Senior Hydrogeologist

Job Description

Job Description

EnSafe is seeking a Senior Hydrogeologist to join our team of environmental professionals working on complex and rewarding projects across the country based out of any of EnSafe’ s offices listed : Jacksonville, Tampa, Pensacola, FL; Houston, TX; Memphis, Knoxville, Nashville, TN; or Hartford, CT

EnSafe is an employee-owned global environmental consulting and engineering firm. We strive to provide cutting-edge, creative solutions for our clients. EnSafe specializes in custom solutions in Environmental Management and Planning, Civil Design Engineering, Environmental Restoration, Natural & Water Resources, Health & Safety, and Technology, with offices operating within the U.S.

What We Are Looking For

As Senior Hydrogeologist, you will lead and contribute to multidisciplinary projects involving environmental site investigation, remediation, groundwater modeling, and regulatory compliance. We offer a workplace culture that promotes autonomy, continuous learning, and professional growth.

What You Will Be Doing :

• Designing, directing, and executing complex site investigations, including the planning and implementation of drilling, geophysical logging, aquifer testing, sampling of various media, and installation of monitoring and recovery wells.
• Leading project teams in developing conceptual site models and conducting contaminant fate and transport evaluations.
• Managing and overseeing field activities, ensuring health and safety compliance, subcontractor coordination, and efficient scheduling.
• Interpreting hydrogeologic data and synthesizing field and analytical results to support reporting, risk assessments, remedial design, and regulatory decision-making.
• Practical use of advanced groundwater models to support site characterization and remediation / optimization strategies.
• Writing and reviewing technical reports, work plans, sampling plans, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Serving as a technical advisor, mentoring junior staff, performing quality control reviews, and helping the next generation of hydrogeologists grow.
• Interfacing with clients and regulatory agencies as a subject matter expert, providing strategic guidance, presenting findings, and supporting negotiations.
• Performing optimization of passive and active remedial alternatives, including LTM.
• Building, calibrating, and validating analytical and numerical soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, and indoor air (attenuation) modeling.
• Providing litigation support for discovery, affidavits, deposition, and trial.
• Performing sequence stratigraphy evaluations and reporting.
• Performing statistical evaluations, background studies, and associated reporting.
• Travel up to approximately 30% may be required, including occasional overnight trips.

What You Will Need :

About EnSafe

EnSafe began as a two-person firm in 1980, navigating complex regulatory compliance issues on behalf of our clients. We nurture our people with growth and development opportunities. We build enduring, trustful relationships with each of our clients, with a focus on high ethical and safety standards. We build this reputation by attracting high-quality people and retaining them for the long term.

At EnSafe, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at our company.

EnSafe is committed to being an EEO employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age (except for bona fide occupational qualifications), sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military or veteran status, any other status protected by federal, state, or local law, or association with a person on the basis of one or more of the foregoing.

Check us out on the web at www.ensafe.com