Employers and Sample Job Ads

Geological, Geophysical, Geotechnical, and Environmental Employers

There is of course a lot of overlap between categories, so the divisions made below are not perfect ...

Sample job ads are also sometimes listed - not that these are necessarily still current, but it gives an idea of what may be possible.

General Consulting

Hydrological, environmental, geotechnical, etc.

• Thomas Harder & Co - Groundwater Consulting

  • Jan 2024: Staff Level Hydrogeologist Opening – Field Emphasis 

• GSI Solutions | Geohydrology. Central Coast & Beyond.

• Fugro (Geotechnical, geophysical data collection, 

  • Geological and Geophysical Surveys

  • Surveying and Mapping

  • Geotechnical Ground Investigations

  • Groundwater 

• Pacific Watershed Associates | Watershed management, geomorphology.

• Creeklands Conservation | Watershed management. Non-profit. San Luis Obispo area.

• TriHydro | Environmental Engineering Consulting. San Luis Obispo & elsewhere.

• ENGEO | Geotechnical and Environmental Consulting.

• Field Representative

• Ramboll Group 

  • Groundwater subsurface mapping project with aerial geophysics (or click here).

  • Water Resources Management: https://ramboll.com/services-and-sectors/water/water-resources-management

•  NV5 | Environmental and hydrological consulting

• WSC Water Systems Consulting 

  • Job ad for a Professional Hydrogeologist

  • They also hire civil engineers - as of 2021-10-18 there were four such positions

• Geosyntec Consultants

  • Job ad for an Environmental Geologic Modeler

• Thomas Harder & Co

  • Groundwater consulting (groundwater modeling, managed aquifer recharge, environmental assessment, etc)

  • Sample job ad for a field hydrogeologist (March 2022)

• Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises

  • Environmental Sampling Technician | Environmental Professional | MidSenior Geologist | MidLevel Hydrogeologist

• Geosolutions

• RMA Geoscience

• Cleath-Harris Geologists

  • Primarily hydrogeology consulting (San Luis Obispo)

• GEI Consultants

  • Groundwater management

• Seequent

  • Data management, software and visualization, ... 

• Sensors and Software (Ground Penetrating Radar i.e. GPR)

• Arcadis 

• Cotton Shires - Geotechnical and geologic consulting. Headquartered in Los Gatos, CA. 

Geophysical Data Acquisition

• Green Geophysics | Magnetotelluric data collection

• Pyramid Geophysical Services - Near-surface geophysical imaging for geological, hydrological, environmental, etc., applications (North Carolina)

• VistaClara | Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of aquifers. Direct detection of water, estimation of aquifer properties (e.g., porosity)

• Castillo Geophysical | Specializing in seismic surveys with a variety of supporting methods. Also see the Betsy Gun seismic source

• Subsurface Surveys 

• Applied Geophysics, Inc

• Logic Geophysics and Analytics | Extreme Geophysics!

• DIAS Geophysical 

• Collier Geophysics

  • Hager Geoscience (A Collier Geophysics company)

• HGI - hydroGEOPHYSICS 

• Quantec Geoscience | Specializing in magnetotelluric geophysical surveys

• Job ad for a Geophysical Operator

• Sander Geophysics | Airborne geophysical data collection

  • Job ad for a Geophysicist

• Guideline Geo | Geophysical Instrumentation and Data Collection

• Geonics | Manufacturer of electromagnetic geophysical equipment

• Green Geophysics | Magnetotelluric data collection

• Microseismic

• Microseismicity analysis for energy exploration --> Geophysicist Data Analyst position job ad

• Subterraseis. Seismic reflection (and related) data collection, processing, and interpretation. 

Federal / Government

• Geophysicist - Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

• Geophysicist:

  •  Example 1 | Example 2

• Research Geophysicist: 

  • Example 1 | Example 2