The posting
At Weston Solutions, Inc. you will do meaningful work and make valuable contributions. Employee ownership at Weston is a path to professional growth and access to diverse opportunities in a highly connected community that works together across key service areas to make a difference in the environment. Weston has continued to evolve and adapt to our changing world as a premier provider of environmental and infrastructure services for over sixty years. In both the public and private sectors our teams help identify, solve, mitigate, and manage critical environmental issues to help clients achieve a more sustainable future.
The Site Investigation & Remediation (SIR) Project Manager leads environmental investigation, remediation, due diligence, and compliance projects for commercial, industrial, federal, and municipal clients. This role is responsible for managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and health & safety while serving as the primary point of contact for clients, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and project teams.
The Project Manager assembles and leads multidisciplinary teams supporting site characterization, environmental investigations, remedial design, remediation implementation, groundwater monitoring, corrective actions, and environmental compliance programs. The successful candidate fosters strong client relationships, ensures technical excellence, identifies opportunities for follow-on work, and supports the development of junior environmental professionals and project managers.
This position is remote within Michigan with periodic travel to project sites, client locations, and regulatory meetings.
Location: Remote, State of Michigan
Expected Outcomes:
- Develop and maintain trusted relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and project stakeholders.
- Successfully manage environmental investigation and remediation projects from proposal through project closeout.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams of environmental scientists, geologists, engineers, field staff, and subcontractors.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and health & safety performance.
- Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including Michigan EGLE requirements.
- Coordinate and oversee site assessments, Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, remedial investigations, feasibility evaluations, corrective action programs, and remediation activities.
- Communicate project objectives, risks, schedules, and deliverables to clients and project teams.
- Identify potential project issues early and implement corrective actions to maintain project performance.
- Prepare and review technical reports, work plans, cost estimates, schedules, and client deliverables.
- Manage subcontractors, laboratories, drilling contractors, and specialty service providers.
- Ensure timely invoicing, accounts receivable management, and achievement of project financial performance goals.
- Support proposal development, technical approaches, cost estimating, and profitability planning.
- Procure additional follow-on work and expand client relationships within existing accounts.
- Mentor and develop junior staff, task managers, and emerging project managers.
- Promote a culture of safety, quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Consistently meet project profitability, utilization, and business performance objectives.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.
- 6-10 years of progressive experience managing environmental consulting projects involving site investigation, remediation, environmental compliance, or due diligence.
- Experience managing projects under Michigan environmental regulations and working with Michigan EGLE preferred.
- Demonstrated experience implementing and managing site characterization, groundwater investigations, corrective actions, remediation systems, and environmental restoration projects.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting client expectations and financial targets.
- Understanding of CERCLA, RCRA, Brownfields, underground storage tanks, PFAS investigations, corrective action programs, and related environmental regulations.
- Strong client relationship management and business development skills.
- Experience developing project scopes, budgets, schedules, and proposals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical report preparation and client presentations.
- Ability to identify and resolve project, technical, schedule, and budget challenges.
- Strong leadership skills with experience mentoring junior environmental professionals.
- OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification preferred (or ability to obtain).
We fully invest in our people: Weston provides a generous, comprehensive benefits package program that offers employees high value options with solid financial protection, meeting the personal needs of its people and their families.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with base and matching employer stock contributions.
- Paid time off includes personal, holiday and parental.
- Life and disability plans.
- Critical illness and accident plans.
- Work/Life flexibility.
- Professional development opportunities.
Compensation will vary based upon experience, education, skill level, and other compensable factors.
