Environmental Project Manager – Emergency Response & Remediation
Emergency Environmental Services is seeking an experienced, dependable, and highly organized Environmental Project Manager to join our team. This is a full-time, salaried position responsible for managing environmental emergency response, hazardous materials, remediation, waste management, and industrial service projects from initial response through completion.
Our work is fast-paced and varies from planned industrial and remediation projects to time-sensitive environmental emergencies. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in both the field and office, coordinating crews and subcontractors, communicating with customers and regulatory personnel, managing project costs and documentation, and responding when emergency situations arise.
An ideal candidate will also have a working knowledge of hazardous waste and special waste management, RCRA requirements, OSHA regulations, and DOT hazardous materials transportation regulations, along with the ability to apply that knowledge to environmental field operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage environmental response, remediation, hazardous materials, waste management, and industrial service projects from initial mobilization through final completion.
- Coordinate field crews, equipment, subcontractors, transportation, disposal facilities, and other project resources.
- Respond to environmental emergencies including spills, releases, accidents, and other time-sensitive incidents.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for customers throughout the life of a project.
- Conduct site assessments and assist in determining appropriate personnel, equipment, materials, and response strategies.
- Develop project scopes, estimates, work plans, schedules, and resource requirements.
- Provide direction and support to field supervisors, technicians, equipment operators, and subcontractors.
- Monitor project progress, labor, equipment, materials, subcontractor costs, disposal costs, and overall project profitability.
- Ensure work is performed safely and in accordance with company procedures and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
- Assist with the identification, characterization, profiling, packaging, labeling, transportation, and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous, and special wastes as applicable.
- Maintain familiarity with applicable RCRA, OSHA, and DOT requirements associated with assigned projects and field activities.
- Coordinate with approved transportation providers, treatment, storage and disposal facilities, laboratories, consultants, and other environmental vendors.
- Maintain accurate project documentation including field records, daily reports, photographs, manifests, waste profiles, disposal documentation, subcontractor records, and customer communications.
- Review field documentation and project costs to support accurate and timely customer invoicing.
- Communicate professionally with customers, consultants, property owners, contractors, regulatory agencies, disposal facilities, and other project stakeholders.
- Participate in pre-job planning, safety meetings, project kickoff meetings, and post-project reviews.
- Identify changes in project scope and communicate additional work or cost impacts to customers when appropriate.
- Support industrial service projects and other environmental field operations as needed.
- Assist with estimating, proposals, customer relationships, and business development opportunities.
- Maintain project files and ensure required documentation is complete before project closeout.
- Perform other duties related to environmental response and field operations as assigned.
Emergency Response Requirements
Because Emergency Environmental Services provides 24/7 environmental emergency response services, this position requires participation in emergency response operations.
Candidates should understand that environmental emergencies do not always occur during normal business hours. The Project Manager may be required to:
- Participate in an on-call or emergency response rotation.
- Answer and respond to emergency calls after normal business hours.
- Mobilize to emergency response locations on nights, weekends, and holidays when necessary.
- Coordinate crews, equipment, subcontractors, disposal facilities, and other resources during emergency events.
- Remain available by phone while assigned emergency response responsibilities.
- Work extended or irregular hours during significant response events.
- Travel to project and emergency response locations as operational needs require.
Emergency response frequency will vary based on customer needs and incident activity.
Types of Work
Our projects may include:
- Hazardous and non-hazardous material spill response
- Fuel and petroleum release response
- Environmental emergency response
- Hazardous waste and special waste management
- Waste characterization, profiling, transportation, and disposal
- Soil and groundwater remediation support
- Contaminated soil excavation and removal
- Industrial cleaning and environmental services
- Facility and plant support
- Tank, pit, sump, and containment cleaning
- Vacuum truck and related industrial service operations
- Decontamination
- Environmental cleanup and restoration
- Stormwater and contaminated water management
- Transportation-related incidents
- Construction and industrial environmental support
- Other environmental remediation and response activities
Qualifications
Preferred qualifications include:
- Previous project management, field supervision, or operations experience in environmental services, hazardous materials response, remediation, industrial services, waste management, construction, or a related industry.
- Working knowledge of hazardous waste and special waste management practices, including waste characterization, profiling, transportation, and disposal.
- Familiarity with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and hazardous waste generator requirements.
- Working knowledge of applicable OSHA regulations and safe work practices associated with hazardous materials, remediation, and industrial field operations.
- Familiarity with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous materials regulations, including shipping documentation, packaging, marking, labeling, placarding, and transportation requirements.
- Understanding of environmental emergency response and remediation operations.
- Ability to interpret regulations, customer requirements, waste acceptance criteria, and project-specific requirements and apply them to field operations.
- Strong ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Experience coordinating field personnel, subcontractors, equipment, transportation, disposal facilities, and other project resources.
- Understanding of project costing, estimating, change management, and job profitability.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, field employees, subcontractors, disposal facilities, consultants, and regulatory personnel.
- Strong organizational and documentation skills.
- Ability to make sound decisions in fast-moving and high-pressure situations.
- Proficiency with computers, email, Microsoft Office, and general project documentation systems.
- Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
- Ability and willingness to travel to project sites as required.
Preferred Training & Certifications
The following are preferred or may be required depending on experience and job responsibilities:
- 40-Hour HAZWOPER
- Current HAZWOPER 8-Hour Refresher
- OSHA 10-Hour or 30-Hour training
- DOT Hazardous Materials / Hazmat Employee training
- RCRA hazardous waste training
- Confined Space training
- First Aid / CPR
- Incident Command System (ICS) training
- Other environmental, industrial, waste management, or emergency response certifications
Equivalent industry experience and relevant training will be considered.
Physical & Work Environment Requirements
This position includes both office and field responsibilities. Candidates must be comfortable working at active industrial, construction, remediation, and emergency response sites.
Depending on the project, work may involve outdoor environments, heat or cold, uneven terrain, industrial facilities, contaminated sites, heavy equipment, vehicle traffic, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for someone who takes ownership of their projects and understands that successful environmental project management requires more than completing paperwork.
The ideal candidate understands both the operational and regulatory sides of environmental work. They should be able to recognize potential hazardous and special waste issues, understand the importance of proper characterization and disposal, and have enough familiarity with RCRA, OSHA, and DOT requirements to help ensure projects are planned, documented, and executed appropriately.
The right person can manage the customer, manage the field operation, manage project documentation, understand the regulatory requirements, and manage the financial side of the project while responding effectively when conditions change.
A successful Project Manager at Emergency Environmental Services will be safety-minded, responsive, organized, professional, and willing to step in when the operation needs support.
Compensation & Benefits
This is a full-time, salaried position.
Emergency Environmental Services provides benefits and resources designed to support our Project Managers both in the field and outside of work. Benefits for this position include:
- Company-provided truck for business use
- Company-paid fuel for business-related travel
- 2 weeks of paid time off (PTO) annually
- 1 week of paid sick time annually
- Boot allowance provided twice per year
- Jean/workwear allowance provided twice per year
Additional details regarding salary, company vehicle use, paid leave, allowances, and other applicable benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
Why Join Emergency Environmental Services?
Emergency Environmental Services provides challenging, hands-on work where no two projects are exactly alike. Our Project Managers have the opportunity to manage projects from initial response through completion while working directly with customers, field personnel, subcontractors, disposal facilities, and other industry professionals.
We value employees who take initiative, communicate well, solve problems, support their teams, and take pride in providing dependable environmental services to our customers.
Position Type: Full-time, Salaried
Schedule: Standard business hours with additional availability required for emergency response, after-hours calls, weekends, and holidays as operational needs dictate.
Work Location: Field and office based, with travel to customer and project locations as required.
Emergency Environmental Services is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs in accordance with applicable law.
Pay: $85,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 3% Match
- 401(k) matching
- Company truck
- Dental insurance
- Fuel card
- Health insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Project management: 5 years (Required)
Language:
Ability to Commute:
- Henderson, NV 89011 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Henderson, NV 89011: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
