Environmental Department Manager - Brownfield Redevelopment

Overview

The Department Manager is responsible for managing environmental site assessments, remediation activities, redevelopment efforts, and incentives, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, client expectations, and sustainability goals. This position is within ASTI, a division of PEA Group, and is responsible for department operations, strategic planning, business development support, financial oversight, staff management, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Budgeting

• Develops long-term departmental goals, business plans, and performance targets aligned with organizational objectives.
• Participates in corporate strategic planning activities and contributes to company growth initiatives.
• Manages the annual departmental budget and provides input to company budgeting processes.

Business Development & Networking

• Collaborates with the Business Development department to execute the Brownfield business development plan.
• Networks with developers, municipalities, and state agencies to expand the department’s visibility and service opportunities.
• Leads and/or supports the development of proposals, including scope delineation, pricing, and resource planning.
• Identifies additional project scope and revenue opportunities across ongoing engagements.

Department Management & Performance

• Oversees all phases of Brownfield redevelopment projects, including environmental site assessments (Phase I and II), remediation, design, construction coordination, and incentive management.
• Monitors workload distribution, staff chargeability, and departmental productivity.
• Provides leadership for project execution, conducts team meetings, and ensures project schedules, budgets, and deliverables meet internal QA/QC standards.
• Ensures staff are trained and supported in Brownfield processes, regulatory frameworks, and project execution standards.
• Coordinates with multi-disciplinary professionals, including engineers, environmental scientists, planners, and contractors, to ensure successful project delivery.

Policy & Compliance Oversight

• Develops, maintains, and enforces departmental policies, procedures, and best practices to improve efficiency and quality.
• Ensures adherence to federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including EPA, CERCLA, ASTM standards, state Brownfield programs, and other regulatory frameworks.
• Reviews deliverables and ensures the department meets all QA/QC requirements.

Financial Oversight

• Oversees departmental financial performance including chargeability, project profitability, utilization, and revenue generation.
• Manages project budgets, evaluates financial performance, and resolves financial issues as they arise.
• Reviews and approves invoices, expenses, and departmental purchases such as equipment and software.
• Prepares client billing information and manages collections on outstanding accounts receivable balances.

Client & Contract Management

• Consults with clients and municipalities to determine project requirements, redevelopment goals, and incentive opportunities.
• Advises clients on the use of Brownfield incentives, grants, tax increment financing, and other redevelopment programs.
• Maintains ongoing communication with clients throughout the project lifecycle to ensure satisfaction.
• Reviews and signs project contracts, change orders, and ensures project scopes align with contractual requirements.

Other Responsibilities

• Leads special departmental initiatives or corporate projects as assigned.
• Performs additional duties to support department and company objectives.

Qualifications

Formal Education, Licenses and Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a related field.

Knowledge and Experience

• Five (5) years of project management experience. Experience with redevelopment incentives preferred.
• Ten (10) years of Brownfield redevelopment and/or environmental remediation experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in environmental site assessments (Phase I and Phase II), remediation technologies, and compliance frameworks.

Competencies and Personal Attributes

• Demonstrated ability to manage staff and multi‑discipline projects.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, possesses the desire to develop new clients, and expand the services of existing clients.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to motivate others.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to function effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to work on several projects concurrently, prioritize workload, and cope with tight timelines to meet all deadlines without compromising quality.
• Good mentoring skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to complete assigned tasks efficiently.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong understanding of financial management.
• Well-developed conflict resolution skills and ability to focus on client satisfaction.
• Possesses the ability to change focus quickly during a typical day.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is performed mostly in office settings. Some outdoor work is required in the inspection of various land use developments, construction sites or public works facilities. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds.

Availability

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and overtime as required.

Travel

Travel will be required to respective job sites and is primarily local during the business day.