Assistant Geologist

Joining Terracon as an Assistant Geologist is a great opportunity to launch your career while gaining hands-on field experience. You'll spend a significant amount of time outdoors performing soil and groundwater sampling, logging field observations, and supporting environmental and geotechnical investigations. Terracon offers opportunities for overtime, professional development, and career advancement, providing a clear path to grow your technical skills and build a successful long-term career in the geosciences.

• Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
• Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects.
• Entry level geological professional responsible for gathering data and information to be evaluated by other team members.
• Performs sampling and testing of water, soil, and other materials.
• Tabulate and prepare data for written reports.
• Assist with report preparation by summarizing data and information within reports.
• Operates field monitoring equipment.
• Assists with operation and maintenance of remediation and instrumentation systems.
• Transport material, samples or documents to the laboratory for further testing and analysis.
• Maintains and calibrates field monitoring equipment.
• Performs site visits, field observations and field data collection or assignments.
• May have limited client contact pertaining to specific projects/tasks.
• May assist more senior Geologists on large, more complex projects.
• Evaluates moderately complex laboratory and field data and assembles in written reports.
• May serve as team member or participate in meetings and communications with client pertaining to specific projects/tasks.