Environmental Assistant Staff Project Manager I

Responsibilities

Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) is seeking a highly motivated Environmental Assistant Staff Project Manager to join our team. This role performs specific field tasks assigned per project by more senior staff. Your growth in responsibility will come with time and experience. This work will be field based with limited office work as experience is gained. An ideal candidate presents a positive customer service attitude and understanding of ECS Core Values.

Key Responsibilities

• Interact and collaborate with staff members on a variety of projects
• Attend project meetings with senior staff as requested
• Interface with contractors and other site personnel on project sites daily
• Keep supervisor informed of changing site conditions and / or additional testing requested on project sites.
• Scheduling, training and oversight of environmental technicians.
• Initiate project set up and implementation under the direct supervision of senior staff
• Good understanding of sample collection, preparation, preservation sample hold times and laboratory submission regulations and guidelines.
• Basic knowledge of federal, state and local environmental regulations and guidelines and their implications on findings and conclusions in studies.
• Clearly document site observations for field work performed and submit daily reports
• Communicate changing site conditions to supervisor and discuss their implications on field investigations. Implement investigation changes in the field as directed by your supervisor
• Work with senior staff to develop an understanding of the relation of field observations and sample results to findings and conclusions in the report
• Assist on Groundwater and soil investigations and media sampling.
• Perform boring and test pit layouts and evaluate site access with senior oversight
• Assist with remediation system installation, operation, and maintenance.
• Assist with underground storage tank assessments.
• Other duties as assigned.

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

No experience needed

Skills and Abilities

The expected pay range for this role and location is $23-$27 / hour. The final agreed-upon compensation will be determined based on specific location and other individual qualifications.

About Us

ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee-owned with more than 2,800 employees in 100+ offices and testing facilities coast to coast. ECS is currently ranked #66 in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms (April 2025), #144 in Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2024) and #50 in Zweig Group's Hot Firm List (June 2025). For additional information about ECS click here.

We love our employees and we show this through providing some great benefits, including paid time off, health and other insurance plans, retirement and college savings plans, and more. Click here to learn more about the great benefits at ECS.

ECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.