Environmental Senior Project Manager

Short Description

As an Environmental Senior Project Manager, you have strong leadership skills as well as a great eye for detail. You are heavily skilled both out in the field and working with clients. Leading your team by example is second nature to you - through excellent assessments, studies and reports. You have a passion for all things environmental - principals, applications, permitting processes, regulations and test methods. You are extremely hard working and strive to ensure that your team delivers the best quality. You get the "big" picture and want to contribute accordingly - and that's why you'll have all the opportunity for career growth within our company you'll want.

Responsibilities

Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team. This role is responsible to ensure that all required tasks on a project from proposal to final invoice payment are completed either by themselves or by subordinates. The Senior Project Manager is primarily responsible for the completion and overall success of the project. Senior Project Manager will act as the main point of contact for the client on their projects. The ideal candidate presents a positive customer service attitude and understanding of ECS Core Values.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively mentor junior staff and support overall development of the team
• Attend project meetings and provide solutions to technical and administrative issues as necessary
• Market our services. Maintain and further develop the client database
• Strong ability to manage project budgets and prepare change orders. Manage your project budgets and oversee project budgets of others as assigned. Review change orders and invoices. Assist with collection efforts
• Scheduling, training and oversight of subordinate staff members
• Strong ability to prioritize tasks and meet project deadlines.
• Oversee environmental projects. Assist junior staff with resolution of issues and training of field staff. Responsible for several projects being performed simultaneously.
• Oversee the preparation and review of proposals and change orders
• Prepare environmental reports, perform analysis and provide recommendations. Oversee the preparation and review of environmental reports from junior staff
• Perform peer/senior review of deliverables prior to submission for Principal review
• Host or attend project discussions with clients, follow up on reports to determine if there are questions
• Collaborate with other managers to make staffing decisions
• Other duties as assigned.
• Have completed internal Phase I ESA training.
• Must be an EP as defined by ASTM and perform Phase I ESAs independently. Review Phase I ESAs of subordinate staff prior to principal review.
• Initiate project set up and scheduling. Perform site reconnaissance, file review and report preparation independently. Communicate project progression and findings with project Principal. Work with Project Principal to finalize report, submission of deliverable, discuss findings with client and complete project closeout. Supervise junior staff as appropriate regarding project assignments and all aspects of the performance related to project execution and completion.
• Possesses exceptional technical writing skills with regard to basic conventions of spelling, grammar, and professional content/tone. Knows, understands, and uses standard industry terms and jargon. (units of measure, chemical compounds, geological details, etc.) Effectively proofreads their own written work and performs "peer reviews" of colleagues' reports focusing on mechanical considerations (grammar, spelling, etc..) and also on report content and the validity of conclusions. May perform some final report reviews with the permission of the subsidiary's Director of Environmental Services.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor and/or Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or other Engineering degree applicable to Environmental Consulting, Natural or Environmental Science, Geology, or other degree relevant to the practice of Environmental Consulting.

• Minimum 5 years of related experience

• Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional Geologist (PG) license preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of environmental principles and applications.
• Extensive knowledge of permitting processes, environmental regulations, and environmental test methods
• Extensive ability to manage and develop new clients. Seek out opportunities to develop relationships with clients.
• Review and provide feedback of field and laboratory testing by others. Perform training and/or corrective action as necessary.
• Excellent ability to manage and develop new clients
• Experience delegating/assigning projects and tasks to other staff while also managing other projects independently.

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