Environmental Project Manager

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking an Environmental Remediation Project Manager for the Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, or New Orleans, LA offices.

This full-time position within our Environmental group will lead a team on a variety of oil and gas investigation/remediation projects with oversight from senior managers and technical experts. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate LA investigation/remediation project experience and require a strong focus on health and safety, be detailed orientated, excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to work independently, and will be capable of working collaboratively in a high-performance team.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Health and safety stewardship, including local field visits
• Managing scope, schedule, and budget for site investigation/remediation projects
• Building strong client relationships
• Client and regulatory correspondence
• Technical report writing and review
• Analyzing and applying solutions to atypical and/or semi-complex and challenging issues within area of expertise
• Preparing cost estimates and proposals
• Working effectively with project teams, clients, and all other stakeholders
• Coordinating work schedules with AECOM staff and subcontractors
• Responsible for quality control of tasks
• Mentor junior and mid-level project staff
• Will require some regional travel for field visits

This position requires both office and field work; the successful candidate should expect up to 20% commitment overseeing fieldwork and mentoring junior staff. Remote work is an option if applicable to project responsibilities.

About AECOM’s Environment Business Line:

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it.  We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.

About AECOM’s Remediation, Restoration and Redevelopment Practice 

AECOM delivers innovative and often complex solutions to meet our clients’ objectives. Because we address many different impacted sites – from munitions to PFAS to algae blooms and beyond – every project in our global practice is different. That’s exciting, especially because our worldwide internal technical practice network connects us in real time to explore best practices from experts near and far. We offer full life-cycle solutions for projects – from due diligence through restoration and redevelopment to outreach programs that engage stakeholders and generate goodwill in the community. Our experts integrate scientific and engineering knowledge with responsive and cost-effective project management, strong communication skills, and an understanding of regulatory strategies and challenges. AECOM has the depth and breadth of resources to address significant remedial site challenges, and we support the development