National Environmental Data Management Leader

CDM Smith; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 91,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to elevate the firm’s data governance, validation, and analytics. You will lead national programs, establish defensible workflows, and coordinate across ESG, GIS, and IT teams to deliver high‑quality environmental data solutions.

The role focuses on EQuIS leadership, data validation, dashboard integration, and project startup support, with a strong emphasis on governance, training, and staff development across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree. 7 years of related experience. Domestic and/or international travel may be required.
• Experience with EQuIS or comparable environmental data management platforms, including database setup, EDD management, data loading, reporting, QA/QC, and/or validation workflows.
• Experience coordinating across technical disciplines, business units, digital/IT teams, GIS teams, laboratory teams, and project delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide national leadership for environmental data management across ESG programs, including strategy, standards, workflows, training, and technical support.
• Develop, implement, and maintain data governance frameworks, SOPs, templates, checklists, and guidance for environmental data management.
• Serve as a senior technical leader for EQuIS-based data management, including database strategy, consolidation, and data loading/validation workflows.
• Lead the development of defensible data validation and QA/QC workflows for various environmental programs.
• Support project startup to embed data management requirements into scopes, budgets, schedules, SAPs, QAPPs, and EDD specs.
• Coordinate with analytics, GIS, and other teams to connect validated data to dashboards, Power BI, and automated reporting.
• Advance electronic field data collection tools and automated workflows with Survey123, Esri Field Maps, Quickbase, and related systems.
• Oversee development and maintenance of discipline IP, templates, dashboards, and training materials within knowledge management systems.
• Build and mentor a sustainable data management team and provide ongoing staff development and coaching.
• Identify staffing needs and coordinate cross‑functional resources to meet project demand.

Skills

Team leadership

Data governance

EQuIS platform

QA/QC workflows

Project startup support

Analytics & dashboards

Field data acquisition

IP management

Training & staff development

Resource planning

Process improvement

Cross‑business coordination

Business development support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (MS/PhD)

Tools

EQuIS

Power BI

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking an Environmental Data Management Discipline Leader to elevate the firm’s data governance, validation, and analytics. You will lead national programs, establish defensible workflows, and coordinate across ESG, GIS, and IT teams to deliver high‑quality environmental data solutions.

The role focuses on EQuIS leadership, data validation, dashboard integration, and project startup support, with a strong emphasis on governance, training, and staff development across multiple