ABOUT YOU

Are you a trained chemist experienced in environmental forensics and are you ready to join an inclusive workplace, committed to leading new ideas and pathways, and to delivering value? If the answer is, "Yes!" then we have an exciting career opportunity for you.

Who are we? We are Environmental Standards and a subsidiary of Montrose, which is a global environmental services provider offering environmental planning and permitting, measurement and analytical services, and environmental resiliency and sustainability solutions. Our qualified engineers, scientists, technicians, associates, and policy experts are proud of our collective expertise and the collaborative nature of our approach to helping clients. We strive to optimize environmental resiliency in a way that effectively complements our clients' decision-making and operations and efficiently fulfills their project requirements.

Montrose has over 90 offices across the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia and is approaching 3500 employees - all ready to provide solutions for environmental needs.

Montrose's Advisory and Specialty Services Division, which includes Environmental Standards, supports clients across public and private sectors to meet their unique and complex environmental demands. Our experts take a strategic approach to address broader environmental goals from sustainability program development, data-driven decision-making using economics and ecology expertise, data management and validation, software strategy and implementation support, chemistry quality assurance, and EHSS auditing. We work through our highly specialized practice areas, including Environmental Forensics, to deliver excellent quality, impactful solutions based on data inte

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Our Senior Associate Environmental Forensic Chemist position is a fully remote work arrangement. We invite qualified applicants residing across the United States.

As a key member of the Environmental Standards Forensic team, you will be responsible for a full range of activities including:

• Become familiar with Environmental Standards' administrative personnel and department capabilities. This familiarization should include specific knowledge of corporate personnel policies and procedures, timekeeping and expense accounting procedures, project accounting and time reconciliation procedures, etc.
• Become familiar with our Business Development (BD) personnel and department capabilities. This familiarization should include specific knowledge of how to utilize our Customer Relations Management (CRM) software, sales experience and practices of the firm's BD personnel, and the resources available for BD purposes.
• Become familiar with our established areas of practice, namely Chemistry, EHSS, and Environmental Data Management to a level adequate to identify potential opportunities and to sell these services.
• Review and become familiar with Chemistry SOPs relating to data validation, site assessment activities, and corporate Health and Safety protocols.
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• Demonstrate industry-leading understanding of the principles of analysis, the requirements for compliance and admissibility, and the procedures for validation.
• Observe, if available, laboratory audits conducted to determine laboratory compliance with The TNI Standard, ISO/IEC 17025, Technical Specification Manuals, and other documented quality management systems.
• Participate as a senior team member in environmental and environmental forensic data review and interpretation projects.
• Become familiar with our Consulting Chemistry, EHSS, and Data Management practices. This level of detail should include a clear familiarity with the staff and their professional capabilities, the types of project work the practice has performed, and the types of clients the corporation has worked for (including the names of the leading active clients).
• Engag your industry contacts to actively sell services offered by Environmental Standards.
• Identify ways our services can be used in chemical forensic applications to industries nationwide.
• Provide project management and function as a leader in laboratory procedural review and environmental data interpretation for a variety of established analytical methods, including organic and inorganic analytes.
• Demonstrate industry-leading understanding of the principles of analysis, the requirements for compliance and admissibility, and the procedures for validation. Navigate independently to successfully market to and for other Environmental Standards staff and capabilities.
• Conduct, when assigned, laboratory audits to determine laboratory compliance with The TNI Standard, ISO/IEC 17025, Technical Specification Manuals, and other documented quality management systems.
• Prepare and provide authoritative supervision on the preparation of program quality documents, including SAP/QAPPs, SOPs, QMPs, and Technical Specification Manuals.
• Provide meaningful technical and marketing support during the growth of the company's Chemistry practice, and take responsibility for identifying, screening, and training new hires in the discipline.
• Actively participate in business development and growth initiatives for the environmental forensics practice, including meeting sales goals.
• Identify qualified leads and develop successful proposals to establish a book of work for yourself and junior staff.
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• Attend/support client meetings arranged by BD staff as requested.
• Attend business and industry meetings as needed and requested.
• Attend at least one (1) educational seminar per quarter to stay abreast of applicable regulatory changes, technological changes, or industrial needs.