Remediation Practice Leader

Overview:

Kimley-Horn of DC has an opportunity for a motivated, growth-minded Environmental Remediation Practice Leader to expand and lead our environmental practice across the firm based in Washington, DC!

 

Kimley-Horn of DC is seeking a senior Practice Leader to help drive long-term growth, expand client relationships, and build high-performing teams across infrastructure, civil, and environmental services. This role offers a unique opportunity for a proven, entrepreneurial leader to shape market strategy, strengthen project delivery, and grow a broader practice platform.

Responsibilities:

Market Growth & Client Leadership:

• Serve as a senior market leader for environmental services across private and public clients.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, agencies, municipalities, regulators, and other key stakeholders.
• Lead pursuit strategy, client development, and business development efforts for new and existing environmental clients.
• Strengthen Kimley-Horn’s market presence through industry involvement, professional associations, and regional conferences.
• Shape long-term growth strategies for the environmental practice in alignment with Kimley-Horn’s strategic plan.

Project Oversight & Technical Leadership:

• Serve as Principal-in-Charge or Project Director for complex environmental projects, providing senior oversight from planning through delivery.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and provide technical guidance to ensure quality, consistency, and strong client outcomes.
• Perform complex technical analyses and apply risk-based decision-making to support project planning and execution.
• Oversee field activities, data collection, laboratory analyses, findings interpretation, and reporting to ensure accuracy, budget alignment, and schedule adherence.
• Organize, write, and edit reports, proposals, and other technical documents.
• Coordinate across offices, disciplines, and technical teams to advance environmental-related work.
• Navigate advanced technical decisions, regulatory engagement, and project risk while working with internal teams, regulators, municipalities, consultants, property owners, and community representatives.
• Promote innovation, best practices, and continuous improvement across project execution.

Team Leadership & Talent Development:

• Lead, mentor, recruit, and develop high-performing environmental teams.
• Provide direct oversight, coaching, training, and accountability for junior staff assigned to environmental projects.
• Foster a collaborative, people-first culture aligned with Kimley-Horn’s values of trust, accountability, and professional development.
• Partner with local and regional leaders to align staffing, skills, and workload across the practice.

Business & Financial Management:

• Contribute to annual business planning, backlog forecasting, revenue growth, workload management, staffing deployment, and profitability.
• Develop scopes, staffing plans, schedules, and budgets for large, complex projects.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks within established budgets and deadlines, including progress reporting, change orders, billings, and payment collections.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology, Geology, Environmental Science, or related field required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional Geologist (PG) license preferred; state-specific licensure preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in environmental remediation, planning, design, or program leadership.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-million-dollar projects.
• Experience guiding due diligence, investigations, conceptual site model development, remedial design, and remedy implementation.
• Strong working knowledge of State and Federal regulatory frameworks, including CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, CAA, and UST regulations.
• Established relationships within the environmental consulting market preferred.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence clients and partners and sustain effective working relationships with regulators, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building practices, developing people, and creating long-term client partnerships.

Salary Range: $145-155K