Practice Leader - Environmental Remediation Geologist or Engineer

Overview

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better?

Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Practice Leader - Environmental Remediation Geologist or Engineer in our Overland Park, Kansas office. This position is well-suited for a talented, highly experienced individual who is interested in being a leader and contributing to innovative and challenging projects, including sales and business development, senior technical leadership, financial and technical evaluation, design, permitting, and construction stages of complex site investigation and remediation projects. Our client base includes a diverse mix of industrial, institutional, and governmental clients.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Collaboration and mentoring are cornerstones of Geosyntec’s culture. We operate under a sell-manage-do culture, and so we expect that you’d work on challenging technical projects while leveraging your existing knowledge and experience to help Geosyntec expand its current practices and capabilities through business development and client management. You may also be asked to take on project management responsibilities, along with staff management and development, and mentoring tasks. Some of the key responsibilities may include:

• Task and project management, including planning and implementing investigation and remediation projects, budgeting and budget management, adherence to schedule, quality, client satisfaction, and profitability;

• Performing and managing contaminated site assessments, remedy evaluation, including preparing investigation work plans, feasibility studies, removal action work plans, remedy design, and remedy implementation;

• Performing and managing site assessment fieldwork, pilot and bench-scale programs for soil, soil vapor, and groundwater remediation technologies;

• Preparing remediation action plans for soil, soil vapor, and groundwater remediation projects including drawings, engineering analyses and calculations, and technical specifications;

• Preparing technical reports, letters, memoranda, plans, and proposals;

• Management and mentoring of junior staff and managing subcontractors;

• Business development including bringing in new clients and obtaining repeat business from existing clients, leading proposal preparation efforts, and developing and implementing a business development plan for supporting the growth of the Overland Park office;

• Prepare for and participate in meetings with clients, regulatory personnel, and other parties;

• Preparing and/or reviewing/managing written document production (including proposals, technical reports, engineering designs and specifications, and/or presentations); and

• At times, the job may also include fieldwork such as site visits and meetings, contractor oversight, and audits associated with site investigation and remediation activities.

• Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations, as needed.

Education and Licensure

• Bachelors degree in geology, geological engineering, civil or environmental engineering with an emphasis in site investigation, remediation design, construction management, environmental science or a closely related discipline. (required)

• Advanced degree in the same. (preferred)

• Current Missouri or Kansas Professional Registration (P.G., P.E.). (preferred)

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• At least 8 years (10+ preferred) of relevant prior experience, in environmental consulting; or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)

• An outstanding track record for client management, business development, and technical leadership. (required)

• Current marketplace visibility and existing client relationships. (preferred)

• Experience with physical-chemical and biological treatment processes. (required)

• Project management, business development training, and leadership training. (preferred)

• Demonstrated working knowledge Federal and Regional State (e.g., MO, IL, KS, OK, AR, NE, IA) regulations. (preferred)

• Excellent leadership and detail-orientation skills. (required)

• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced consulting environment, handling multiple project assignments, meeting strict deadlines, and traveling to client facilities as needed. (required)

• Experience with multi-disciplinary project teams. (required)

• Current OSHA 40-hr HAZWOPER training and refreshers. (preferred)

• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing may be required.

• Valid U.S driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel. (required)

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