Hydrogeologist​/Hydrologist

The Foth Companies is hiring a Hydrogeologist/Hydrologist for their Environment Solutions team, based in Duluth, MN, Green Bay, WI, or Minneapolis, MN. This hybrid role involves up to 60% travel and requires a Bachelor's degree in Water Resources Engineering or Geology, along with 3+ years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include conducting field investigations, hydrologic characterization, analysis, and technical reporting.
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Foth is seeking a Hydrogeologist/Hydrologist to join our Environment Solutions team in Green Bay, WI;
Duluth, MN; or Minneapolis, MN. This is a hybrid position requiring up to 60% travel. Tap into your technical skills and take your career to the next level working on a variety of interesting projects with a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers in the natural resources development and environmental services industry!
Primary Responsibilities
• Support:
Assist with hydrogeology and surface water hydrology projects in the natural resources development and environmental services industry
• Investigate:
Conduct field investigations, including aquifer testing, surface water discharge gauging, and geologic logging/mapping
• Characterize:
Execute technical investigations for hydrologic characterization of groundwater systems in environments comprised of unconsolidated deposits, sedimentary rock, and fractured crystalline rock
• Analyze:
Perform quantitative analysis of hydrologic and hydrogeological data, including probabilistic analysis and forecasting
• Plan:
Develop technical investigation plans for hydrologic characterization of groundwater systems
• Reporting:
Create technical reports and memos to support the permitting of natural resource development projects
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Water Resources Engineering or Geology with an emphasis in hydrogeology and/or surface water hydrology
• 3+ years of experience performing hydrogeological and hydrologic investigations, analysis, and modeling
• Experience with technical writing and report preparation
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering or Geology
• 2+ years of water resources / hydrogeology experience including numerical simulations of groundwater flow and constituent transport in unconsolidated, sedimentary, and fractured rock systems. Well-versed in planning and coordinating hydrogeological and hydrologic field studies
• Previous experience developing and applying numerical groundwater flow and transport models in support of mine permitting, industrial development, and site remediation
• Experience developing and applying surface water models involving rainfall runoff/hydrology and open channel hydraulic processes for mine-scale water management planning, including watershed-scale analysis, reservoir evaluation and design, open channels hydraulic design, and hydraulic structures design and analysis
• Previous experience with MODFLOW/MT3D, FEFLOW, and other numerical codes for groundwater modeling
• Hands-on experience doing surface water modeling using HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and XP-SWMM
• Prior experience conducting packer and multi-well aquifer testing
• Experience analyzing field investigation data
• Previous experience with statistical/probabilistic analysis and forecasting involving hydrogeological and hydrologic time series data
• Prior experience integrating hydrogeological and hydrologic studies and numerical analysis with feasibility studies and alternatives analysis
• Experience analyzing groundwater flow and transport in deep bedrock environments
• Previous experience managing large data sets and evaluation of data
• Experience with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and documentation
• Prior experience with mine permitting in the United States
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