Senior Associate Environmental Forensic Chemist

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.

Montroses 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
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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 firms 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
companys 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.