Environmental Department Manager I

Job Description

General Responsibilities :

Ideal candidates will have a growth mindset with an entrepreneurial spirit that has a desire to lead and develop the four-person staff. The Department manager will have the opportunity to collaborate with offices across the Texas division, with a particular focus on working regionally with offices located in Lubbock, Midland, and Carlsbad, NM. We have a dynamic regional operation consisting of approximately 50 team members with expertise in Due Diligence, Site Investigation, Environmental Planning, and Hazardous Materials consulting.

You will supervise or monitor all projects in progress in the department to ensure that work is executed on time and in accordance with the client’s requirements and within company policies, procedures and standards. In addition you will supervise the preparation of proposals and cost estimates to clients to ensure proper scoping of services, availability of manpower and pricing to achieve desired profitability while also supervising the daily operations of a department.

Finally you will plan for and participate in business development activities to identify, develop, win, and execute project opportunities and build and maintain client relationships.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities :

• Responsible for preparation of proposals and cost estimates.
• With support from the Office Manager perform business and client development activities.
• With support from the Office Manager develop and manage employee staffing plans, recruitment, selection and on-boarding.
• With support from the Office Manager prepare and execute annual business plan for the department.
• With support from the Office Manager oversee and manage the success of the key department metrics of revenue growth, staff chargeability, project billing and collections, and project profitability.
• Develop understanding and be aware of project-related risk. Be familiar with what could go wrong on a project and how to protect the Company. Be familiar with company risk policies.
• Lead safety efforts for team and ensure team follows safety rules and guidelines. Responsible for creating and modeling a safe work environment; demonstrates safety practices. Promote pre-task planning for all projects.
• Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor quality standards and practices. Engage APRs on projects at their onset.

Requirements :

Preferred Certification :

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