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EHS Support

Senior Environmental Scientist/Geologist (Testifying Expert Witness) - Remote

51m

EHS Support

US · Full-time · $180,000 – $250,000

About this role

EHS Support is a specialty environmental consulting firm providing solutions to complex environmental, health, and safety challenges across market sectors. With experts located throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, we form long-lasting partnerships through a culture of excellence, innovation, work ethic, and integrity. We focus on hiring and retaining talented, motivated people who deliver value to clients.

This opportunity is for a flexible and self-motivated individual supporting complex environmental litigation matters for projects within the Sediment and Risk Assessment and Remediation service lines. You will join a high-performance team of risk assessors, toxicologists, ecologists, scientists, and engineers providing high-quality technical and strategic solutions. Primary responsibilities include supporting cases for determination of liability, apportionment, cost allocation, and cost recovery, with potential to serve as a testifying expert witness.

The team focuses on environmental litigation and settlement activities, evaluating disputed issues like source identification, timing of releases, contaminant fate and transport, and cleanup costs. Responsibilities involve directing forensic analyses, managing large document productions, and developing expert opinions for reports, depositions, and trials. You will interface directly with legal counsel and clients, building trusted advisory relationships.

Remain current on industry trends, regulatory developments, and emerging technical issues while managing multiple projects concurrently. Ensure timely delivery, technical excellence, and adherence to budgetary constraints. Uphold rigorous quality assurance and quality control processes for methodological defensibility and high-quality deliverables.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of consulting experience supporting complex environmental litigation cases and settlement activities, with a proven track record of successful outcomes
  • Expert knowledge of regulatory requirements for remedial investigation and risk assessment (human health and ecological risk assessment for soil, sediment, surface water, and food web exposures) under state, federal, and international environmental programs
  • Demonstrated expertise in site investigation, characterization, and remediation supporting regulatory compliance and litigation matters
  • Expert-level environmental forensics experience

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a testifying expert witness in complex environmental litigation matters
  • Lead the technical evaluation of disputed environmental issues, including source identification, timing of releases, contaminant fate and transport, necessity and appropriateness of response actions and cleanup costs, PRP allocation, risk assessment, data validation, and regulatory compliance
  • Direct and oversee technical and forensic analyses supporting expert testimony
  • Manage and synthesize large document productions and technical records
  • Develop and defend expert opinions in written reports, depositions, and trial testimony
  • Implement and uphold rigorous quality assurance and quality control processes
  • Interface directly with legal counsel and environmental clients, providing strategic technical support
  • Manage multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely delivery, technical excellence, and adherence to budgetary constraints

Benefits

  • Remote work location
  • Collaborate with experts across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and South Africa
  • Long-lasting partnerships with clients through a culture of excellence, innovation, work ethic, and integrity