Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Intermediate Hydrogeologist for our Portland, OR office. You will be involved in projects primarily with our Environment, Remediation, and Water Team and other office teams and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

Your Impact

• Providing technical field support for a variety of geologic and hydrogeologic investigations and data collection, hydrogeologic testing, geologic and hydrogeologic visualization, contaminated sites investigations
• Providing technical support in compilation and analysis of hydrogeologic data, and development of conceptual hydrogeological site models.
• Work closely with other members of the WSP teams in Redmond and other offices.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
  

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Hydrogeology, or Geology, Geosciences with a specialization in hydrogeology through course work, undergraduate projects/thesis, or internship.
• 1 to 3 years of post-education experience working as a Hydrogeologist.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word/Excel.
• Desire to effectively communicate technical information to colleagues in a readily understood format.
• All candidates must have excellent and demonstrated verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong commitment to quality and timely delivery of services.
• Strong commitment to health and safety.
• Must successfully complete and pass WSP’s Motor Vehicle screening.

• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

• Ability to work in the field 20-40% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree (M.Sc., Ph.D.) in Hydrogeology, Geology, Geosciences, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Geologist-in-Training (GIT)
• Strong all-around academic knowledge of physical hydrogeology and geology.
• Academic knowledge of water quality and geochemistry.
• Practical experience with physical hydrogeology including borehole logging, monitoring well installation, hydraulic conductivity testing, transducer deployment, and water quality and solids sampling.
• Strong computer skills including working with Python and/or R, GIS-type software, digital databases, aquifer test analysis software (AQTESOLV), and visualization software (Leapfrog).
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER training.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $65,500 - $85,500

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.