Scientist

External Job Opportunity

Job Duties/Scope Of Work


Work Safe, Make a Difference, and be a part of history with CPCCo!
At Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo), located in Richland, Washington, we are working to provide a sustainable future for the historic Hanford area through the protection of the Columbia River and the remediation of the Central Plateau. To achieve our mission, we need exceptionally talented, innovative, and driven people to help us reduce risks on the Hanford Site by removing some of the most hazardous waste streams and facilities in the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. If you would like to work with a highly skilled workforce to achieve unique and challenging goals that critically impact our environment and community, this is your chance to be a part of our legacy!
Our Regulatory Strategy & Integration team is seeking a dynamic Scientist to support our mission in progressing the environmental restoration program through gaining regulator concurrence on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) decision documents, monitoring the progress of cleanup, and ensuring compliance with the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) program requirements.
A day in the life of a Scientist, under direct supervision involves, but is not limited to:
* Supporting soil and groundwater remedies through evaluating, reviewing, organizing, and reporting groundwater and soils data, and remedy optimization activities.
* Performing evaluations to determine whether monitoring networks, monitoring plans, and their supporting documents address regulatory requirements, and contribute to the completion of environmental cleanup objectives.
* Authoring, reviewing, and delivering technical and regulatory documents for remedy decision documents within CERCLA and AEA groundwater monitoring to support environmental cleanup.
* Ensuring that regulatory documents meet customer expectations and are consistent with the previous approaches used for Hanford cleanup as well as meeting the strategic vision for completing cleanup.
* Preparing presentations materials and meeting notes, defining investigation needs, and preparing sampling and analysis plans.
* Creating presentations and responding to comments from Hanford stakeholder groups such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and State of Washington Department of Ecology, as well as the Tribal Nations, Oregon Cleanup Board, and the Hanford Advisory Board.
* Working with the DOE customer on scope definition, disposition of document review comments, and project schedules.
* Cooperatively working with DOE, State of Washington Department of Ecology and EPA in meetings and workshops.
* Working within a structured team on special and routine tasks for completing company baseline scope.
* Coordinating and conducting discussions with clients and regulatory agencies for the purpose of communicating progress and issues associated with groundwater monitoring, regulatory compliance, closure and corrective action.
* Working with a team of environmental professionals to develop and implement process improvements.
* Reporting progress and issues to senior management.
* Performing work in a safe, compliant, and cost-effective manner.


Basic Qualifications


* Early Career Level Grade 14: Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline or related technical degree
* Early Career Level Grade 15: Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline or related technical degree with 1 or more years of relevant experience
The higher posted level has a greater scope, complexity, authority, impact. The level offered to the selected candidate will be based on the needs of the company and the candidate’s education, training, and/or experience.


Desired Qualifications


* Experience with technical writing of environmental reports/documents including field sampling and analysis plans.
* Knowledge of sample collection and analysis.
* Experience interpreting and using field and laboratory analytical data.


Compensation & Benefits


In accordance with the CPCCo salary determination process, CPCCo takes into consideration the level of assigned job duties and responsibilities, and the candidate’s education, training, and/or experience relative to internal peers and the external labor market. CPCCo will not solicit salary history for candidates.
Expected annualized pay range based on full time schedule (40 hours per week):
* Early Career Level Grade 14: $81,500 – $103,750
* Early Career Level Grade 15: $81,500 – $114,100
In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for variable pay awards.
CPCCo’s generous benefits package offers medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, 401(k) employer match and paid time off. For a full list of benefits please see https://cpcco.hanford.gov/page.cfm/Careers
A few benefits/perks you can anticipate, depending on the nature of your employment with CPCCo, include the following:
* A casual-dress work environment, where jeans are a regular thing.
* A standard 4-10’s work schedule that allows for long weekends and recharging on the Columbia River, on a golf course, at 200+ surrounding wineries, or at other Pacific Northwest destinations where fishing, hunting, snowboarding, hiking, and other outdoor sporting opportunities are in abundance.
CPCCo is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.