Senior or Principal Environmental Professional

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior or Principal Environmental Professional to lead impactful projects in environmental compliance and due diligence. This role involves managing people and projects, developing client relationships, and ensuring technical excellence in a dynamic consulting environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in environmental regulations, project management, and client stewardship. Join a forward-thinking firm that values innovation and offers a comprehensive benefits package, competitive pay, and opportunities for professional growth. If you're ready to make a difference and tackle complex challenges, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Paid Holidays

Vacation Time

Sick Leave

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Plan

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in environmental consulting or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of California environmental regulations and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental compliance projects and client relationships.
• Oversee project planning, budgeting, and delivery.

Skills

Environmental Regulations Knowledge

Client Management

Project Management

Technical Leadership

Field Work

Hazardous Materials Management

OSHA HAZWOPER Training

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Environmental or Earth Sciences

Advanced Degree in Related Field

Professional Engineer (P.E.) License

Job description

Overview

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better?

Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Senior or Principal Environmental Professional to support our growing environmental compliance and due diligence practice. This position can be located in any of our Northern California offices to include Walnut Creek, Oakland, Davis, and Sacramento. This role will be responsible for managing people and projects, developing client relationships, ensuring technical excellence, and providing expertise on projects involving portfolio risk management, environmental, health and safety compliance, due diligence, and Brownfield redevelopment. This position is well-suited for a talented, highly experienced individual who is interested in being a leader and contributing to innovative and challenging projects.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Collaboration and mentoring are cornerstones of Geosyntec’s culture. We operate under a sell-manage-do culture, and so we expect that you’d work on challenging technical projects while leveraging your existing knowledge and experience to help Geosyntec expand its current practices and capabilities through business development and client management. You may also be asked to take on project management responsibilities, along with staff management and development, and mentoring tasks. Some of the key responsibilities may include:

• Managing, permitting, planning, compliance and environmental oversight of projects involving due diligence, including multi-media compliance reviews and ASTM-compliant Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments;
• Managing multiple projects within the scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensuring quality standards on project deliverables;
• Managing the overall delivery of projects including, project planning and controls, financial management, change management, risk management, and contract/subcontract management;
• Effectively stewarding and building client relationships to repeat business;
• Developing business opportunities with new and existing clients and preparing associated proposals.

Education and Licensure

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental or earth sciences; or environmental, civil, or chemical engineering; or a related field. (required)
• Advanced degree in the same. (preferred)
• Licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.), Professional Geologist (P.G.), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or similar. (preferred)

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years (10+ years preferred) of experience in an environmental consulting environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• Knowledge and experience with environmental regulations in the Western U.S., including California. (strongly preferred)
• Significant experience with Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments. (strongly preferred)
• Experience working on demanding, sophisticated, confidential and legally sensitive projects with the ability to succeed in a fast-paced consulting environment, handle multiple project assignments, meet strict deadlines. (strongly preferred)
• Knowledge and experience with health and safety regulations in the Western U.S., including California. (preferred)
• An outstanding track record for client management and technical leadership. (preferred)
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel. (required)
• Current OSHA 40-hr HAZWOPER training and refreshers. (preferred)
• Field work and overnight travel may be required.

Compensation

Below are the potential compensation ranges that we in good faith believe are applicable for this role at the time of this posting and are only applicable for jobs to be performed in the specified California locations below. The typical base salary range for this position is just one component of Geosyntec’s total compensation package for employees. Actual compensation will be determined based on education, experience, skill set and location.

• Minimum Salary: $120,265/year / Maximum Salary: $205,190/year (Oakland / Walnut Creek)
• Minimum Salary: $115,040/year / Maximum Salary: $196,275/year (Davis / Sacramento)

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including, paid holidays, vacation, sick, and personal paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k), and other benefits to eligible employees.

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