Environmental Senior Project Manager

What You'll Do

ECS Limited is offering a unique opportunity for a senior professional to lead our site characterization / remediation group in the Northern Virginia market through a combination of enhancing our technical expertise and business development activities as needed.

This person will assist in supporting our well- established contracts with the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Responsibilities

• The candidate would be a technical lead and serve as a mentor to more junior staff on all types of site assessment / remediation projects and would scope and direct subsurface investigations, evaluate environmental risk, and prepare remedial action plans and recommendations, execute, and manage fieldwork, ensure quality assurance on reports and interface with clients and regulators.
• This position requires overseeing the work of others and management of small and complex projects of various types
• Environmental Senior Project Managers prepare project proposals and budgets (including complex proposals in response to publicly solicited requests for proposals), lead business development initiatives within their operating group(s), serve as a technical resource to junior staff in their area(s) of expertise, review technical deliverables, invoices, and field reports prepared by junior staff
• Environmental Senior Project Managers may be required to supervise junior staff directly and if so, will be responsible for maintaining a sufficient workload for all junior staff under their supervision
• This position requires the ability to independently solve day-to-day problems on projects with limited direction or involvement from executive staff.

Environmental Senior Project Managers are responsible for daily on-going client interaction, maintaining a client database, and actively participating in business development and client marketing events

Physical Demands - Work may include climbing : ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, etc.

You will be required to have close visual acuity. Activities occur inside and outside, and you may be required to wear a respirator and other personal protective equipment.

What We're Looking For

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Geology or a discipline related to Environmental Science
• 7+ years of Geology, Environmental Engineering, or related experience
• Knowledge of and experience with Virginia Petroleum, Brownfields, and Voluntary Remediation Programs is highly desirable.
• Professional Geologist (PG) or Professional Engineer (PE) license is strongly preferred.

Who We Are

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 2,700 employees in 90+ offices and testing facilities across the United States.

ECS is currently ranked #64 in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms (April 2024) and #28 in Zweig Group's Hot Firm List (June 2024).

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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.

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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.