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Corporate Environmental Risk Management; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Corporate Environmental Risk Management is seeking a Construction Abatement & Hazardous Materials Superintendent in Atlanta. This role leads field operations on regulated remediation projects, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Key responsibilities include supervising daily operations, conducting safety meetings, and maintaining client communications. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of relevant experience and necessary certifications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in abatement and hazardous materials.
• Experience managing remediation and abatement of lead and asbestos.
• Asbestos & Lead Superintendent Certification in Georgia and Alabama.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily field operations for projects.
• Conduct safety meetings and jobsite inspections.
• Maintain compliance with OSHA, EPA, and state regulations.

Skills

Abatement and hazardous materials experience

Management skills

Regulatory compliance

Education

High School Diploma

Higher education in the construction field

Tools

Air monitoring equipment

Hazardous materials handling tools

Job description

Job Summary

Construction Abatement & Hazardous Materials Superintendent to lead field operations on regulated remediation projects, including asbestos, lead-based paint, mold, and other hazardous materials. This role is critical to ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and in full regulatory compliance.

Essential Duties

• Oversee daily field operations for abatement and hazardous materials projects
• Enforce OSHA, EPA, NESHAP, AHERA, and state/local safety regulations
• Plan manpower, materials, equipment, and daily work activities
• Supervise, train and lead field crews and foremen
• Conduct daily safety meetings and jobsite inspections
• Coordinate air monitoring, clearance testing, and regulatory inspections
• Maintain daily reports, logs, and documentation
• Serve as the on-site point of contact for clients, inspectors and consultants; prepare and submit budget estimates, progress reports, or cost tracking reports
• Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, or other regulations
• Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with environmental regulations

Accounting/Budgeting Activities

• Provide Business Group Manager with budgetary feedback in connection with pricing activities
• Ensure that project is adequately set up for accounting and administrative compliance
• Actively monitor budget and ensure compliance
• Communicate allocated hours to project personnel
• Prepare case narrative for budget overruns for submission to accounting/corporate personnel
• Ensure timely submittal of subcontractor and vendor invoices to accounts payable

Business Development Activities

• Ensure that the project is adequately set up for client relations’ compliance
• Actively maintain positive relationship with client management and field level personnel
• Provide Business Development Group with supplemental information for confidential client profile
• Actively seek to expand scope of work with clients
• Provide Business Development Group with technical/industry guidance in connection with proposal activities
• Attend Pre-proposal/Pre-construction meetings when requested
• Provide technical and administrative support to proposal development as requested

Leadership/Management Activities

• Accountable and responsible for all project team members (field crew) during project execution, including time management of team members
• Accountable and responsible for all project resources including equipment and supplies
• Proactively encourage project staff to go the extra mile and make contributions to meet the specific needs of the client
• Provide hands‑on coaching/guidance to project personnel
• Determine applicable project benchmark (reporting, regulations, field documentation, etc.)
• Report field level and administrative conflicts/accomplishments to Business Group Manager

Project Execution Activities

• Finalize Project Plan
• Provide supplemental technical and labor support to supervisor and remediation workers as needed
• Clarify scope of work to project personnel

Quality Assurance / Risk Management

• Verify and ensure that appropriate contractual documents are executed prior to mobilizing to site
• Ensure abatement worker certifications are on project sites at all times
• Assist Business Group Manager with developing project assurance plan to minimize risk exposure to company (peer reviews, senior approval)
• Communicate job hazard analysis to crew members daily
• Monitor project activities for work plan compliance
• Report any significant risk exposures or occurrence to senior management
• Work with Business Group Manager and Senior Management to develop mitigation strategy for documented risk exposures

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma Required
• Minimum 5+ years of Abatement and hazardous materials experience
• Management/Remediation/Abatement of Lead and Asbestos
• Higher education in the construction field (preferred)

Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations

• Asbestos & Lead Superintendent Certification in Georgia and Alabama – registration in multiple southern states a plus

Physical Requirements

• Must regularly lift/move 40-50 pounds
• Must be able to work at heights greater than 30 feet
• Must be able to walk several miles in extreme weather conditions
• Stand, walk, use of hand finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Reach with hands and arms
• Talk and hear
• Sit, climb/balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

Work Environment

• Regularly works in varying outside weather conditions where noise levels can be loud
• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and exposed to fumes and airborne particles

Equal Employment Opportunity

Corporate Environmental Risk Management, L.L.C. is a Certified Drug‑Free Workplace and Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, and/or disability. C.E.R.M. will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background, credit check, and drug screen.