Senior Project Manager - Environmental

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Project Manager - Environmental I Brooklyn, NY

LaBella is seeking an Environmental Project Manager to join our growing, multi-disciplinary Brooklyn, NY office. LaBella is a 100% employee-owned firm with more than 2,000 professionals in 40+ offices across 14 states, with additional international offices in the U.K. and Spain. LaBella's DUMBO, Brooklyn office offers the agility, collaboration, and visibility of a growing boutique practice, backed by the resources, stability, and technical depth of a national employee-owned firm.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated environmental professional who is ready to take ownership of projects, clients, and staff development while helping grow a dynamic New York City practice. The successful candidate will manage environmental due diligence, investigation, and remediation projects, including Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, NYC E-Designation projects, NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program projects, spill sites, and other complex urban redevelopment assignments throughout the five boroughs and the NYC metropolitan area.

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, technical deliverables, regulatory coordination, and client communication. The role will include preparing and reviewing work plans, proposals, investigation reports, remedial action plans, and regulatory submittals; coordinating field teams, contractors, drillers, laboratories, and technical specialists; evaluating environmental data; and helping guide projects from due diligence through investigation, remediation, and closure.

We are looking for someone who combines strong technical judgment with practical project management skills, clear communication, and a collaborative approach. The ideal candidate will enjoy mentoring junior staff, working directly with clients and regulatory agencies, solving problems in real time, and contributing to the continued growth of LaBella's Brooklyn environmental practice.

For the right person, this role offers significant upside: meaningful project responsibility, direct access to senior leadership, opportunities to help shape a growing office, and a path toward expanded client management, business development, and leadership within an employee-owned company.

LaBella offers excellent training, mentorship, career advancement opportunities, employee ownership, and outstanding benefits. This is a strong opportunity for a smart, driven, and technically capable environmental professional who wants to build a long-term career in New York City environmental consulting.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage environmental due diligence, investigation, and remediation projects throughout the five boroughs and the NYC metropolitan area, including Phase 1/11 ESAs, NYC E-Designation projects, NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program projects, spill sites, and construction-phase environmental work.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, deliverables, and client expectations from project initiation through completion.
• Prepare, review, and manage proposals, work plans, investigation reports, remedial action plans, closure documentation, and other technical and regulatory deliverables.
• Oversee and coordinate field investigations, including soil, groundwater, soil vapor, and surface water sampling, drilling programs, contractor oversight, construction support, and related field documentation.
• Direct and support field staff, subcontractors, drillers, laboratories, and technical specialists to ensure work is performed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with project requirements.
• Review, evaluate, organize, and present environmental data, including analytical results, field observations, figures, maps, tables, and supporting documentation.
• Communicate project status, findings, recommendations, schedule issues, and budget considerations clearly to clients, regulatory agencies, contractors, and internal project teams.
• Maintain regular and open communication with project team members, including senior technical reviewers, junior staff, administrative support, and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Collaborate with environmental scientists, engineers, geologists, planners, contractors, and government agencies to achieve project objectives and resolve technical, regulatory, and logistical challenges.
• Mentor and support junior staff by providing technical guidance, field planning support, report review, and practical project management direction.
• Establish and track project milestones, deadlines, budgets, and resource needs to support timely and profitable project delivery.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, including environmental assessments, permits, reports, correspondence, field records, laboratory data, and regulatory communications.
• Conduct and oversee work in accordance with professional standards, applicable regulations, LaBella's QA/QC policies, and the firm's core values.
• Represent LaBella professionally in interactions with clients, regulators, subcontractors, teaming partners, and other project stakeholders.
• Support the continued growth of LaBella's Brooklyn environmental practice through strong project delivery, client service, staff development, and collaboration with senior leadership.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Approximately 5-10 years of professional environmental consulting experience, including experience managing environmental due diligence, investigation, remediation, and/or construction-phase environmental projects.

• Experience with Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, environmental investigations, remedial programs, and environmental data evaluation.

• Working knowledge of NYC E-Designation projects, NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program projects, spill sites, and/or other New York City/ New York State environmental regulatory programs.

• 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification required.

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, staffing, subcontractors, technical deliverables, and client expectations.

• Experience preparing and/or reviewing proposals, work plans, investigation reports, remedial action plans, closure documentation, and regulatory submittals.

• Ability to coordinate field teams, contractors, drillers, laboratories, technical specialists, clients, and regulatory agencies.

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information clearly to clients, regulators, and project teams.

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced consulting environment.

• Team-oriented professional with the ability to mentor junior staff, support collaborative problem-solving, and contribute positively to office culture.

• Highly motivated self-starter with strong client service skills, sound professional judgment, and a practical approach to solving technical, regulatory, and logistical challenges.

• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary group of environmental scientists, geologists, engineers, planners, contractors, and other professionals.

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, ArcGIS, and/or environmental data presentation tools preferred for reviewing figures, maps, tables, and technical deliverables.

• Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to travel to project sites within the five boroughs and the NYC metropolitan area.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• New York State Professional Geologist, Professional Engineer, or other relevant professional certification.

• Experience managing and mentoring staff.

• Experience with in-situ remediation, engineering controls, vapor mitigation, soil management, groundwater remediation, and construction-phase environmental compliance.

• Experience supporting client development, proposal strategy, and business development efforts.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform and/or oversee outdoor field work in urban, construction, and redevelopment settings.

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds at a time.

• Ability to visit active project sites and perform field oversight, as needed.

Salary Range: $120,000 – $155,000

Salary will be commensurate with experience, technical qualifications, professional licensure, client-management experience, business-development capabilities, and relevant New York City / New York State environmental consulting experience.

Benefits

Body, mind, and wallet—LaBella’s benefits support a holistic approach to your health and wellness, creating the foundation for physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our benefit offerings cover the must-haves (healthcare and retirement), the just-in-cases (insurances and employee assistance programs), and the cherry-on-tops (fitness reimbursements, year-end incentive pay, and tuition assistance). Visit our website for more details on benefits listed below.

• Flexible Work Schedule
• Health/Dental Insurance
• 401k Plan with Employer Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off
• Leadership Development Program
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Team Building Events
• Community Service Events

LaBella is committed to facilitating a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion are respected, valued, and celebrated by implementing thoughtful, practical, and innovative strategies that support our employees and serve the communities in which we reside. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.

LaBella Associates does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting professionals or agencies, nor do we accept resumes from any source that does not reference a specific, open position. LaBella Associates will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resume submitted by recruiting professionals or agencies that do not have a current placement fee agreement with LaBella Associates. All initial communication with recruiting professionals or agencies must go through human resources.