Environmental Principal
Job Description
The Environmental Principal - Assessment & Remediation is responsible for defining, directing, and executing complex environmental site assessments (Phase I/II), contaminant remediation programs, and regulatory compliance strategies for corporate and municipal clients. The role ensures the successful execution of multi-million dollar engineering budgets, regulatory agency negotiations, and technical design validations while shielding clients from environmental liabilities and managing cross-functional technical teams.
Required Qualifications * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Geology, Civil Engineering, or a highly related scientific discipline.
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Valid Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional Geologist (PG) licensure is highly preferred.
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8+ years of progressive professional experience directing large-scale environmental assessment, contamination profiling, or physical remediation tracking systems.
Preferred Skills * Masterful statutory analysis, technical remediation engineering design, and high-stakes regulatory negotiation capabilities.
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Outstanding professional leadership, financial account steering, and verbal/written technical articulation skills.
Experience Required * 8+ years of relevant experience executing structural environmental programs, managing complex multi-party contaminant cleanups, or directing senior consulting frameworks.
Responsibilities Duties:
Key Responsibilities * Coordinate and execute complex environmental site investigations, soil/groundwater remediation designs, and mitigation programs.
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Prepare and validate comprehensive technical engineering reports, remedial action plans, environmental impact statements, and expert testimony portfolios.
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Review geological data, chemical plume distribution models, and hydrogeological maps to track structural environmental risks.
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Coordinate with federal/state environmental protection agencies (EPA), industrial corporate clients, municipal boards, and technical field engineers.
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Monitor updates in environmental statutory frameworks, superfund guidelines, and state clean-up metrics to promptly adjust engineering steps.
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Manage project financial performance, tracking multi-tiered program budgets, labor resource hours, and client account growth.