Director - Due Diligence & Remediation

Description

Company Description

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

Business Development, Leadership, Strategic Planning

• Conduct and/or oversee multi-faceted projects that may include environmental due diligence, subsurface investigations, indoor air quality assessments, hazardous building materials, vapor intrusion pathway assessment and mitigation, soil and groundwater remediation. Other tasks may include property condition assessments (PCAs), commercial energy usage assessments, and other project assignments as appropriate.
• Work directly with clients to understand projects and develop appropriate scopes of work.
• Prepare and senior review proposals, technical plans & specifications, regulatory submittals, and other technical assessment reports including ensuring accurate data/summary tables and/or figures.
• Coordinate work activities for multiple project functions to ensure satisfactory delivery.
• Senior review Health and Safety Plans/Job Safety Analyses for project sites.
• Manage projects to meet milestones, budgetary limits, deadlines, regulatory requirements, or other performance indicators.
• Actively participate in Account Management and Business Development program to engage with clients and procure work.
• Manage project staff members and subcontractors.
• Oversee and provide technical review of projects in the region.
• Senior review cost proposals and technical assessment reports including ensuring accurate data/summary tables and/or figures.
• Responsible for supporting assigned MD in meeting or exceeding the defined annual budget for the entire practice area/practice division (including revenue generation, overall utilization of assigned resources, and execution of profitable engagement work streams that may be either qualitative or quantitative in nature.)
• Effectively delegate assignments to assigned direct reports, instruct and monitor progress, and ensure work product is consistently high quality
• Supports MD in monitoring relevant data such as utilization, Accounts Receivable, discretionary spending, etc.
• Develop and foster relationships with decision makers within existing key/strategic accounts and cross-sell other service areas
• Meet or exceed defined individual average utilization goals (and incorporating consideration of individual revenue targets) as set forth by company leadership
• Directly manage, mentor and develop a team of direct reports focused on attracting, placing, and growing the assigned practice team members, with emphasis on creating a team and culture that is empowered to execute
• Responsible for learning business development methodology and for being active in efforts to individually generate incremental revenue
• Lead team of assigned staff members to establish and drive towards defined objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Identify potential new market segments and alert MD for evaluations and consideration
• Travel as necessary to support client, employee, and leadership needs.
• Establish quality control of service delivery, maintaining an excellent reputation of quality and lead and manage in a manner that assists with rapid resolution of any client, team member or operational challenges.

Operations

• Lead and manage in support of strategic plans that align with the organization’s vision and defined business objectives
• Responsible for leading and managing in alignment with the development of the overall practice in achieving profit objectives
• Support construction of strong cross-functional teams to achieve success in shared goals, understanding that multiple perspectives and talents build stronger teams and results
• Manage assigned projects consistent with contracts and proactively alert assigned MD to any potential challenges or issues
• Ensure compliance of operations with all local, state and Federal (and International, if applicable) regulations, as well as compliance with company policy
• Ensure consistent high quality on deliverables for the practice
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Competencies

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and 12 years of related experience or a Master's degree and 8 years of related experience, and at least 5 years in management capacity.
• Conducting and leading client facing due diligence, remediation, and environmental compliance projects.
• Appropriate licensure necessary to act as senior lead and reviewer on project work (PG, PE, CIH, etc.) is a plus but is not required.
• Working knowledge and applicability of the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DC DOEE), Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ), North Carolina Department of Environmental
• Quality (NCDEQ), Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection (KDEP), and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) regulatory programs, guidance, and cleanup standards.
• Successful track record of managing multi-faceted environmental projects that include planning, assessment, remediation, and monitoring of impaired properties.

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience in providing reliable work product review for technical deliverables
• Able to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with co-workers, clients, subcontractors, and vendors
• Able to provide oversight and direction to assigned staff
• Strong leadership, communication and organizational skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Developing increased emotional intelligence to work effectively with a wide variety of individuals at all levels, both internally and externally
• Able to handle multiple priorities and perform consistently and positively under high stress conditions
• Knowledge of computer operations and standard software packages (word processing, spreadsheets, Adobe) required