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About Company

RSI EnTech (RSI) has provided services to major federal clients and Fortune 500 engineering and construction companies since 1996. RSI EnTech has more than two decades of experience in complex, highly regulated markets providing environmental, engineering, energy and project management services while maintaining an excellent safety record. RSI Services was founded in 2017 and is the 8(a) company of RSI EnTech.

RSI is headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and is a wholly owned operating company of ASRC Industrial (AIS). AIS is a wholly owned operating company of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC), an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). Through ASRC, we are a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).

RSI offers a full range of benefits; a generous PTO plan, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K (100% match up to 4% eligible compensation) and 100% immediate vesting, Basic and Supplemental life insurance, and short- & long-term disability.

Job Title: Junior Hydrogeologist

Location(s): Grand Junction, CO

Status: Full-Time

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $55,000 - $65,000/yr. The anticipated starting salary pay range of $55,000 - $65,000/yr with a master's degree. The offered salary may be more depending upon additional education, training, and experience of the selected applicant.

Clearance and Health Requirements:

• Criminal Background Check
• Pre-placement Drug Screening
• Fit for Duty Test (if applicable)

RSI EnTech, LLC is recruiting a Junior Hydrogeologist who will be a part of the Groundwater and Geochemistry Group (GGG). The GGG is tasked with characterizing and developing compliance strategies for former uranium mills that operated in the 1950s and 1960s throughout the southwest. As part this effort, the Junior Hydrogeologist will perform field characterization activities and assist with groundwater evaluations and numerical modeling efforts to support the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management Support (LMS) contract.

The GGG embraces innovation and cutting-edge methodologies and technologies leading to the GGG becoming industry leaders in 3-D visualization and evaluation, geochemical assessment, and groundwater flow and reactive transport modeling. Staff development is a GGG priority and is accomplished through mentoring and increasingly challenging technical assignments; conference attendance and journal publications are encouraged. The culture within the GGG promotes work-life balance, where member needs and accomplishments from their personal and professional lives are strongly valued.

In addition to working with the Groundwater and Geochemistry Group, the Junior Hydrogeologist position will have the opportunity to participate in the LM Applied Studies and Technology (AS&T) program. AS&T studies are designed to support the LM mission through improved understanding of processes that affect remedy protectiveness and performance, including evaluation and application of advancements in technology. Ongoing AS&T studies include long-term disposal cell cover performance, plume persistence, enhanced natural attenuation, system operations and analysis at remote sites, data mining and project visualization and educational collaborations. AS&T studies are not limited to the ongoing studies; any study related to LM's mission will be considered for inclusion in the program.

This position travels less than 10% of the time.

Primary responsibilities and essential functions:

• Work with a team of scientists and engineers to solve challenging groundwater problems.
• Support hydrogeologic and numerical groundwater flow and reactive transport modeling projects under the supervision of GGG staff
• Support field characterization activities such as well installation, soil sampling, aquifer testing and stream gaging
• Manipulate, organize, and analyze environmental data under the direction of GGG staff
• Attend various STEM events
• Complete the work in a timely manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work experience, skills, and capabilities needed:

• Ability to work within a team to produce technically sound and defensible products.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and customer service skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong quantitative groundwater skills and demonstrated ability to solve complex groundwater problems.

Technical knowledge, certifications/licenses, and software proficiency required:

• Solid technical foundation in math, physics, and chemistry
• Technical knowledge in groundwater, geochemistry, and numerical modeling

Desirable qualifications, experience, or proficiencies of the ideal candidate:

• Experience with numerical groundwater flow and transport modeling using parameter estimation and iterative ensemble smoother calibration techniques.
• Experience with programming and/or 3D volumetric modeling

Required Education and Years of Experience:
Master's degree in Geology, Hydrology, or Engineering.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
The employee exerts up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to touch or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

EEO Statement:
ASRC Industrial (AIS) and its operating companies affords equal opportunity in employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, familial status, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under Federal, State or Local law. AIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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