Description
Lead environmental programs that manage compliance, remediation, and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse, focusing on non-Superfund sites. Direct strategy, budgets, permitting, and stakeholder engagement to deliver safe, compliant, and cost-effective outcomes.
- • Review and approve remediation and redevelopment proposals within program scope.
- • Review designs for treatment, containment, and waste management systems.
- • Develop and deliver training on hazardous materials management and cleanup procedures.
- • Serve as subject-matter expert for regulatory hearings, audits, or legal proceedings.
- • Prepare executive reports and presentations for leadership, regulators, and community stakeholders on program status, risks, and performance.
- • Negotiate and manage contracts for environmental services, materials, and laboratories.
- • Oversee preparation and submission of permits and regulatory notifications, and liaise with agencies.
- • Establish and maintain program documentation, data, and decision logs.
- • Conduct or direct site inspections and audits to verify compliance and progress.
- • Plan and oversee brownfield and remediation projects to meet safety, quality, schedule, and compliance goals.
- • Oversee investigations to identify contamination sources and pathways.
- • Develop program budgets, cost estimates, resource plans, and forecasts for cleanup and redevelopment.
- • Guide ecological restoration and site revegetation plans.
- • Direct groundwater and surface water remediation strategies.
- • Manage demolition, abatement, and debris management plans.
- • Coordinate multi-media mitigation measures to improve water, air, and soil quality at contaminated sites.
- • Commission and review environmental studies, modeling, and risk evaluations.
- • Oversee hazardous waste characterization, transportation, and disposal.
- • Coordinate field activities and contractors to ensure regulatory compliance and safe execution.
- • Lead or review human health and ecological risk assessments.
- • Evaluate feasibility, alternatives, and cost-benefit for remedial options.
- • Integrate sustainability, community benefits, and equity into program plans.
- • Secure funding, manage grants, and report on financial performance.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
