[Hiring] Principal Environmental Professional @GSI Environmental Inc.

Role Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a practice area that is complementary to GSI's existing technical service offerings. Preferred environmental disciplines include (but are not limited to):

• Engineering
• Hydrogeology
• Toxicology
• Water resources
• Groundwater modeling
• Air quality
• Risk assessment
• Compliance

The candidate will be responsible for the professional, technical, and administrative activities of the company, including:

• Developing long-range plans
• Providing effective leadership
• Developing and recommending corporate objectives, goals, and budgets
• Negotiating critical and controversial issues with officers of other organizations and companies
• Taking responsibility for a large segment of the company in area of specialization
• Directly supervising technical staff and maintaining staff utilization

While this role is currently supported through our Houston, Texas office, we are open to engaging highly qualified candidates based in the Dallas, Texas market.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in geosciences, engineering, toxicology, or related field
• 15-20 years of work experience with heavy emphasis on environmental consulting for the private sector
• Professional licensure, such as Professional Engineer (PE), Professional Geoscientist (PG), Diplomate American Board of Toxicology (DABT) certification
• Direct experience with groundwater/soil/air contamination, contaminant fate and transport, and site investigation/remediation
• Litigation experience as a consulting and/or testifying expert
• Experience serving as a primary point of contact with clients and managing project teams and budgets
• Experience developing sampling plans for remedial investigations, constructing conceptual models, conducting data analysis and visualization, and preparing technical reports
• Ability to perform independent research and analysis
• Ability to work across geographies with experts in different offices
• Strong mentoring, professional development of staff, and recruiting skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of state and federal environmental cleanup regulations is preferred (e.g., TRRP, LPST Rules, and/or Railroad Commission of Texas Cleanup Rules, RCRA, and/or CERCLA)
• 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification preferred

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits with attractive year-end bonuses
• Expectation for company share ownership
• Flexible work environment with potential for remote work
• Participation in conferences, technical presentations, and publications
• Collaborative atmosphere

Company Description

GSI is a privately held, employee-owned company offering superior compensation, benefits, and professional development, with ownership opportunities for excellent candidates. GSI is highly respected nationally and internationally for the quality of its professional environmental services and the technically advanced projects it has completed over its 39 years of operation.

GSI employs cross-disciplinary teams of environmental engineers and scientists, including:

• Toxicologists
• Geologists
• Hydrogeologists
• Ecologists
• Chemists
• Oceanographers
• Data scientists

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, GSI operates offices in:

• Texas (Austin and Houston)
• California (Irvine, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Folsom)
• Colorado (Lakewood)
• Washington (Olympia)
• Montana (Missoula and Helena)
• North Carolina (Raleigh)
• New York (Syracuse)

Our talented staff of environmental professionals perform projects nationwide and internationally.