Senior Project Manager, Remediation

Description Company Description The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX) is a $180M global consulting firm that integrates strategic advisory, project management, and dispute resolution services for organizations facing complex challenges in a world of risk. We embody our core values of embracing lifelong learning, operating with urgency, maximizing value, and driving collaboration to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Join us if you are looking for a career that offers you a chance to love what you do and deliver meaningful impact. Job Description Due to growth and new demand for our environmental services in the New Jersey and New York City markets, we are seeking a Senior Project Manager to manage our regional remediation and regulatory compliance group. We are looking for a candidate who has strong engineering, technical and business development skills, who will assist senior leaders in expanding our presence in the region. Senior Project Managers coach and manage teams of consultants who perform a variety of regulatory compliance and remediation services. Core Responsibilities Work Product Creation, Project Management, Coordination with Team Members Manage projects to meet milestones, budget, deadlines, regulatory requirements, client needs, or other performance indicators. Manage all aspects of the project life cycle: planning, scope definition, budgeting, coordination, execution, and delivery. Actively participate in Account Management and Business Development program to engage with clients and procure work. Manage project staff members and subcontractors. Prepare NJDEP, NYSDEC, and NYCDEP project deliverables. Engineer and implement the in-situ remediation of impacted soil and groundwater, as well as vapor mitigation systems. Oversee and provide technical review of investigation and remediation projects in the region. Prepare and review cost proposals and technical assessment reports including ensuring accurate data/summary tables and/or figures. Coordinate work activities for multiple project functions to ensure satisfying delivery. Effectively lead coordination with other team members as requested or assigned, able to provide technical work product review, and monitor own progress on assigned tasks or projects, and ensure work product produced by self is consistently high quality. Responsible for supporting assigned manager in meeting or exceeding the defined annual budget for the entire practice area (including proactive creation of work product to meet or exceed defined utilization targets, oversight of execution of profitable technical assignments, and communication with clients as assigned or requested) Effectively coordinate with other team members as requested or assigned, able to provide technical work product review, and monitor own progress on assigned tasks or projects, and ensure work product produced by self is consistently high quality Support assigned manager in monitoring of all relevant data related to own performance such as individual utilization rate vs target, client deadlines, accurate and timely timesheet data, etc. Conduct own behavior in a "lead by example" manner, with emphasis on positivity Manage own tasks within assigned projects in support of meeting defined objectives and key results (OKRs). Travel, as necessary to support client, employee, and leadership needs. Provide feedback to project team leader in a manner that assists with rapid identification and escalation of any client, or technical or operational challenges Operations Be aware of and perform own tasks in a manner that supports the organization's vision and defined business objectives Conduct self and prioritize tasks to work toward achievement of defined profit objectives of assigned projects Cooperate in construction of strong cross-functional teams (support staff assignments of self) to achieve success in shared goals, understanding that multiple perspectives and talents build stronger teams and result