Assistant Project Manager, Environmental Scientist or Geologist - Military veterans preferred

Assistant Project Manager, Environmental Scientist or Geologist
2 Locations Available | req1902


Job available in these locations:
Oakland, CA, United States
Walnut Creek, CA, United States

Find your path and enjoy the journey at Haley & Aldrich. With us, you’ll tackle clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments – and, in turn, build stronger communities. You’ll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.

As a company, we aim to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well-being, and quality of life. Join us to accelerate this vision and your professional development.

We are looking to add new talent to our growing team! We are currently seeking an Assistant Project Manager, Environmental Scientist or Geologist to work in a technical support role with highly skilled professionals on diverse project teams in a dynamic environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing group and company and get involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients. This is a full-time, hybrid position located in our Oakland, CA or Walnut Creek, CA office.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
In this position, you will:

• Serve as a key member of the environmental group with the ability to step in and immediately assist remediation projects in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
• Split time between completing technical tasks such as field assignments, reporting, and analysis with task management and project management support activities.
• Leverage understanding of technical scopes of work for assigned work and their alignment with overall project objectives to deliver quality assignments.
• Demonstrate and apply technical competence, knowledge of codes and regulations, and professional standards of practice to assigned tasks.
• Collaborate closely with project teams, field teams, and health and safety personnel to address client goals and objectives, ensuring technical accuracy, quality, budget, schedule, and safety requirements are met.
• Assist the project management team throughout the project lifecycle, including cost estimating, scheduling, subcontracting, resource allocation, project planning, task delegation, and financial management.
• Prepare and/or review written communications and technical deliverables.
• Engage in internal and external communications with clients, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Coach, mentor, and direct junior staff to ensure high-quality execution of project tasks, including field activities and preparation of technical reports and deliverables, while facilitating knowledge transfer for team development.
• Plan and manage site characterization programs and coordinate field investigations.
• Lead project teams with the interpretation, evaluation, and summarization of subsurface data with other multidisciplinary team members to assess the impact and implications to project goals.
• Plan all work in accordance with company and client health and safety protocols.
• Demonstrate the company’s foundational safety behaviors.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology or related environmental field.
• 6+ years of relevant consulting experience in California with environmental regulations, environmental investigations, site characterization, remediation technologies, operation and maintenance, and construction.
• Professional CA registration or certification, as applicable.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient computer literacy skills including use of the Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint) and the ability to learn various software needed to support financial management, diverse project needs, and client requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Master’s degree in Geology or related field.
• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER training and refresher updates.

The salary for this position in Oakland, CA and Walnut Creek, CA is $95,000 - $120,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based upon a variety of factors such as education, related work experience, certificates, skills, and current market conditions. Haley & Aldrich reviews salary ranges each quarter to assess competitiveness with the market.

About Haley & Aldrich

Haley & Aldrich is committed to solving our clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments. Our team of 1,000+ engineers and scientists across the United States draws inspiration from one mission: to work closely with clients as they navigate change to create safer, more robust places to live and work. Since our founding in 1957, organizations across the public and private sectors have relied on us for technical excellence and empathetic leadership that achieve results and secure a thriving tomorrow. Find us at haleyaldrich.com and LinkedIn.

Haley & Aldrich is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, age, disability, veteran, or any other legally protected status. We offer excellent career growth, a highly competitive total compensation plan, and a solid benefits package. Interested candidates should apply on our Careers page.

Note to external search firms: Haley & Aldrich does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not be obligated to pay a placement fee for unsolicited resumes. Please do not send resumes to Haley & Aldrich employees. Please work through a Talent Acquisition Manager.

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