ESS Job Openings
Internships:
Communication
| Tennessee Tech OCM Student Worker | Description: Help us tell the university’s story and show the world what it means to live wings up as a Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle! The Office of Communications and Marketing has opportunities for students who love purple and gold as much as we do to gain experience and build their professional portfolios while working with our creative professional staff. Student workers and interns with OCM work with our social media, photo and video, web and digital media, creative services, news and event planning staff to create content and plan events that highlight just how awesome it is to be a Golden Eagle. |
GIS
| GIS Intern Tennessee State Parks and Conservation in Nashville, TN | Description: This internship will be working virtually with the Office of Strategic and Support/GIS based in our Central Office in downtown Nashville. The goal of this Office is to provide better data management and more accurate analyses for data-driven decision making in the divisions of State Parks and Conservation. |
Environmental Studies/Science
| Bradford Woods Summer 2024 Internship in Martinsville, IN | Description: Bradford Woods is Indiana University's Outdoor Center and is supported by the Riley Children's Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Bradford Woods operates 10 weeks of summer camp for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Bradford Woods has proven to be an excellent opportunity for students in the field of Environmental Sciences. Bradford Woods has also served as an internship and practicum site for many students. |
| Del Conca USA Environmental, Health, and Safety Intern in Loudon, TN | Description: Del Conca USA’s growing porcelain ceramic manufacturing company is looking for an Environmental, Health and Safety intern for Summer 2024. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications (found in link). |
| Southeast Conservation Corps Internship in Chattanooga, TN | Description: Several Crew positions available in multiple locations across the Southeast U.S. |
| Tennessee Leaders of Tomorrow Internship | Description: An 8 week program offered in the spring, summer, and fall. Interns will have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of state government and important job skills, and participate in leadership development activities, including optional speaker series and special programing at the state capitol in Nashville. |
| Tennessee State Parks and Conservation Seasonal Interpreter Recreator (SIR) | Description: We have amazing opportunities each summer for college students seeking degrees in general life sciences, forestry, wildlife, history, environmental science and other related degrees to work in our state parks handling a variety of responsibilities to support the needs of the park and their guests. |
| U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Internship Board | Description: Collectively, the following programs are designed to provide current students and recent graduates with practical hands-on job experiences that can lead to established careers within government service. Many internships involve work in wildlife- or visitor services-related fields that include monitoring and assessing threatened or endangered species and habitats, conducting urban conservation outreach programs, general maintenance and management or cultural/historical resource management. |
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Air or Water Quality Management
| American Conservation Experience – EPIC Water Quality Inventory and Monitoring Member in Oneida, TN | Description: This is a six month position with the NPS Appalachian Highlands Inventory and Monitoring Network (APHN) where the ACE member will serve as a member of a team that conducts field-oriented natural resources monitoring. Duties are mainly assisting with field data collection, data management and related laboratory testing for the Network's water quality monitoring program. Other duties may include assisting with freshwater mussel and vegetation monitoring. Posting Date: 3/9/24 Salary: $600/week |
| Carlson Environmental Consultants Surface Emissions Monitoring Technician in Nashville, TN | Description: The objective of the job is to support our ongoing environmental efforts to help landfills reduce pollution and greenhouse gases by controlling the gas generated by the natural decomposition of garbage. The position is field based and requires significant outdoor work, to be performed during typical Monday through Friday work week (7AM -5PM), with limited weekend needs. The successful applicant will join our team in Tullytown to work at a complex of three closed landfill sites, at which there is no exposure to trash. This is an apprenticeship style position where the primary responsibility is to scan the surface of the landfills with a gas analyzer to monitor for possible possible methane emissions and verify the integrity of the landfill gas containment systems. Salary: $21-$22/hr |
| Eastman Environmental Instrument Analyst in Kingsport, TN | Description: With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. Responsibilities include accurate and representative collections of water monitoring samples for analysis. |
| Erie Water Works Water Plant Operator in Erie, PA | Description: Perform all tasks related to the operation of the water purification system, including the control and monitoring of all electronic and/or manual control systems and the care and maintenance of said control systems, telemetric units, analytical devices and the associated physical facilities and the performance of control tests to allow process optimization. Salary: $25.60 - $37.40/hr |
| ERM Principal Consultant - Air Quality Engineer in Richmond, VA | Description: In this role, you will be integral in leading the air team in Nashville, manage and contribute technically to challenging air quality compliance assurance, permitting, climate change, and related compliance projects in the chemical and manufacturing sectors and other industrial clients throughout the Southeast and Gulf areas, as well as other national and international locations. The successful candidate will also network with ERM's national air quality technical team to share consulting opportunities, business relationships, and the application of best practices to address client needs. |
Conservation Planning
| AgriCapture Carbon Project Development Associate in Nashville, TN (hybrid) | Description: As the Carbon Project Development Associate, you will play a critical role in developing, managing, and advancing our carbon offset projects, particularly those under Verra and the American Carbon Registry. This role is ideal for a candidate who is deeply committed to agricultural sustainability, has experience in carbon project development within the agriculture sector, and possess a strong desire to immerse themselves in carbon policy, including current trends, federal regulations, and emerging market developments. Posting Date: 12/4/23 |
| Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. Ecologist – Professional Wetland Scientist in Franklin, TN | Description: As an Ecologist for Civil & Environmental Consultants, you’ll work with project teams to navigate today’s complex environmental regulatory landscape, helping our commercial, institutional, and energy clients to achieve and maintain compliance with regulatory criteria. You’ll assist in wetland and stream delineation projects, prepare delineation reports, and assist with preparing permit applications. The majority of your time will be spent in the field, with some office work as required. |
| Cohen Wildlife Ecology Lab Wild Turkey Research Technician in KY | Description: We are hiring one technician to provide support on our wild turkey reproductive ecology project in western Kentucky. Research activities include radio telemetry, habitat sampling, deployment of acoustic recording units, data recording and processing. Posting Date: 4/7/24 Deadline: 4/19/24 Salary: $2,200/month |
| HNTB Environmental Planner in Nashville, TN | Description: This opportunity entails being responsible for providing environmental support from concept development through project completion including researching, gathering, and analyzing data, preparing project materials, and applying environmental law and policy to ensure compliance on behalf of the client. This position collaborates and communicates with clients and the community, creating and delivering presentations and reports. May function as task lead with Project Manager oversight and provide technical guidance to early career staff. |
| SWCA Environmental Consultants Senior Environmental Planner in Honolulu, HI (hybrid) | Description: SWCA is actively seeking to fill an Intermediate to Senior level Environmental Planner position to help grow and expand our environmental planning and HRS 343 services within the Hawaiian Islands. You will manage complex projects from pursuit, capture, and initiation, through implementation in collaboration with the local and regional natural resources team, and contribute to business development. |
| The LiRo Group Environmental Project Manager – Sustainability in Rockland County, NY | Description: The LiRo Group provides construction management, engineering, environmental, architectural, and program management solutions for a broad range of public and private sector clients. Responsibilities include: Managing environmental project work across D&C and could be a Planner Engineer and/or Architect to meet the anticipated influx of projects related to planning, studies, and integration of resilient and sustainable solutions. Supervise multi-discipline project teams and projects/programs as they relate to environmental initiatives, resiliency, and sustainability. Salary: $70,000 – $92,000 |
Environmental Education and Communication
| Eastern Research Group Inc. Environmental Communications Specialist in Arlington, VA | Description: As an environmental communications specialist, you will be responsible for developing and implementing communications strategies and campaigns for our federal government clients. Day-to-day activities include providing outreach, event planning, training, and other communications and logistical support for environmental compliance programs, sustainability initiatives, energy conservation efforts, fire and life safety programs, and occupational safety and health programs. Additionally, you will be responsible for planning, executing, and promoting large-scale events, such as Earth Day, Energy Action Month, Safety Month, and Fire Protection Week. Salary: $75,000-$80,000 |
| LKQ Corporation Sustainability Specialist in Antioch, TN | Description: Contribute towards driving and reporting on sustainability initiatives across the organization by assisting the Sustainability Management/Leadership Team. Working closely with the business at operational levels to help link the sustainability strategy with the business strategy in a way that advances Sustainability initiatives in the three focus areas at LKQ of Planet, People and Communities, and Governance (aligned to Environmental, Social and Governance ‘ESG’ topics promulgated by the Principles for Responsible Investments). |
| MDB, Inc. Environmental Justice and Community Outreach Specialist (remote) | Description: The Environmental Justice and Community Outreach Specialist will be responsible for stakeholder and community engagement and outreach to disadvantaged communities. They will support a federal grants program, help with grants management, create outreach and communications materials to promote the program and share program information. They will also work directly with external clients and stakeholders. |
| Reel Security Corporation TV/Movie Production Sustainability Manager – Level I in Los Angeles, CA (possibility of being remote) | Description: The Production Sustainability Manager is responsible for leading and managing Reel's sustainability efforts across multiple productions. This includes developing and implementing sustainability policies and procedures, tracking carbon emissions, and working with production teams and Sustainability Coordinators to reduce production’s environmental impact. Salary: $21.43-$25/hr |
| The Jones Center at Ichauway Communication & Media Specialist in Newton, GA | Description: The successful candidate will assist in facilitation of internal communications efforts, provide graduate student support, and support digital and printed media creation. This position reports to the Outreach & Education Coordinator and works with staff in Education, Conservation, and Research. This position will work onsite at the Jones Center a 28,500-acre research center in southwestern Georgia between Albany and Bainbridge. The Center’s research, education, and conservation programs focus on ecology and natural resource management. The site includes 16,000 acres of longleaf pine forests, over 1,000 acres of wetlands, and 26 miles of stream and river ecosystems. |
Environmental Law
Environmental Remediation
| Clean Harbors Environmental Scientist Project Supervisor in Norwell, MA | Description: The Environmental Scientist is responsible for managing response actions involving site assessment and remediation. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the LSP overseeing and documenting response actions involving Immediate Response Actions, Release Abatement Measures and Phase I and II investigations at hazardous waste sites. You will also prepare scopes of work, including cost estimates and schedules, as well as provide consulting support for field service offices. Posting Date: 3/13/24 |
| North Wind Groups Environmental Geologist in Knoxville, TN | Description: The Environmental Scientist/Geologist shall provide support for our environmental investigation and remediation projects across the country. Primary responsibilities will be to support environmental projects at the DOE facilities across the country (I.E. Savannah River Site – SC, Los Alamos – NM, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory – NY), DOD customers, USACE customers, and private sector customers. Must have experience with a variety soil/groundwater sampling techniques, drilling oversight including lithologic logging, and CERCLA and RCRA remedial investigations/remedial actions. |
| Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. Environmental/ESG Professional in Nashville, TN | Description: This individual will serve a key function in providing site exploration activities including, but not limited to EHS and ESG Due Diligence; contaminated site investigation and remediation work; soil and groundwater sampling; vapor intrusion investigation; remedial investigation, design, implementation, and monitoring; pilot tests; data management, processing, and evaluation; and report preparation. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with top industry leadership on a complex and diverse portfolio of environmental projects in a continuous learning environment. |
| WSP Early Career Environmental Scientist in Tallahassee, FL | Description: In this role, you will assist multi-disciplinary teams with site assessment and remediation activities (e.g., surface water, soil, groundwater, sediment, and air sampling etc.) in support of our statewide site assessment and remediation contracts. Secondarily, you will likely also serve as a support staff member on multidisciplinary natural resources management teams conducting biological fieldwork (e.g., wetland delineations, habitat classification, threatened and endangered species surveys, seagrass surveys, and water quality monitoring etc.) for a variety of coastal or other habitat restoration, resiliency planning, or development projects. Posting Date: 2/22/24 |
GIS
| Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey Senior Geophysicist in Norwood, NJ | Description: Conduct field operations for geophysical survey projects and perform data processing tasks. both on board survey vessels and in the office. Collect, process and interpret geophysical data in one or more of the following market areas: Offshore Wind and/or O&G infrastructure projects, submarine cable/pipeline routing, civil engineering and/or environmental assessment projects. Set-up and operate geophysical survey equipment and survey vessel. Perform GIS data analysis. Posting Date: 5/6/23 |
| EPA Fellowship in Spatial Analyses for StreamCat Watershed and National Nutrient Data in Corvallis, OR | Description: This research training opportunity will seek to improve the access, usability, and quality of StreamCat and LakeCat data to expand their use within and outside of the EPA. This opportunity, housed at the Pacific Ecological Systems Division (PESD) in Corvallis, OR will examine approaches to incorporate the existing application programming interface (API) for StreamCat/LakeCat into an online ArcGIS web application(s) or other web-based applications. Further, the research participant will have the opportunity to participate in research to expand the list of metrics currently included in StreamCat/LakeCat. Deadline: 8/2/24 |
| Memphis Light, Gas, and Water GIS Supervisor in Memphis, TN | Description: The essential job responsibilities of our Supervisor are to lead and train employees in the performance of the following: computer-aided drafted (AutoCAD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping functions, including updating and maintaining land, address, CIS and eAM databases, preparing/ providing land and utility facilities data and construction sketches to internal and external customers, assigning/issuing addresses; verifying and suggesting street names for developments, coordinating with local government agencies, such as Shelby County E911 and Assessor's Office, and maintaining official address records for Shelby County, TN. Posting Date: 3/14/24 Salary: $81,681 |
| TWM Engineering and Geospatial Services GIS Administrator in Franklin, TN | Description: Manages an ArcGIS Enterprise SDE environment, geodatabases, and data stores. Monitors Portal, AGO, and Enterprise geodatabase security, user, and group accounts. Develops scripts used in geoprocessing and maintenance tasks. Publishes map, feature, print, and other geoprocessing services. Analyzes and interprets spatial data used in the production of maps, reports, and other products. |
| WSP Early Career GIS Analyst in Brentwood, TN | Description: Takes part in providing local technical assistance for capturing, modeling, and analyzing geographical and tabular data to illustrate and determine spatial relationships as it pertains to client projects. Assignments may include supporting technical staff with spatial mapping, discovering patterns and trends, and developing mapping applications and tools at the intersection of data analysis, programming, and cartography. Generates accurate and concise documentation, ensuring that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards. Posting Date: 1/7/24 |
Waste Management
| Perma-Fix Environmental Services Waste Management Specialist in Oak Ridge, TN | Description: The Waste Management Specialist coordinates with waste generating organizations (waste generators) on the classification, acceptance and disposition of waste streams. We are looking for individuals who can perform the following functions: Accurately identify waste in accordance with 40 CFR Part 261. Characterize and classify waste in accordance with EPA, NRC, and DOT regulations. Ensure that waste containers are stored in compliance with EPA regulations for Satellite Accumulation Areas, Central Accumulation Areas, and permitted facilities. Posting Date: 12/19/23 Salary: $113,149-$143,543 |
| State of Washington Dept. of Ecology Waste Reduction and Recycling Specialist in Washington, WA (flexible/hybrid) | Description: In this role, you will serve as the local government expert in all things recycling for Central and Eastern Washington, with the goal of waste reduction, diverting valuable materials from disposal, and helping local governments. You will lead agency efforts on an expanded polystyrene ban and annual Waste Not Washington School Awards, including web content and marketing materials. You will play a key role in several other statewide and regional activities including the plastic bag ban and single-use service ware restrictions, Washington State Recycling Association, Plastics Pact, and West Coast Climate Materials Management Forum. Posting Date: 3/13/24 Salary: $55,224-$86,208 (scroll down to Current Openings and search for job name) |
| Strata-G Waste Management Specialist in Erwin, TN | Description: This position is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of client Waste Management (WM) programs are compliant with federal and state waste regulations. Specific attributes include waste characterization, packaging, storage, profiling, and disposition in accordance with RCRA, TSCA, NRC and DOT regulations. |
| Weston Solutions Environmental Scientist or Geoscientist in Houston, TX | Description: The position will include field and office work managing field projects involving investigations and remediation of hazardous waste sites. Specific duties will include, but are not limited to, leading projects performing sampling environmental media (soil, water, waste, air, etc.), chemical and physical screening of samples in the field, shipping samples to laboratories for analysis, evaluating analytical results, and preparing reports of investigations and removal actions. The position also includes participation as an on-call emergency responder, approximately 1 week per month, for assessment of oil and hazardous materials releases and requires the ability to travel Salary: $40,400-$67,300 |
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