Senior Scientist / NRDA Lead

Senior Consultant Environmental Services

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that's vital to our clients and the communities they serve. Join a team that's naturally committed to the environment. Remote/Flexible Location: Position can be based anywhere in the US.

Your Opportunity: Stantec's Environmental Services practice seeks a Senior Consultant to help manage our NRDA Program. This position requires an individual with extensive experience in leading NRDA projects. The successful professional will have a strong academic background and at least 10 years of scientific experience in a discipline and has been focused on the NRDA process for either hazardous waste releases or oil spills. A Master of Science degree in a pertinent natural science is required, but education to the Ph.D. level in a natural science is preferred. This position can be located in any Stantec office in the United States.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary, multi-organizational NRDA projects
• Utilize superb oral and written communication skills that are suitable to both scientific and informed general audiences to develop, propose, and close on NRDA projects.
• Negotiate with state and federal Natural Resource Trustees.
• Provide expert testimony in an NRDA or similar judicial proceeding or be sufficiently qualified to serve as an expert witness in such proceedings.
• The individual needs pertinent technical and peer-reviewed scientific publications/reports and must be a seasoned project or, preferably, program manager.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Specific experience in leading multi-disciplinary, multi-organizational NRDA projects is required.
• Demonstrated success in program building in emerging NRDA markets
• NRDA experience
• Experience negotiating with state and federal Natural Resource Trustees.
• Experience building and leading multi-disciplinary teams
• Project and program management experience
• Qualified to serve as an expert witness
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and a desire for team success

Desired skills: The ideal candidate should be able to successfully collaborate with a diverse team and have the ability to lead new business. Adaptability and attention to detail are necessary. The successful candidate will have the ability to manage a team of experts in the following areas:

• Environmental Chemistry
• Chemical Analysis of Pollutants
• Environmental Forensics or Forensic Science
• Limnology, Hydrology, and Oceanography
• Ecotoxicology
• Environmental Risk Assessment
• Statistical Study Design and Analysis
• Spatial (GIS) Analysis and Visualization
• Contaminant transport and fate modelling
• Population dynamics modeling
• Ecosystem modeling
• Critical Habitat Analysis
• Habitat Equivalency Assessment
• Remediation and Bioremediation
• Phytoremediation and Enhanced Phytoremediation
• Environmental and Ecological Restoration
• Aquatic science
• Avian biology

Education and Experience: M.S. or Ph.D. degree in the natural sciences or environmental engineering + 10 years of professional environmental consulting experience.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec: Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what's previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary:

• Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave.
• Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
• Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.