Environmental Remediation Lead - Emergency Response

GHD; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Wellness benefit

Job summary

GHD is seeking an Environmental Remediation Consultant, Emergency Response to join its FIRST team in the United States. You will lead emergency response projects from initial site stabilization through remediation, regulatory coordination, and closure, coordinating multidisciplinary engineers and scientists.

The role requires availability for after-hours response and travel, with responsibilities spanning client communications, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with an environmental, engineering, or remediation consulting firm.
• Experience managing environmental investigation, remediation, and compliance projects under state and federal regulatory programs.
• Experience supporting private-sector industrial clients, including rail, pipeline, manufacturing, chemical, energy, or similar industries.
• Experience managing project financial performance, including budgets, forecasting, contracting, change management, invoicing, and subcontractor management.
• Experience leading environmental field programs, including investigations, sampling, monitoring, remediation implementation, and contractor oversight.
• Experience responding to environmental emergencies and supporting preparedness, drills, exercises, and field response operations.
• Strong project management, client relationship management, business development, and communication skills, including preparation of technical reports and client presentations.
• Working knowledge of ICS, air monitoring, environmental sampling, SCAT, and emergency response operations.
• Experience supporting railroad and pipeline incidents is preferred.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental emergency response, investigation, remediation, restoration, and compliance projects from proposal through completion.
• Serve as the primary client contact and lead all aspects of project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, invoicing, reporting, quality, and communication.
• Develop technical strategies, scopes, cost estimates, remedial approaches, work plans, and regulatory solutions that support client objectives.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate technical specialists, field personnel, subcontractors, and contractors.
• Support environmental investigations, corrective actions, remediation programs, site closure strategies, and regulatory engagement efforts.
• Prepare proposals, technical reports, regulatory deliverables, and other client-facing documents while supporting business development and account growth.
• Mentor staff, support emergency response readiness, and represent GHD through client interactions, industry events, and after-hours incident response activities as needed.

Skills

Project management

Client relationship management

Business development

Communication skills

Emergency response

Leadership

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science, or related field

Job description

GHD is seeking an Environmental Remediation Consultant, Emergency Response to join its FIRST team in the United States. You will lead emergency response projects from initial site stabilization through remediation, regulatory coordination, and closure, coordinating multidisciplinary engineers and scientists.

The role requires availability for after-hours response and travel, with responsibilities spanning client communications, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.