Junior Environmental Soil and Groundwater Consultant

Company Description

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Job Description

Are you looking for a challenging role that offers you the freedom to grow and develop within an organization that highly values independence and responsibility?

Our successful Environmental Services team in the Benelux is currently looking for a (Junior) Soil Consultant for our office in The Hague. In this role, you will work within a dynamic team that delivers a wide range of projects, primarily for international private-sector clients in the Netherlands and abroad. These projects include complex soil investigations, remediation technologies and remediation projects, risk assessments, and the appropriate follow-up after the completion of complex remediation projects.

As a (Junior) Consultant, you will have a challenging and varied workload, taking responsibility for the execution of small, large, and complex projects related to soil and groundwater. You will also have the opportunity to support other environmental projects.

Key Responsibilities : 

• Conduct desk studies, site investigations, complex modeling for remediation solutions, research into remediation technologies, groundwater modeling, and reporting.
• Monitor and verify the remediation contractor's work to ensure compliance with the remediation plan.
• Analyze and interpret field and laboratory data to develop accurate and comprehensive conceptual site models and groundwater models.
• Coordinate subcontractors performing fieldwork and supervise soil investigation activities.
• Collect soil and groundwater data during assessment and remediation activities.
• Maintain regular contact with regulatory authorities regarding the progress of remediation projects.
• Coordinate and maintain strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, and various laboratories.
• As part of our team, you will be expected to incorporate safety, quality, and customer focus into your daily activities. You will participate in all safety initiatives, ensure your own safety and that of your colleagues, and support safety objectives through orientation, training, and coaching. AECOM has a strong safety culture that is supported throughout the company worldwide.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Geology, Geography, Bioengineering, or another technical, environmental, or chemical discipline.
• Native or fluent Dutch speaker with strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Some experience in a similar role within environmental consulting is an advantage, as is an affinity for soil and groundwater investigations and remediation projects. You are confident in client communication, relationship building, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to make decisions and a strong sense of responsibility.
• Excellent analytical, reporting, and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a thorough approach to work.
• Good knowledge of Dutch soil and groundwater legislation (both historical and current). Ability to work independently as well as within a team.
• Experience with both conventional remediation projects and innovative remediation technologies currently available in the market is considered an asset.
• An innovative mindset, with a strong interest in self-development, taking initiative, and working within a young and dynamic team.
• Willingness to travel primarily within the Netherlands and occasionally abroad when required.
• Valid Category B driver's license.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.