Environmental Data Management Leader (EQuIS & Analytics)

CDM Smith; Fayetteville (AR); On-site; USD 91,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to advance data governance, standards, and analytics across ESG programs. You will lead EQuIS activities, champion defensible data workflows, and guide project teams in data acquisition, validation, and reporting.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, cross‑disciplinary collaboration, and the deployment of dashboards and Power BI integrations to support decision‑making. Travel may be required for program leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; 7 years of related experience.
• Experience with EQuIS or similar environmental data management platforms.
• Ability to mentor staff and support multiple projects across ESG programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide national leadership for environmental data management; set strategy, standards, and training.
• Develop data governance frameworks, SOPs, templates, and guidance documents.
• Lead EQuIS platform strategy, data loading, validation, and analytics.
• Oversee defensible data validation and QA/QC workflows across programs.
• Support project startup with data management requirements in scopes and budgets.
• Coordinate data to dashboards, Power BI, GIS, and automated reporting.
• Mentor staff; manage staffing needs and bench of trained practitioners.
• Collaborate across units to align workflows with enterprise systems.
• Support proposals and business development with data management capabilities.

Skills

Environmental data management

EQuIS

Power BI

Data governance

QA/QC

Analytics

Field data collection

Database administration

Mentoring staff

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Environmental Science or related

Tools

EQuIS Enterprise

EQuIS Data Qualification Module

Power BI

Esri GIS tools

EnviroInsite

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to advance data governance, standards, and analytics across ESG programs. You will lead EQuIS activities, champion defensible data workflows, and guide project teams in data acquisition, validation, and reporting.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, cross‑disciplinary collaboration, and the deployment of dashboards and Power BI integrations to support decision‑making. Travel may be required for program leadership.