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Business Development Leader-Airports Market (California)

Environmental Science Associates27 open roles

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$165,000 – $220,000 a year
Where
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Your applicationOpen nowBusiness Development Leader-Airports Market (California)Environmental Science Associates · Los Angeles, California, United States

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  6. 59.0%60 days
This job: posted 201 days ago

Environmental Science Associates median: 44 days open

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Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years strong in 21 offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States.

ESA seeks a dynamic and experienced Business Development Leader to join our leadership team. This role will provide strategic leadership for our Airports Market in California and support ESA’s national growth. The ideal candidate will have a blend of client and business development skills, project management expertise, and a passion for driving market growth. This will be a hybrid position based out of one of ESA’s California offices (Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, Pasadena, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Petaluma).

Who You Are

  • You are a confident, approachable leader with 15 or more years of relevant professional experience who thrives on building long-term relationships with clients and colleagues.
  • You value people and enjoy providing strategic advice and technical support to clients and professional mentorship to colleagues.
  • You are a recognized expert in the aviation industry and have experience working on a variety of environmental projects in the aviation sector in California. You are highly skilled at implementing FAA and state regulatory guidance, preparing environmental documents, and effectively working with the FAA and Airport Sponsors on project implementation strategies. You are a creative problem solver who can adapt quickly to changes or challenges and identify a constructive path forward.
  • You are a collaborative communicator who maintains high standards and sets a respectful, positive example for others. You have prepared business, strategic or capture plans, and have comprehensive knowledge of project management, financial management, and industry best practices.
  • You hold a bachelor’s or graduate degree in environmental, engineering, planning, aviation or a related field and a strong desire to continue to learn and grow in the aviation industry.
  • Able to pass a 10-year background check for project-based assignments.
  • Able to travel to client sites and to attend industry meetings.

What You Will Do for ESA

  • Serve as the California Airport market sub lead, collaborating with the Market Leader (ML), Practice Leaders (PLs) and Business Group Directors (BGDs) to develop a regional growth strategy to elevate client service.
  • Lead business development efforts to secure new projects, expand the client base, and build long-term partnerships.
  • Cultivate and maintain strong client relationships with airport operators, public agencies, teaming partners, and private developers.
  • Collaborate with marketing and proposal teams to create compelling proposals and presentations.
  • Actively participate in our Airports Market Development Team meetings to advance regional and national market initiatives.
  • Promote industry leadership through conference speaking opportunities, articles, and blogs.
  • Identify and recruit key staff to support market growth.
  • Serve as a key client manager and strategic advisor on CEQA/NEPA/regulatory permitting compliance for regional and national clients.
  • Promote the full range of ESA’s services to Aviation Market clients.
  • Direct and support regional and national Airports projects, leveraging resources effectively.
  • Ensure proactive project management, risk management, and quality control principles are implemented to optimize client service and project performance.
  • Mentor and train staff to build client service and business development capacity and foster a consultancy and continual learning mindset.
  • Work with ESA’s senior CEQA/NEPA practitioners to share expertise and elevate ESA’s CEQA/NEPA profile.

What’s Special About Our Airports Team

Our Airports Practice is a nationally focused group of aviation planning and environmental specialists supporting complex, high-profile projects across the country. We work as an integrated, multidisciplinary team and place a strong emphasis on client service, collaboration, innovation, and cross-disciplinary coordination. Our clients span the public and private sectors and include airports, airlines, air cargo operators, private developers, state departments of transportation, and the FAA.

What’s Special About ESA

Joining ESA means becoming part of an industry leading team of employee owners who contribute to outstanding projects, improve environmental stewardship, and advance a more sustainable and resilient future for our communities and wild places.

ESA provides medical, dental, and vision insurance (paid at 70% for you and your family), annual allocations of company shares through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a 401(k) plan with company match, and paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.

ESA has established multiple pay ranges tailored to the economic factors in the geographies in which ESA staff reside. For this position, the range is approximately as listed based on our anticipated hiring locations as noted in the above job details. Actual compensation is determined by several factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, skills, and the city in which the applicant lives.

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$165,000—$220,000 USD

Who We Are

We are a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm who values diversity and inclusion and celebrate the differences that make each of us unique. Our culture is built on mutual respect, recognizing that our variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives leads to better solutions, which fosters our continued success for our employee-owners and clients.

In accordance with ESA’s duty and responsibility to provide and maintain a safe workplace that is free of known hazards and to minimize the exposure to potential hazards, any employee who works from an ESA office or conducts any other in-person ESA work-related activity is required to submit their proof of vaccination status or have received an approved exemption and accommodation in states which this applies.

Please note: We do NOT accept unsolicited resumes from agencies

If you are an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability—or unable to use—the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact our Human Resources Department via email: [email protected] for assistance.

Please include the following in your message so we can promptly address your request:

  • Full name
  • The best method to contact you (phone number and/or email address)
  • Title of Job Position Applied
  • Description of your accommodation request

ESA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. (EOE M/V/F/D)

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