Junior Environmental Engineer
GHD

Rosemont, Illinois

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Job Description

GHD is looking for a new or recent graduate to join us as a Junior Environmental Engineer in our Chicago, Illinois office. Our Chicago office is in Rosemont, Illinois near the O'Hare Airport.

The Chicago office is home to teams that specialize in environmental engineering and emergency response. The environmental engineering team supports our clients (primarily in the industrial/manufacturing, power and energy, transportation and chemical fields) with, CERCLA, RCRA's, and State-voluntary remediation programs.

GHD provides a full spectrum of environmental support including environmental assessments, compliance review, contaminant investigations, risk assessment/management, waste management, remediation systems design and implementation, and long-term operation, maintenance, and monitoring of remedial systems. GHD Chicago office is home to one of GHD's Tier 1 Emergency Response Teams, assisting clients respond to issues resulting from a failure or natural disaster.

Your responsibilities:

  • Assist in the preparation of project related technical correspondence, project proposals, technical reports, work plans, project specifications and drawings, and cost estimates and budgets.
  • Assist in data compilation, reduction, interpretation, evaluation/comparison to environmental regulatory standards.
  • Conduct environmental sampling and monitoring for various media and contaminants following established procedures.
  • Perform oversight associated with environmental investigations and remediation activities including, but not limited to subcontractor procurement and delivery, remedial system construction, and remedy implementation.
  • Be available for after hours responses to attend environmental emergencies to perform field tasks.
Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:
  • BS in Engineering (Civil or Environmental) or natural resource field (such as chemistry, biology, earth sciences, environmental sciences).
  • 2-4 years' of experience in the environmental engineering field.
  • Willingness to travel to undertake field work is required (field demands can include working extended hours, working in inclement weather conditions, and working in remote locations).
  • Willingness to respond to callouts during non-routine working hours.
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi task and prioritize to meet project timelines.
  • Flexible with project types and responsibilities.
  • Excellent English writing and verbal communication skills to effectively express technical information to multiple audiences including subcontractors, field staff, clients, colleagues, etc.
  • Valid driver's license (an MVR check will be performed prior to hire).
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Self-motivated
As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.

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About Us

Why GHD?

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

Our commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Who we are

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly 'One GHD' across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.


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