Environmental Senior Project Manager

At Woodard & Curran, there’s nothing we love more than a tough environmental engineering challenge. We handle a wide range of water and environmental issues—solving complex problems with creativity and tenacity. That’s how we make a difference to our clients, people, and planet. Our company was founded on a simple concept: provide a safe and enjoyable place to work with opportunity, integrity, and commitment, and we will attract talented people. Those people are at the heart of our firm, solving some of the most pressing water and environmental challenges for our clients. What’s in it for you: Woodard & Curran is offering a unique opportunity to join our remediation team, which provides high-quality permitting, compliance, assessment, remediation, and construction services to a variety of private sector clients including railway clients across the nation. You will manage complex environmental projects including those involving the evaluation and management of PCB-containing materials that improve our environment and benefit our communities. Our client managers, technical leaders, and team of talented engineers and scientists will help you provide exceptional service to our clients. You will be an active participant in our delivery system improvement programs and continuous learning opportunities. Who are we looking for: Woodard & Curran has an opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our growing firm and provide high-quality consulting services to our industrial, commercial, and railway clients. The selected candidate will be a key member of our national Remediation Practice and work directly with a diverse and talented group of engineers and scientists at the firm. The ideal candidate is a current Senior Project Manager with strong technical experience delivering high-quality compliance and remediation services, specifically to railroad industry clients located across the firm’s geography and core markets. In addition, the ideal candidate will be sought out by clients for innovative solutions, support and conduct business development efforts, and keep abreast of critical client and industry regulations and issues. The successful candidate will be an energetic, motivated, growth-oriented professional who can work independently and lead multi-disciplined project teams. Offering Flexible Remote Schedule This virtual work schedule will support clients in the following locations: Nationwide but primarily in the Northeast and Midwest. Travel up to 25%: Primarily local travel is required. What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran?

• Responsibilities include maintaining and establishing relationships with clients to procure and manage the scope, schedule, budget, and delivery of permitting, compliance, remediation and construction projects.
• Work directly with clients and a team to lead the delivery of projects related to providing technical advice, planning, design, permitting, and construction phase services for these projects.
• Frequent interaction with clients, potential clients, owners and regulators. Business development efforts will include preparation of proposals, project interviews and marketing activities.
• Manage and supervise the projects developed utilizing Woodard & Curran technical and administrative staff.
• Lead and complete technical tasks as required to support the projects. Emergency response opportunities are also a possibility.
• Specific experience and focus areas include developing site investigation plans, evaluating remediation alternatives, reviewing construction plans and related documentation and reporting in accordance with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
• Work also involves the selection, coordination, and management of subcontractors, cost estimating, and management of the scope, schedule, and budget for various project tasks.
• Report writing and interaction with project staff, clients and regulatory agencies will also play an important role in the candidate’s success

What You Will Need To Succeed:

• A total of 15 to 20 plus years of professional experience with an environmental/engineering consulting firm.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in environmental science or environmental engineering from an accredited program.
• Experience working with railroad clients.
• Strong appreciation of and commitment to safe work practices is mandatory.
• Client focused with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Demonstrated experience with scoping, budgeting and implementation of complex permitting and compliance programs.
• Familiarity with railroad regulatory programs across northeastern and midwestern states.
• Ability to work independently and on large multi-disciplinary teams.
• Outstanding written and verbal skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to mentor and develop a project team.
• OSHA HAZWOPER 40-hour and Railway Worker safety training a plus