Senior Project Manager - Environmental
$120,000–$155,000 year
On-siteBrooklyn, New York, United States
Brooklyn, New York, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$120,000–$155,000 yearSenior LevelBachelors DegreeLarge
Full TimeSenior LevelBachelors DegreeLarge
Job Summary
Manage and oversee environmental due diligence, investigation, remediation, permitting, and construction-phase projects throughout the five boroughs and NYC metropolitan area. Lead complex NYC E-Designation, Brownfield Cleanup, spill, and redevelopment projects from planning through closure while preparing technical deliverables, proposals, and regulatory submittals. Serve as primary point of contact for clients, agencies, and multidisciplinary teams, providing senior technical review on remedial strategy and permitting. Support business development, teaming efforts, and staff mentoring to drive practice growth.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Engineering, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, or a related field
- Approximately 10–15 years of professional environmental consulting experience, including management of environmental due diligence, investigation, remediation, permitting, natural resource, and/or regulatory-driven projects
- Strong technical knowledge of NYC E-Designation projects, NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program projects, spill sites, and other New York City / New York State environmental regulatory programs
- Demonstrated experience managing complex environmental projects, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, subcontractors, technical deliverables, regulatory coordination, and client communication
- Experience preparing and reviewing proposals, work plans, investigation reports, remedial action plans, closure documentation, permit applications, regulatory correspondence, and technical submittals
- Strong client communication, client management, and client-service skills, with the ability to develop trusted relationships and support new work
- Experience managing, mentoring, and developing environmental staff
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and coordinating with contractors, drillers, laboratories, technical specialists, attorneys, developers, public agencies, and regulatory agencies
- Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills
- Highly motivated self-starter with sound professional judgment, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to lead projects and teams in a fast-paced consulting environment
- Experience supporting business development, proposal development, teaming efforts, RFP/RFQ responses, and/or professional networking
- Working knowledge of environmental permitting processes related to development, infrastructure, remediation, natural resources, and construction projects
- Active participation in professional organizations, industry groups, or market-facing activities
- Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to travel to project sites and client meetings within the five boroughs and the NYC metropolitan area
- Ability to visit and oversee work at active construction, redevelopment, wetland, natural resource, and environmental project sites
- Ability to perform and/or oversee outdoor field work, as needed
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds at a time
- Ability to travel locally for project meetings, client meetings, field visits, and industry events
Desired Qualifications
- M.S. degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Engineering, Hydrogeology, Geochemistry, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, or a related field
- New York State Professional Geologist, Professional Engineer, Professional Wetland Scientist, or other relevant professional certification
- Demonstrated seller-doer experience, including client development, repeat work, proposal leadership, and/or new revenue generation
- Experience performing or managing wetland delineations, natural resource assessments, jurisdictional determinations, and related permitting efforts
- Experience with federal, state, and local environmental permitting, including USACE, NYSDEC, NYCDEP, stormwater, wetland, waterbody, coastal, and natural resource permitting programs
- Experience integrating wetland, permitting, remediation, redevelopment, and construction-phase environmental compliance requirements into project strategy, schedules, budgets, and client communication
- Experience with in-situ remediation, engineering controls, vapor mitigation, soil management, groundwater remediation, and construction-phase environmental compliance
- Experience interpreting hydrogeologic data, geochemical conditions, groundwater flow, contaminant fate and transport, and groundwater modeling
- Established relationships within the NYC real estate, affordable housing, public agency, institutional, infrastructure, legal, wetland/permitting, natural resource, or redevelopment markets
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