Air Force Environmental Program Manager

WSP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 164,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking an Air Force Environmental Program Manager to lead and deliver complex environmental programs for U.S. Air Force and related clients.

The role requires cross-functional leadership, strong governance, and rigorous financial oversight to ensure safe, compliant, and timely results across multiple task orders. You will coordinate with regional leaders and contract teams, drive performance metrics, and support business development while maintaining high client service standards

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience managing environmental, engineering, remediation, compliance, or related programs for the U.S. Air Force.
• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, geology, program management, business management, or related field; advanced degree or certification preferred.
• Experience managing federal contracts and multiple concurrent task orders with scope, schedule, budget, staff, subcontractors, deliverables, and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for assigned Air Force environmental programs, contracts, and task orders.
• Serve as the primary program-level point of contact for Air Force and WSP leadership, communicating priorities, performance, risks, and decisions.
• Oversee contract and task-order execution to ensure compliance with scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, security, and contractual requirements.
• Establish program governance, procedures, performance measures, reporting expectations, and escalation protocols.
• Direct program financial management including revenue, cost forecasting, backlog review, margin, invoicing, AR coordination, and corrective action planning.
• Mentor program and project managers and support succession planning and recruitment for critical roles.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Federal contracting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science or engineering

Advanced degree or professional certification preferred

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP USA is initiating a search for an experienced leader to serve as an Air Force Environmental Program Manager. The position may operate from any mutually agreed WSP office in the United States. This role is primarily responsible for the successful management and delivery of environmental programs and contracts supporting the U.S. Air Force and related Department of War clients.
The Air Force Environmental Program Manager will provide overall program leadership, contract governance, financial and operational oversight, resource planning, risk management, quality assurance, and client coordination. The role will lead multidisciplinary teams in delivering technically sound, compliant, safe, and timely work while meeting contractual requirements and WSP performance expectations. The position will collaborate with operational leadership, project managers, technical leaders, contract administrators, and the broader Federal Business Line to promote consistent execution across task orders and geographic locations.
The position will coordinate closely with WSP Business Line and regional leaders. Business development responsibilities will be limited and primarily focused on identifying opportunities to maximize task orders under existing Air Force environmental contracts, task-order planning, and organic growth associated with successful program execution and strong client service.

Your Impact

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for assigned Air Force environmental programs, contracts, and task orders.
• Serve as the primary program-level point of contact for Air Force and WSP leadership, maintaining clear communication regarding priorities, performance, risks, and required decisions.
• Oversee contract and task-order execution to ensure compliance with scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, security, and contractual requirements.
• Establish program governance, operating procedures, performance measures, reporting expectations, and escalation protocols.
• Direct program financial management, including revenue and cost forecasting, backlog review, margin performance, invoicing, accounts receivable coordination, and corrective-action planning.
• Lead resource planning and coordinate with operational and technical leaders to assign qualified staff, maintain continuity, and address workload or capacity constraints.
• Guide and support project and task-order managers through project startup, execution, monitoring, change management, and closeout.
• Monitor program and task-order performance, identify emerging risks or variances, and implement timely recovery or mitigation actions.
• Ensure consistent application of WSP quality-management and health-and-safety requirements, including appropriate reviews, documentation, and follow-through on corrective actions.
• Coordinate subcontractor and teaming-partner performance, including work allocation, deliverable integration, compliance, and issue resolution.
• Promote technical consistency and knowledge sharing across projects, installations, disciplines, and regional delivery teams.
• Oversee preparation and submission of required program reports, deliverables, invoices, status updates, and client briefings.
• Support contract modifications, requests for equitable adjustment, performance evaluations, audits, and other contractual or administrative actions in coordination with contracts and legal personnel.
• Maintain strong client relationships through responsive program delivery, proactive communication, and effective resolution of issues, with the goal of achieving favorable client feedback and CPARS ratings.
• Coordinate with other federal accounts and programs when shared resources, technical expertise, or integrated delivery approaches are beneficial.
• Support recompetes, task-order responses, and client planning by providing program delivery strategy, staffing plans, past-performance information, technical input, and lessons learned.
• Mentor program and project managers and contribute to succession planning, staff development, and recruitment for critical program-delivery roles.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience managing environmental, engineering, remediation, compliance, or related programs for the U.S. Air Force.
• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, geology, program management, business management, or a related field. Advanced degree or relevant professional certification is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing federal contracts and multiple concurrent task orders, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, subcontractors, deliverables, and performance metrics.
• Strong understanding of federal contracting requirements, task-order execution, contract compliance, quality management, and client reporting.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams and coordinating technical, operational, financial, and contractual stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve program risks, delivery issues, staffing constraints, and contractual challenges in a timely manner.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to establish accountability, support collaboration, and maintain productive client relationships.
• Commitment to health and safety, quality, ethics, compliance, technical excellence, and internal and external client service.
• Knowledge of Air Force environmental programs and project delivery requirements, including experience supporting installation-level and enterprise-wide programs.
  

WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $163,800 - $243,200
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $163,800 - $243,200
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.