to work directly with a diverse and tremendously talented team of client managers, project managers, external consultants, and Woodard & Curran mid- and staff-level engineers, scientists, geologists and project administrative professionals who will help you deliver exceptional products to our clients. You will be an active participant in our delivery system improvement programs and help lead Practice initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for the right individual!
Location: Butte, Bozeman, or Great Falls, MT
Office Preference: Onsite
Travel: Up to 20% within the continental US
What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran?
- Function as the technical lead, serve as Engineer of Record for certain projects, and determine the overall technical approach for remediation and restoration services projects of all sizes.
- Provide engineering and design support for multiple projects.
- Coordinate the planning and implementation of environmental investigations across all media.
- Prepare feasibility studies.
- Remedial implementation (construction support, permitting, design clarifications).
- Develop, coordinate, and provide field oversight of pre-design investigations.
- Plan and implement treatability studies and pilot tests.
- Evaluate remediation performance and subsurface conditions.
- Analyze data and prepare and review technical reports, plans, calculations, drawings, figures, and technical specifications using accepted engineering practices and procedures.
- Develop study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality cost-effective work by others.
- Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
- Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects.
- Perform quality control review of calculations or drawings.
- Ensure the technical quality of the work product delivered.
- Interface with and prepare reports for clients and regulatory agencies.
- Prepare construction bid packages.
- Implement Construction quality assurance and quality control principles and practices.
- Support project managers with tasks including budgeting, schedule, scope development, and cost tracking.
- Prepare and deliver presentations and training programs to internal and external clients and professional associations.
- Mentor staff and aid the development of the next generation of engineers and technical managers within the Remediation Practice.
- Provide input on the development of Woodard & Curran design guidelines and standards.
- Provide technical leadership to Environmental Business staff, with a specific focus on the Remediation Practice.
- Develop and maintain client-advisor relationships that lead to business and repeat business for the firm.
- Assist and or lead on proposal preparation and pursuit of new client and project opportunities.
- Contribute to new and existing Large Account development and management.
- Conduct research and innovate within project opportunities to implement new and improved methods to execute solutions for our work.
- Develop and/or lead the development of tools to assist in demonstrating Woodard & Curran’s technical leadership.
- Provide field support, construction oversight, and site visits as needed.
What will you need to succeed?
- B.S. (M.S. desirable) in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering, or related area of study.
- 10 to 20+ years of professional experience with an engineering consulting firm.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license in Montana, with the ability to obtain reciprocity within six months in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming; California licensure is also desirable if feasible.
- Experience as Engineer of Record.
- Solid technical expertise in civil and environmental engineering, implementation of field investigations, analysis, documentation, and reporting of various environmental projects; the development of remedial action plans and remedial designs; and construction and implementation of remedial alternatives.
- Experience with remediation technologies related to former mine site remediation.
- Experience with stormwater calculations and knowledge of stormwater models.
- Experience with state (MT, CA, CO, NM, WY) and federal regulations.
- Experienced with CERCLA and environmental science principles, including site assessment and characterization, remediation, risk assessment, environmental chemistry, etc.
- Strong written and verbal skills.
- Contractor and subcontractor management.
- Cost estimating and project budgeting.
- Strong attention to detail and quality assurance of tasks and work product.
- Health and safety stewardship.
- Mentorship of project staff.
- Experience in the Mining and Oil & Gas markets is preferred but not essential.
Employee Support & Benefits
Retirement Savings:
• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
Time away from work:
• Observed holidays: Choose up to 9 holidays to observe annually
• Vacation: Accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked
• Sick time: Paid sick time for non-work related illness or injury.
• Parental leave: Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding
Coverage and support for your needs and well-being:
• Disability: Paid short and long term disability
• Health: Medical plan options; plus dental and vision plans.
• Life: Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families is available through Sun Life.
• Wellbeing: DarioMind assistance program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing resources.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Woodard & Curran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. We are committed to ensuring our employment practices are non-discriminatory and based solely on job-related factors.
If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact Beth Sweitzer.
Inclusion & Belonging
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to apply, as we believe that different perspectives and experiences enrich our workplace and enhance our ability to serve our clients and communities effectively.
At Woodard & Curran, we are committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive work environment. We understand that the best solutions for our clients and communities come from a culture that nurtures the success and growth of all employees. As an employee-owned organization, our dedication to fostering growth, access and opportunity empowers us to serve our clients effectively and advance our mission of making a positive impact on the world. Our success is rooted in supporting our team members to reach their full potential, enabling us to deliver the most innovative, sound and effective solutions to improve our communities around us.
Non-Solicitation Disclosure:
Please be advised that we do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from recruitment agencies. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted without a signed contract in place will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for any referral fees. Recruitment agencies must have a valid, signed agreement with our company prior to following the submission process to consider potential candidates.
Top Skills
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
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The Company
What We Do
Woodard & Curran is more than just a consulting firm – we are an integrated science, engineering, design-build, and operations company specializing in water and environmental projects. Our depth of experience across these disciplines makes us uniquely suited to handle any project with a completely tailored approach.
By partnering with our clients, adopting their priorities, and understanding the realities they face, we deliver one-of-a-kind answers to unique problems, with a truly collaborative working style. We believe that doing good work for our clients goes hand in hand with doing good work for the companies and communities we serve, and for the planet as a whole, and that all good work begins and ends with a happy, healthy team. These commitments — to each other, to our clients, and to the world around us — define Woodard & Curran.
