Federal Environmental Program Director - Federal CERCLA/RCRA Programs and Client Development

True Environmental; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Sundance Consultants, part of True Environmental, seeks a senior Federal Environmental Program Director to lead the Federal Environmental Practice and act as a senior leader in CCR. This role combines business development, capture leadership, technical direction, and project delivery for complex CERCLA and RCRA investigations and compliance for federal clients.

You will leverage established relationships across DOD, DOI, and other agencies, guide teams, and ensure high-quality deliverables while

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of environmental consulting experience with 5+ years in federal BD and delivery.
• Demonstrated success winning and delivering federal environmental projects (DOD/DOI/EPA).
• Advanced CERCLA and RCRA knowledge; experience with CERCLA/RCRA investigations and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Federal Environmental Practice development and delivery for CERCLA/RCRA programs.
• Provide technical direction and senior review of plans, reports, and compliance activities.
• Manage client relationships, capture strategy, and proposal leadership for MATOC/SATOC tasks.
• Mentor staff and build strong teaming relationships with primes and subcontractors.

Skills

Fed client development

Proposal leadership

Technical leadership

CERCLA/RCRA

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

MATOC/SATOC

Team building

Professional credential (PE/PG/CHMM/Pf

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering/geology/science

Master’s degree in related discipline

Job description

Sundance Consultants, a part of True Environmental and its partner firms, have united their strengths to establish the nation's premier environmental and engineering services consulting firm. This powerhouse organization offers an extensive range of services aimed at revolutionizing the built environment and preserving the natural one. Its diverse expertise encompasses environmental remediation, urban planning, engineering iconic coastal and marine structures, developing sustainable energy sources, and pioneering resource extraction methods. Explore further at Sundance-inc.com and True-Environmental.com to discover the full scope of our capabilities.

We are seeking an accomplished senior environmental professional to be a leader and grow Sundance's Federal Environmental Practice and serve as a senior leader within the Compliance, Characterization, and Remediation (CCR) business. This is a senior seller/doer role that combines client development, capture and proposal leadership, technical direction, and successful project delivery. The Federal Environmental Program Director will leverage established relationships across the federal environmental market to identify and pursue growth opportunities while providing hands‑on leadership for complex CERCLA and RCRA investigation, remediation, and compliance programs supporting DOD, DOI, and other federal clients.

What You’ll Do:

Winning and Developing Work

• Develop Federal Client Relationships: Leverage and expand established relationships with DOD clients, including USACE, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, and DOI clients, including BLM, NPS, USFWS, and BIA, to identify and pursue new opportunities.
• Lead Capture and Proposals: Lead capture strategy for major pursuits and serve as a key contributor to teaming, technical strategy, proposal development, interviews, and presentations for federal MATOC/SATOC and task‑order procurements.
• Build Winning Teams: Develop productive relationships with prime contractors, teaming partners, small businesses, and specialized subcontractors to strengthen Sundance’s competitive position and delivery capabilities.
• Drive Sustainable Growth: Develop and execute account and market strategies that convert client relationships and technical capabilities into profitable new work. Support annual sales, backlog, and revenue growth objectives for the Federal Environmental Practice.

Delivering Excellent Work

• Provide Technical Leadership: Lead complex CERCLA and RCRA investigation, decision-document, remediation, and compliance programs, including PA/SI, RI/FS, RD/RA, RFI, CMS, and CMI activities.
• Ensure Technical Quality: Provide senior review and technical direction to ensure that project plans, reports, field approaches, and deliverables satisfy contractual, regulatory, technical, and quality requirements.
• Deliver Successful Projects: Maintain accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, client satisfaction, risk management, and project profitability.
• Engage Clients: Serve as a trusted senior advisor to federal clients, installation and facility representatives, regulators, teaming partners, and other stakeholders.

Supporting the Team

• Mentor and Develop Staff: Mentor engineers, geologists, scientists, and project managers; strengthen their technical, project‑delivery, client‑development, and proposal capabilities; and help develop the next generation of federal environmental leaders.

Requires Experience

• Minimum of 12 years of progressively responsible environmental consulting experience, including at least five years leading business development and project delivery for federal clients.
• Demonstrated success winning and delivering environmental investigation, remediation, or compliance work for DOD, DOI, EPA, or other federal agencies.
• Advanced working knowledge of CERCLA and RCRA processes, environmental investigations, remedy evaluation and implementation, decision documents, and regulatory compliance.
• Established professional relationships with federal program managers, contracting organizations, installation and facility representatives, industry partners, and specialized subcontractors, with a demonstrated history of leveraging those relationships to generate and expand business opportunities.
• Experience building and managing strategic teaming relationships.
• Demonstrated success leading capture strategy, developing technical and management approaches, supporting interviews, and winning federal environmental contracts.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and client expectations.
• Demonstrated experience leading environmental contracts, task orders, or programs involving multi‑million‑dollar annual workloads.
• Experience leading or supporting MATOC/SATOC capture and task‑order pursuits.
• Active professional credential or certification such as PE, PG, CHMM, or PMP.
• Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, geology, environmental science, or a related discipline.
• Ability to satisfy applicable federal background screening and installation‑access requirements.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support clients, pursuits, project delivery, and industry engagement.

Preferred Experience

• Master’s degree in environmental engineering, geology, environmental science, or a related discipline.
• Active federal security clearance.
• Recognized technical or market leadership within federal environmental investigation, remediation, or compliance programs.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.