Entry-level Environmental Data Analyst/Data Scientist

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate diverse teams and encourage collaboration in an equitable and inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. That’s how we make a difference to our clients, people, and the planet.
What we are looking for: We are looking for a motivated, bright, and talented Environmental Data Analyst or Data Scientist to join our Environment business to support data collection, management, analysis, and visualization tasks for a diverse range of challenging and engaging environmental remediation projects. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail and be passionate about using advanced statistics and data analysis techniques to tackle environmental problems. Exercise your creativity and problem-solving skills in a supportive environment where every perspective is valued. We are a mission-driven organization that puts our people first, with a culture that focuses on providing meaningful work, engaging challenges, recognition, and reward.  

What’s in it for you?

• The chance to learn from and contribute to the remediation technical expertise of a well-established, privately held, national environmental consulting firm.
• Increased opportunities for professional development through higher visibility in the marketplace, internal presentations fostering knowledge sharing, professional association membership and opportunities for speaking engagements and publication.
• Flexible work environment and competitive benefits.
• Strong bonus potential.

What you will be doing at Woodard & Curran:

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An entry-level data analyst is typically assigned specific tasks on project teams and is expected to use their knowledge to resolve the problems and tasks they are assigned under the mentorship of senior staff. Potential assignments in this role may include:

• Managing, analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting data for use in reports and other visualizations including maps, charts, and 3D models.
• Work with and process environmental datasets and geospatial data.
• Complete statistical analyses such as calculating upper confidence limits (UCLs), two-sample hypothesis testing, linear regressions, and Mann Kendall trends under guidance from senior staff.
• Assist with implementation of data management solutions and procedure improvements.
• Assist in designing, coding, testing, and documenting systems.
• Collaborate with other developers and internal project groups.
• Support data management tasks throughout the data life cycle, including data acquisition, database maintenance, and data quality assurance.

Candidate should be a self-starter and possess strong technical skills to support a wide range of science and engineering projects. A successful candidate will also be detail oriented, have excellent verbal communication skills combined with a positive attitude, and ability to work both independently and within teams.

What you will need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology, environmental science, computer science, data analytics, statistics, or similar related field.
• 0-5 years of previous experience in the water and/or environmental industries.
• Experience with programming languages (preferably Python, R, and/or SQL) for statistics, data analysis, and data management.
• Experience with statistical software (such as ProUCL, R, JMP).
• Experience with data analysis, interpretation, and written/visual presentation of conclusions.
• Basic familiarity with relational databases, such as MS SQL or MS Access.
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously with competing deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with MS Power Platform (e.g. Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate) a plus.
• Experience/interest in multivariate statistics and/or machine learning a plus.
• Experience with ArcGIS a plus.

Benefits & Wellbeing
Retirement Savings:• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: Company will match equal to 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed, All employees are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan and are 100% vested in the value of own contributions and any employer matching contributions.
Time away from work:• Vacation time is provided to full and part-time regular employees. Vacation is accrued, based on number of hours worked per week as well as prior years of experience.• Woodard & Curran offers paid sick time to eligible employees who are absent due to their own non-work related, illness, injury, or medical procedure.• Woodard & Curran provides up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding in a 12-month period.• Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance from Sun Life to assist with replacing a portion of your income in the event of non-job-related illness or injury. Eligible employees are automatically enrolled and eligible immediately.
Coverage and support for your needs and wellbeing:
Personal and Family health: Company offers three medical plan options based on geography; plus HSA and PSA plans are available based on eligibility, additional options include dental and vision plans.
Company provides basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employee and family are available through Sun Life.
WayForward powered by Dario: EAP Program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing coaching.
LiveWell wellbeing program: credit incentive is available, up to $600 annually – nutrition and fitness reimbursement, and access to the Virgin Pulse wellness platform.
Education: Tuition assistance offers eligible employees up to 100% reimbursement of tuition, books and fees up to $5250 per year, for courses related to the employee’s job or planned career development.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement
Woodard & Curran is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We value diversity, equity and inclusion and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
Woodard & Curran believes that complex teams working together in an equitable, inclusive space provides the best opportunity for achieving our vision of clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people.  Our success is tied to a culture that embraces our differences so that everyone can bring their whole, authentic selves to work. When our people are supported to reach their full potential, we provide the most innovative, sound, and effective solutions.