Labella Associates
Senior Project Manager - Environmental
Brooklyn, New York, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$10k-$15kDetected 21 days ago
Project ManagementBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- LaBella is a 100% employee-owned firm with more than 2,000 professionals in more than 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 role is well suited for someone who enjoys the combination of technical work, project delivery, client interaction, staff development, and strategic growth.
Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee environmental due diligence, investigation, remediation, permitting, natural resource, and construction-phase environmental projects throughout the five boroughs and the NYC metropolitan area.
- Lead complex NYC E-Designation, NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program, spill, redevelopment, wetland, natural resource, and other regulatory-driven environmental projects from planning through implementation and closure.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, subcontractors, technical deliverables, regulatory coordination, and client expectations.
- Prepare, review, and manage proposals, scopes of work, work plans, investigation reports, remedial action plans, closure reports, wetland delineation reports, permit applications, regulatory submittals, and client deliverables.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, regulatory agencies, contractors, teaming partners, and internal project teams.
- Manage and/or support wetland delineations, natural resource assessments, jurisdictional determinations, alternatives analyses, mitigation concepts, and related federal, state, and local permitting efforts.
- Support proposal strategy, teaming decisions, qualifications packages, interviews, and responses to RFPs and RFQs.
- Build, maintain, and expand client relationships through strong project delivery, technical credibility, responsiveness, and practical problem-solving.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including environmental scientists, geologists, engineers, planners, architects, contractors, attorneys, developers, public agencies, and government regulators.
- Provide oversight, mentoring, technical guidance, and professional development support to project managers, junior staff, and field staff.
Requirements
- B.S. degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Engineering, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, or a related field.
- Strong technical knowledge of NYC E-Designation projects, NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program projects, spill sites, and other New York City / New York State environmental regulatory programs.
- Experience preparing and reviewing proposals, work plans, investigation reports, remedial action plans, closure documentation, permit applications, regulatory correspondence, and technical submittals.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and coordinating with contractors, drillers, laboratories, technical specialists, attorneys, developers, public agencies, and regulatory agencies.
- Experience supporting business development, proposal development, teaming efforts, RFP/RFQ responses, and/or professional networking.
- Working knowledge of environmental permitting processes related to development, infrastructure, remediation, natural resources, and construction projects.
- Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to travel to project sites and client meetings within the five boroughs and the NYC metropolitan area.
Nice to have
- M.S. degree in Geology, Environmental Science, Engineering, Hydrogeology, Geochemistry, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, or a related field.
- New York State Professional Geologist, Professional Engineer, Professional Wetland Scientist, or other relevant professional certification.
- Demonstrated seller-doer experience, including client development, repeat work, proposal leadership, and/or new revenue generation.
- Experience performing or managing wetland delineations, natural resource assessments, jurisdictional determinations, and related permitting efforts.
- Experience with federal, state, and local environmental permitting, including USACE, NYSDEC, NYCDEP, stormwater, wetland, waterbody, coastal, and natural resource permitting programs.
- Experience integrating wetland, permitting, remediation, redevelopment, and construction-phase environmental compliance requirements into project strategy, schedules, budgets, and client communication.
- Experience with in-situ remediation, engineering controls, vapor mitigation, soil management, groundwater remediation, and construction-phase environmental compliance.
- Experience interpreting hydrogeologic data, geochemical conditions, groundwater flow, contaminant fate and transport, and groundwater modeling.
Compensation
- $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.
- 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).
Benefits
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