National Environmental Data Lead - EQuIS & Analytics

CDM Smith; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to advance its data management capabilities across ESG programs. You will lead EQuIS-based workflows, data validation, and analytics integration while shaping governance, standards, and training across the firm.

You will collaborate with GIS, analytics, and field teams to improve data quality, dashboards (Power BI), and defensible decision-making for complex environmental programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; 7 years of related experience. Domestic and/or international travel may be required.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Discipline Leadership: Provide national leadership for environmental data management across ESG programs, including strategy, standards, workflows, training.
• Data Governance and Standards: Develop, implement, and maintain data governance frameworks and SOPs for environmental data management.
• EQuIS Platform Leadership: Serve as a senior technical leader for EQuIS-based data management.
• Data Validation and QA/QC Workflows: Lead the development and improvement of defensible data validation and QA/QC workflows.
• Project Startup and Delivery Support: Support project teams to ensure data management requirements are built into scopes and reports.
• Analytics and Visualization Integration: Coordinate with teams to connect validated data to dashboards and analytics tools.
• Field Data Acquisition and Automation: Advance electronic field data collection and automated workflows.
• Intellectual Property Management: Oversee development and curation of discipline IP and templates.
• Training and Staff Development: Build and mentor a sustainable cohort of environmental data managers.
• Resource Planning and Team Structure: Identify staffing needs and balance workloads across projects.
• Process Improvement and Efficiency: Identify opportunities to reduce manual data handling and improve quality.
• Business Development and Market Support: Support proposals and marketing materials highlighting capabilities.
• Cross‑Business Unit Coordination: Align data workflows with enterprise systems.
• Thought Leadership and Continuous Improvement: Contribute to seminars, publications, and innovations.
• Maintain and grow CDM Smith’s reputation for technical excellence.

Skills

EQuIS

QA/QC

Data governance

Dashboarding

Power BI

Field data collection

GIS

Data validation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

EQuIS

Power BI

Esri Field Maps

Survey123

Quickbase

SharePoint

Job description

CDM Smith seeks an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to advance its data management capabilities across ESG programs. You will lead EQuIS-based workflows, data validation, and analytics integration while shaping governance, standards, and training across the firm.

You will collaborate with GIS, analytics, and field teams to improve data quality, dashboards (Power BI), and defensible decision-making for complex environmental programs.