Early Career Environmental Scientist/Geologist

Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

Our Business

We are a global leader in environmental consulting - made stronger with the recent acquisition of Wood’s Environment & Infrastructure business and Golder - with world-class expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG), climate resiliency & sustainability (CRS), and earth sciences. Combined we have over 20,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide collaborating daily to protect and conserve natural landscapes, create firm foundations for communities to stand on, and champion sustainable development to combat climate change.
As part of the team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Early Career Environmental Scientist/Geologist for our Novi, MI office. Be involved in projects with our Site Investigation and Remediation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

We seek candidates who are interested and knowledgeable in environmental characterization and remediation of contaminated soil, groundwater, and sediments. Talented candidates with less experience will be considered. Preference may be given to applicants who are familiar with modern spatial data management and modeling methods, who seek to integrate and expand specialty environmental data management and modeling services for our clients on challenging sites. We also welcome individuals who enjoy working in a highly collaborative, supportive team with regular mentoring.

Your Impact

• Work and travel safely, follow company and site safety standards, maintain permits and training certificates
• Complete training on assigned tasks.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
• Assist planning for sampling and monitoring programs, including efficient and practical data collection efforts to meet characterization and environmental management objectives
• Participate in training events, project meetings, and engineering team meetings
• Perform occasional field sampling as part of team

Minimum Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with an emphasis on quality work products.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Prior internship experience, leadership experience, or relevant coursework.
• The selected candidate must have the ability to work in the United States immediately.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science or Geology, or related degree.
• 0 to 1 years of relevant post education experience.
• Strong technical writing, analytical and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA HAZWOPER 40-hour training in accordance with 29CFR 1910.120 preferred.
• The successful candidate will have 0-3 years of internship experience
• Recent graduate in an accredited Environmental Science or Geology, or related, Undergraduate or Graduate program.
• Experience using ArcGIS, mobile data collection (e.g., QNOPY), Excel, and field sampling techniques
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Additional Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Additional Details

• Travel Required: 10%
• Job Status: New Graduate
• Employee Type: Full
• All locations: US-MI-Novi
• Primary Location: NOVI - MAGELLAN DR

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. www.wsp.com

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.