Project Manager, Remediation

Job Description

Job location : Chicago, IL, Milwaukee, WI, or Minneapolis, MN

We invite you to bring your engineering experience into play as you continue to expand your career and make a direct impact with a team that addresses the remediation of environmentally-impaired media, particularly soil, groundwater, sediment, and vapor.

To succeed in this role you must be a registered PE and have 10+ years of environmental work experience, ranging from site characterization through remedial implementation and site closure.

Are you eager to develop your excellence in an inclusive, collaborative, and empowering community? Are you excited about joining a company that strives to make a difference for its employees, clients, and society?

Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature?

Ramboll is a global multi-disciplinary engineering, design, consultancy and EPCM company. We fully support and encourage your professional development, invite you to unfold your ingenuity and contribute to exciting and innovative projects, and work for sustainable change so people and nature can flourish.

If this sounds good to you, then this role could be the perfect opportunity! Join our Environment and Health department as our new Project Manager or Senior Project Manager and work with our collaborative and ambitious team to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As our new Project Manager or Senior Project Manager, you will join our global Environmental Health and Safety team that supports clients with a wide range of complex and challenging environmental issues.

Your key responsibilities will be :

Apply engineering and scientific principles and concepts to area(s) of specialization; able to draw solutions from education, formal training, and experience

Collaborate with and support interdisciplinary engineering design teams to develop and implement multi-discipline solutions for soil, groundwater, sediment, and vapor remediation projects, using in-situ and ex-situ technologies, including :

Participates in project scoping, costing, proposal preparation, and client presentations

Establishes work procedures / sequences and develops schedules, budgets, staffing requirements, and vendor / subcontractor lists

Effective oral presentations and technical writing; work plans and reports; data compilation and analysis

Significant role or independently manages proposal preparation related to service lines / spearheads, sectors, key accounts and / or growth initiatives

Preparation of contract / design drawings, specifications, and bid documents for environmental remediation projects

Tracking of milestones, deliverables, and compliance with established budgets, plans, specifications, Company standards of workmanship, quality, and performance, and with the terms and conditions of the contract

Plan, design, and manage / execute fieldwork to support remedial designs (e.g., sampling of soil, sediment, groundwater, and vapor, and quality assurance activities for remedial construction)

Review and analyze the cost and cost control progress, financial and other site-generated data to evaluate project status and compliance

Coordinate and monitor subcontractor work activities

Acts as a mentor, with responsibility for the development of the technical and professional skills of others more junior to your role.

Your new team

As part of the Environmental Health & Safety team, you will be part of a creative group, filled with people who are really excited about solving clients’ problems and creating sustainable solutions for them.

You will work with all levels of technical expertise from entry level team members to members with decades of experience, many of whom are subject matter experts in their own fields.

And you will engage in a continual learning environment through coaching, mentoring, and on the job tasks.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development, we want you to continue to grow with our company! While we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include :

BS or MS in Civil, Environmental, or related Engineering degree

10+ years environmental experience, ranging from site characterization through remedial implementation and site closure

Registered professional engineer (PE) in one or more states is required

Working knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations and programs

Strong team player that can manage and contribute to several projects simultaneously

This position encompasses both office work (technical design, project / task management, data analysis, and report preparation) as well as fieldwork

OSHA HAZWOPER 40-hour certification preferred

AutoCAD and Civil 3D experience a plus

Experience training and / or mentoring junior-level technical staff a plus

Active participation in professional associations and other organizations is a plus

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include the ability to prioritize multiple projects with competing deadlines.

What we can offer you

• Interesting and diverse projects
• The opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest professionals in your field
• Flexible work arrangements
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent health and retirement benefits
• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Appreciation for the unique person you are
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people.

So, that’s where we start and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act.

Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives.

We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realize their full potential.