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Staff Engineer
04/23/2025
Job Description:
Launch your environmental consulting career with Key Environmental Inc., a nationally recognized firm with a strong track record of technical excellence and innovation. We specialize in the investigation, remediation, and redevelopment of environmentally challenged properties, applying advanced site characterization methods, risk assessment, and remedial technologies. Our portfolio includes complex projects in remediation of former industrial sites, land redevelopment and reuse, environmental services at power generating properties, design and compliance for the shale gas industry, and other types of environmental-related projects across the U.S.
KEY’s expanding workload and client base have created an opportunity for a staff engineer in our Pittsburgh, PA, office. We are currently seeking an ambitious individual with a B.S. or M.S. in the following fields:
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering (or similar) with Geology/Geotechnical Emphasis
Water Resource Engineering
Our people are KEY’s most valuable resource. When you join KEY, you have the opportunity to work alongside seasoned professionals, contribute to multidisciplinary project teams, and develop a strong foundation in regulatory compliance, environmental science, and engineering best practices. KEY offers a work culture where you will use your skills alongside others in a team environment to solve technically challenging projects and celebrate shared success with teams in our Pittsburgh, PA, Portersville, PA, Raritan, NJ, and Portland, MA, offices.
Responsibilities:
The Staff Engineer will work on a broad range of projects doing the following:
Assist with design, engineering evaluations, project planning, permitting, and reporting activities;
Provide technical oversight, reporting, and occasional management of contractors for environmental-related activities;
Prepare technical reports that summarize data in a technically sound, clear, and precise manner;
Assist with business development activities such as preparing qualifications, cost analyses, proposals, and presentation materials; and,
Continually improve communication and technical skills with the goal of advancement.
Requirements:
Excellent computer skills with Excel, Word, technical analysis software, and other computer applications. Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D applications is a plus.
Excellent writing and communication skills are required.
≤1 year of experience in a relevant co-op or internship
Ability to work independently, as well as in a project team and multi-task environment.
Must hold a valid U.S. driver’s license, maintain a good driving record, and pass a background check.
Must be willing and able to travel for projects as needed.
40-HR HAZWOPER training preferred.
KEY offers an excellent compensation package, including matching 401(k), profit sharing, discretionary bonuses, tuition assistance, and medical, disability, life, vision, and dental insurance, as well as flexible work hours/location. Key Environmental, Inc. was selected as one of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Top Work Places for 2023, as voted on by its employees. Join our team to find out why. Interested candidates should apply here or submit resumes via e-mail to careers@keyenvir.com.