Senior Environmental Scientist

Terracon is seeking a passionate, strategic, and clientfocused Senior Environmental Scientist to join our growing Site Investigation & Remediation team. If you're driven by curiosity, energized by solving complex environmental challenges, and ready to elevate your impact, this is your opportunity to shine.

At Terracon, you'll collaborate with industry-leading professionals, spearhead highvisibility projects, cultivate client relationships, and mentor the next generation of environmental experts-all within a flexible, supportive, employeeowned culture.
Explore your potential. Expand your influence. Build what's next.

We don't just explore what's beneath the surface - we explore what's possible.
Our St. Paul and Plymouth offices offer a hybrid and flexible work environment designed to support your success and worklife balance.

In this highly visible, client-facing role, you will:
Lead & Grow

• Build, strengthen, and expand client relationships to drive business growth.
• Represent Terracon at industry events, conferences, and professional organizations-helping us stay ahead of market trends.
• Partner with national account managers and internal teams to lead winning proposals and RFP/RFQ responses.

Deliver Technical Excellence

• Manage and direct subsurface investigations (Phase II ESAs, LSIs, vapor intrusion, remedial investigations).
• Serve as an Authorized Project Reviewer, ensuring the highest technical and regulatory standards across deliverables.

Drive Project Success

• Oversee project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate field personnel, office teams, and subcontractors to deliver on time and within budget.
• Troubleshoot challenges, remove barriers, and keep projects moving-always through a lens of safety and quality.
• Champion Terracon's Incident and Injury Free (IIF) culture through pre-task planning and safety leadership.

Contribute to Business Strategy

• Support budget development, financial oversight, and business intelligence initiatives.
• Collaborate across service lines to identify crossselling and project expansion opportunities.

Skills That Set You Apart

• Proven success managing environmental investigations and remediation projects.
• Confident client communication and presentation abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to project and team leadership.
• Ability to mentor junior staff and contribute to a thriving, collaborative team environment.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Geology, Engineering, Environmental Science, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of environmental consulting or engineering experience.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and convey insights to clients and internal teams.
• OSHA 40hr HAZWOPER with current refresher.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record.
• Professional certification (PE, PG) preferred but not required.