Senior Environmental Project Leader - Hybrid & Growth

Gannett Fleming; Owings Mills (MD); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

GFT in Owings Mills, MD, is seeking a Senior Environmental Project Manager to join our Environmental Sciences Team. This hybrid role requires regular attendance at the Owings Mills office and leads complex environmental projects with cross-office collaboration.

The ideal candidate will bring 15+ years in environmental consulting, 5+ years in team leadership, and a proven track record in client management, regulatory coordination, and business development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Biology, Ecology, Geology, Natural Resources, or a related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive environmental consulting experience; minimum of 5 years' experience managing a team/staff.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in a project management capacity and with large project portfolios.
• Proven record of client management, business development, and strategic pursuit leadership.
• Strong understanding of environmental regulations, permitting processes, compliance requirements, and agency coordination.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, complex projects, and high-visibility client and regulatory relationships.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical authority in environmental planning, permitting, compliance, remediation, impact assessment, natural resources, ecosystem restoration, and related disciplines.
• Provide technical oversight for environmental studies, permit applications, environmental assessments, impact statements, remediation strategies, compliance documentation, and technical reports.
• Lead technical quality reviews to confirm regulatory defensibility, consistency with corporate standards, and overall technical excellence.
• Develop practical solutions to complex environmental and regulatory challenges while guiding project teams through execution.
• Maintain current knowledge of emerging environmental regulations, industry trends, client priorities, and best practices.
• Represent clients in regulatory coordination and negotiations with agencies such as MDE, USACE, and other federal, state, and local regulators.
• Direct large, complex environmental projects involving multiple offices, disciplines, clients, regulators, and subcontractors.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout.
• Manage field teams, staff, subconsultants, and subcontractors to ensure project activities are performed safely, efficiently, and consistent with scope and quality expectations.
• Serve as the primary liaison among internal disciplines, regulatory agencies, stakeholders, clients, and delivery partners.
• Establish project scopes, work plans, budgets, schedules, staffing plans, risk strategies, and delivery expectations.
• Negotiate contracts, scopes of work, amendments, task orders, and consulting agreements.
• Manage financial performance, including revenue forecasting, profitability, utilization, budget adherence, accounts receivable, and change management.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate project risks, schedule constraints, resource conflicts, and regulatory challenges.
• Maintain consistent communication with executive-level clients, regulatory agencies, and key stakeholders.
• Deliver projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and consistent with client commitments and business objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Presentation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science/Engineering/Biology/Ecology/Geology/Natural Resources

Master's degree in related discipline

Professional certifications (PMP, CEP, PWS, CHMM, PE, PG)

Job description

GFT in Owings Mills, MD, is seeking a Senior Environmental Project Manager to join our Environmental Sciences Team. This hybrid role requires regular attendance at the Owings Mills office and leads complex environmental projects with cross-office collaboration.

The ideal candidate will bring 15+ years in environmental consulting, 5+ years in team leadership, and a proven track record in client management, regulatory coordination, and business development.