Principal Geologist, P.G.

Highlands Environmental Solutions, Inc. has an opportunity for a professional geologist with primary experience in environmental consulting and services.  We are a growing company with plenty of variety of challenges for the right individual.  Below are the qualities we are seeking for this opportunity.

Position

• Must be licensed in North Carolina. Licensed in South Carolina, Virginia or Georgia would be helpful
• Degree in Geology, minimum BS, MS desirable
• 10 year’s experience minimum
• Extensive environmental consulting experience
• Chemistry knowledge helpful
• Hands on capability
• Remediation experience required
• Land acquisition experience
• Site assessments – M&A, UST/AST, Brownfield Assessments, etc.
• Insurance and litigation experience – expert witness
• Safety training/presentation experience
• Rapid response during emergency incidents
• Planning and prevention service experience, such as Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plans, Stormwter Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), and custom-tailored documents

Position Challenges

• Experience and ability to identify client projects and gain the client’s trust to solve whatever environmental challenge they encounter
• Identify potential projects with clients that may be in their best interest, but they can’t see it as they do not have your expertise
• Extensive broad experience consulting with clients in multiple industries such as, trucking/transportation, convenience store/gas stations, travel centers, real estate, insurance, banking, construction, utilities, municipal government, DOD, mining, chemical industry, manufacturing, etc.
• Extensive experience managing field projects (project management) from small to large, utilizing subcontractors
• Possess extensive knowledge of environmental regulations, compliance requirements at the state and federal levels
• Ability and experience to communicate technical information and ideas to cleints who are non-technical and non-conversant with environmental issues, procedures, solutions, nomenclature
• Extensive experience of technical writing of reports and other professional information and documents
• Experience and skills in providing presentations to clients and outside organizations
• Experience and accomplished at increasing a client base by increasing existing client business and developing new clients
• Innovative and creative at solving client problems that may be different that what competitors do and may be more cost effective for the client
• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of client organizations

Culture

• Enjoy working in an environment of low to no politics
• While HES has a strong business acumen, it also has a family atmosphere
• Opportunity to work on a broad scope of projects
• The opportunity to bring your creativity to projects and client needs
• Opportunity to be part of a growing company and add to that growth
• Enjoy a variety of different challenges