Environmental Data Management Leader: EQuIS & Analytics

CDM Smith; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 91,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to advance data management capabilities across ESG programs, focusing on EQuIS platforms, data governance, and analytics. The role elevates data management to a governance‑driven discipline, improving defensible decision‑making and project delivery.

You will lead strategy, standards, and training while partnering with GIS, analytics, and field data teams to drive dashboards, reporting, and data quality across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 7+ years of related experience; travel may be required.
• Experience leading environmental data management programs and defining data governance standards.
• Demonstrated expertise with EQuIS, data validation, QA/QC workflows, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide national leadership for environmental data management across ESG programs and set standards.
• Develop and maintain data governance frameworks, SOPs, templates, and guidance documents.
• Lead EQuIS platform strategy, data loading, validation workflows, and integration with reporting tools.
• Oversee defensible data validation processes, QA/QC strategies, and project-specific validation.
• Support project startup with data management requirements, SAPs, QAPPs, and reporting workflows.
• Coordinate analytics, dashboards, and Power BI integration with GIS and other platforms.

Skills

EQuIS experience

Data governance

QA/QC workflows

Leadership & mentoring

Power BI integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

EQuIS

Power BI

Job description

CDM Smith seeks an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to advance data management capabilities across ESG programs, focusing on EQuIS platforms, data governance, and analytics. The role elevates data management to a governance‑driven discipline, improving defensible decision‑making and project delivery.

You will lead strategy, standards, and training while partnering with GIS, analytics, and field data teams to drive dashboards, reporting, and data quality across projects.