Mid-Level Project Engineer

Mid-Level Project Engineer, Albuquerque, NM 25-51-ABQ-11

INTERA Incorporated is seeking a skilled and motivated Civil, Environmental, Chemical, or Geological Engineer to join our Albuquerque office. In this role, you will manage, lead, and/or support the delivery of high-quality projects for a diverse range of clients, including state and municipal agencies, mining companies, and private industries that share our values of environmental stewardship and technical excellence.

You will contribute to a variety of reclamation, remediation, and environmental characterization and design projects — helping clients meet regulatory requirements, restore impacted sites, and sustainably manage natural resources.

Please provide a cover letter describing your relevant background and explain how this role aligns with your long-term career goals (attach to resume)

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of technical documents, including feasibility studies, remedial designs, and optimization studies; lead teams in the operation, maintenance and monitoring of remediation systems; and conduct functionality review of system performance at Superfund, mining, landfill, petroleum storage tank, and industrial sites.
• Support senior environmental and engineering staff in and/or manage multi-disciplinary projects involving permitting, reclamation, site remediation, and contamination characterization.
• Lead and/or support client communications and be responsible for project budgets, schedules, and deliverables.
• Design and implement field investigations (soil, groundwater, surface water, soil vapor, and non-aqueous phase liquids).
• Design solutions for mine waste and tailings management, including site closure and reclamation for domestic and international mining clients.
• Support design and implementation of remediation measures for environmental sites contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, PFAS and emerging contaminants, metal or inorganic contaminants, and/or radionuclides.
• Develop site conceptual models and support risk assessments.
• Create design drawings and construction specifications.
• Mentor junior staff and collaborate with technical teams across the company.
• Support business development by maintaining client relationships and identifying new opportunities.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• B.S. in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, or Geological Engineering, or a related field.
• 8–15 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing environmental or engineering projects or tasks.
• Prior experience in all engineering stages of design-build projects including feasibility studies, conceptual designs, development of construction drawings and specifications, engineering cost estimates, construction quality assurance, and record document development.
• Strong technical writing, data analysis, verbal and graphic communication, and project management skills.
• Field experience with sample collection and construction oversight.

• Experience with site reclamation, remediation technologies, and environmental compliance.

• Familiarity with state and federal environmental regulations (e.g., RCRA, CERCLA, NMED/NMAC, EPA) and risk-based criteria.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• Professional engineering licensure.
• Master’s degree in engineering, hydrology, or a related field.
• Experience with mining reclamation, groundwater remediation, soil vapor extraction, or contaminated site investigations in the Southwest U.S.
• Landfill design, permitting, and construction QA/QC and certification.
• Landfill gas management/monitoring.
• Field experience in drilling oversight.
• BMP Selection and SWPPP development.
• Proficiency in AutoCad Civil3d for developing grading plans, creating utility design drawings, and managing sheet sets.
• Knowledge of HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, and HELP.
• Knowledge of air quality regulations and permitting.
• Skill with GIS tools and apps (e.g., Survey 123), SCADA, groundwater/surface water/vadose zone modeling, statistical methods, environmental chemistry, or contaminant fate and transport.
• OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification and/or MSHA.

About INTERA & Our Benefits

INTERA is a Top Workplaces USA 2025 award winner!

Founded in 1974, INTERA has grown into an international geosciences and engineering consulting firm that helps clients make informed business decisions, mitigate risk, and drive optimal outcomes in a multitude of industries. Building and sustaining a strong company culture is at the heart of INTERA’s practice of good stewardship. We strive to foster an environment where people love the work that they do and the place that they work because we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. As an employee-owned company, we are committed to investing in our people’s needs for security, health, and well-being with:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance that includes a free health plan option for employee-only coverage
• 401(k) plan with employer match and a Student Debt Retirement Savings Program
• Paid parental leave – up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term and long-term coverage – paid 100% by the company
• Paid holiday, at least 3 weeks of vacation per year, and sick time
• Opportunities for stock ownership
• Performance-based bonuses and award programs for technical paper publication and employee referrals
• Career coaching instead of performance evaluations
• Tuition reimbursement, financial assistance for professional licensure and registration, and one paid membership to a professional society
• Pet insurance, LegalShield, IDShield, and more

These are some of the reasons why many of our employees have spent 10 to 25 years at INTERA. We love what we do, and it shows.