Megan Jones

Senior Scientist

Bio
Relevant Experience
Education & Credentials

Bio

Ms. Megan Jones is an environmental scientist with 8 years of experience supporting remedial and site investigations, engineering evaluations, and hydrogeologic characterization to inform conceptual site models, groundwater flow models, and remedial design. She specializes in providing technical support for multimedia investigations involving PFAS, PCBs, and dense nonaqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL). Her expertise includes managing complex field investigations, developing sampling strategies, leading multidisciplinary field teams, and interpreting environmental data. She prepares technical deliverables, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), field sampling plans (FSPs), and remedial investigation reports, and reviews engineering drawings to support sampling program design.

Ms. Jones has extensive field experience, overseeing environmental drilling programs utilizing direct push, hollow-stem auger, and sonic drilling technologies for monitoring well installation and subsurface characterization. She has managed the collection of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, industrial effluent, stormwater, soil, sediment, porewater, surface water, and groundwater samples in support of complex site investigations. She is proficient in ArcGIS and LogPlot, using these applications to develop technical figures.

Relevant Experience

PFAS/Emerging Contaminants

Multimedia PFAS Remedial Investigation, Active Industrial Manufacturing Plant, New Jersey — Serves as task manager for remedial investigation programs addressing legacy PFAS and replacement chemistries. Provides direct client support for plant health, safety, and environmental needs. Directs the planning, coordination, and execution of large-scale and multidisciplinary investigations involving soil, groundwater, sediment, porewater, stormwater, and surface water. Provides technical leadership for groundwater investigations by managing the design and installation of monitoring wells within a multi-aquifer network using various drilling and vertical profiling technologies. Mentors multidisciplinary field teams, providing training in investigation methodologies, sampling techniques, health and safety requirements, and QA/QC procedures. Prepares remedial investigation reports, SOPs, and other key project deliverables. Supports the development of hydrogeologic cross sections, soil lithology interpretations, and ArcGIS-based mapping products for site characterization and remedial decision-making.

PFAS Site Investigation, Manufacturing Plant, Michigan — Supports the project manager with budget management and project execution. Directs the planning, coordination, and execution of field investigation activities, managing field teams and subcontractors. Leads the development of a site investigation technical reports to characterize extent of PFAS present in soil and groundwater and support site conceptual model updates.

Site Investigation

Effluent PCB Source Investigation, Active Industrial Facility, Baltimore, Maryland — Serves as the technical field and document lead for the development of SOPs and FSPs supporting the source investigation of PCBs in manufacturing process areas and stormwater effluent. Provides technical support to the facility by developing sampling strategies and health and safety protocols for operations involving corrosive effluent streams. Reviews as-built engineering drawings to verify process configurations, evaluate infrastructure, and support sampling program design. Calculates and programs sampling parameters for automated monitoring systems. Leads the coordination and execution of field sampling events.

Former Wood Treating Facility, Superfund Site, Navassa, North Carolina — Served as field lead supporting the CERCLA process to characterize and remediate environmental impacts associated with a former wood treatment facility—including DNAPL contaminated soil, groundwater, intertidal marsh sediment and sediment porewater. Led field teams for piezometer installation and development within intertidal marsh. Conducted and evaluated pneumatic slug testing within monitoring well and piezometer network. Deployed telemetry-connected transducers for continuous monitoring of marsh and upland areas. Assisted in technical writing of pre-design work plan of upland areas.

ISRA Investigation, Active Industrial Facility, New Jersey — Oversaw and conducted field investigations including soil and groundwater sampling, and the installation of monitoring wells under the New Jersey ISRA program. Assisted senior project staff in data evaluation to complete the remedial investigation of the site and the determination of appropriate remedial action to address volatile organic compounds in soil and groundwater.

Litigation Support

PFAS and 1-4 Dioxane Litigation Support, Confidential Locations — Developed ArcGIS mapping products to support site characterization, data visualization, and project communications. Conducted soil and groundwater sampling activities under the observation of multiple project stakeholders to evaluate additional sources for PFAS and 1,4‑dioxane, adhering to established investigation protocols and maintaining documentation to support litigation-related objectives.

PFAS Litigation Support, Confidential Locations — Provided litigation support related to PFAS from multiple aqueous film-forming foam formulations to groundwater. Responsibilities included extensive document and data review and developing ArcGIS mapping products.

Waste Management

Hazardous Waste Management, Petroleum Refining Facility, North Dakota — Served as the onsite field contact for facility personnel for the appropriate storage and disposal of hazardous waste overseen by the site’s environmental engineer. Field activities included collecting waste characterization samples, performing subcontractor oversight, maintaining hazardous waste storage areas, and facilitating waste shipments to comply with state and federal regulations.

NDPDES Permit Wastewater System Compliance, Petroleum Refining Facility, North Dakota — Conducted routine wastewater sampling in compliance with the North Dakota Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NDPDES) permit requirements. Performed QA/QC on data being reported to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and prepared monthly discharge monitoring reports for the client.

Remedial Design

Hydrocarbon Remedial Investigation and Action, Bridgeton, New Jersey — Conducted groundwater sampling in accordance with the Permit-by-Rule requirements. Managed a New Jersey-licensed drilling subcontractor and provided technical oversight of in situ chemical oxidation injection activities for the remediation of soil and groundwater. Supported the project engineer by reviewing and evaluating performance monitoring data to assess the effectiveness of remedial injection events and guide subsequent remedial actions.

Education & Credentials

B.S., Environmental Science, Stockton University, Galloway, New Jersey, 2018

Continuing Education

OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER

OSHA 8-Hour HAZWOPER Supervisor

Hazardous Materials Ground Shipper Certification DOT (2019)

First Aid/CPR/AED Certified

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)

Professional Affiliations

Member of Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council Work Group for Passive Sampling Technology Update

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