Environmental Assistant Project Manager

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Environmental Project Manager to lead projects from initiation through completion, ensuring safety, scope alignment, and on-budget delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage schedules, and work with external vendors to meet milestones.

The role emphasizes proactive problem-solving, rigorous reporting, and clear client communication to ensure satisfaction and successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or 6+ years related experience in environmental projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of an environmental project to ensure safe completion on time and within scope and budget.
• Monitor progress and performance against the project plan.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational problems and minimize delays.
• May be responsible for resource management, project scheduling, budgets and forecasts, and working with external vendors, subcontractors or contractors.
• Conduct meetings and prepares reports to communicate the status of the project to project team and client.
• Set priorities, assign tasks, and coordinate project staff to meet project targets and milestones.
• May have responsibilities to communicate with the client and deliver work products to satisfaction of client.
• Coordinate effort with APR to ensure engagement throughout the project at critical junctures.
• Involved with approving invoices, preparing change orders, and collections.

Skills

Project Scheduling

Performance Monitoring

Operational Problem-Solving

Change Order Preparation

Invoice Approval

Team Coordination

Task Assignment

Meeting Facilitation

Project Management

Environmental Science

Budget Management

Client Communication

Resource Management

Forecasting

Vendor Management

Geology

Engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Environmental Science / Geology

Job description

• Manage all aspects of an environmental project to ensure that it is safely completed on time and within scope and budget
• Responsible for completing the project as per its contracted scope; monitor progress and performance against the project plan
• Troubleshoot and recommend or resolve operational problems and minimize delays
• May be responsible for resource management, project scheduling, budgets and forecasts, and working with external vendors, subcontractors or contractors
• Conducts meetings and prepares reports to communicate the status of the project to project team and client
• Set priorities, assign tasks, and coordinate project staff to meet project targets and milestones
• May have responsibilities to communicate with the client and deliver work products to satisfaction of client
• Coordinates effort with APR to make sure that APR has the opportunity to engage throughout the project, particularly at critical junctures
• Is involved with approving invoices, preparing change orders, and collections

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline practices by the Firm including Engineering, Environmental Science or Geology and a minimum of 2 years’ related experience
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years’ related experience
• A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing environmental projects, ensuring timely completion within scope and budget while effectively coordinating resources and communicating with clients. Proficient in project scheduling, performance monitoring, and operational problem-solving.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management
• Environmental Science
• Budget Management
• Client Communication
• Resource Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Scheduling
• Performance Monitoring
• Operational Problem-Solving
• Change Order Preparation
• Invoice Approval

Soft Skills

• Team Coordination
• Task Assignment
• Meeting Facilitation

Certifications & Qualifications

• Valid Driver's License

Industry Keywords

• Environmental Project Management
• Geology
• Engineering
• Vendor Management
• Forecasting