SCS is looking for a Senior Project Manager or Project Director to serve as a business leader for our Southwest Environmental Services (ES) team to expand our services and footprint. This position would be specifically related to practice areas including industrial compliance consulting, brownfields consulting, and possibly environmental due diligence. As a Senior Project Manager or Project Director, you will also be responsible for identifying new business opportunities from current and new clients, as well as managing projects, developing proposals, leading teams, developing strategic approaches to deliver business value, and performing tasks related to growing our presence in primarily California, Arizona, Nevada, and other related markets. You will maintain client relationships and ensure that projects are completed and delivered with the purpose of meeting Clients' business objectives.  Office accommodations allow for a hybrid of virtual and in-office work while based out of one of our Southwest ES offices in either San Diego, CA, Long Beach, CA, Pleasanton, CA, Tempe, Arizona, or Henderson, Nevada. You will report to the Southwest Environmental Services Leader.

The Senior Project Manager to Project Director professional will wear several hats, including project financial responsibility, help grow the ES Practice, and serve as a Seller-Doer that will contribute to our growth by:

• Growing/ expanding our industrial compliance practice area, with a background in services such as air permitting, industrial and RCRA compliance work, industrial stormwater compliance, and environmental compliance auditing and permitting.
• Brownfields and due diligence background requested including managing and executing environmental site assessments, soil, air, and groundwater assessment and remedial actions, and related environmental services with senior oversight.
• Lead or have an active role in client prospecting, and developing and executing client plans, business development/marketing plans, and key opportunity plans.
• Manage existing/future relationships with clients and establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
• Managing and being financially and technically responsible for projects.
• Project Management, including, but not limited to developing proposals, contracting, leading project teams, forecasting, invoicing, and accounts receivable management.
• Writing technical reports and related work products.
• Delivering professional services on time and without error in accordance with local and state regulations and within the planned level of project profitability.
• Evaluate and estimate future business and strategic plans to forecast assigned staff workloads and utilization.
• Communicating with clients, third party, and regulatory agents regarding project status, schedules, and compliance issues.
• Oversee, manage, mentor, and develop lower-level staff to grow their knowledge and establish a career path.
• Assist other Project Managers or staff when additional support or technical expertise is needed.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Science required
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience required. You must be well-versed in environmental regulations in industrial compliance and environmental assessment/remediation.
• CHMM Certification or professional registration (P.G. or P.E.) not required but preferred.
• Current OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training a plus.
• Valid driver's license with a driving record in good standing required.

USD $125,000.00 - USD $165,000.00 /Yr.

Please note that our pay ranges are determined by several factors, including relevant experience, internal pay equity, and location. They do not include any of the amazing benefits of being an employee-owner, which are listed below.

SCS is building a world where environmental systems and infrastructure strengthen the health, safety and resilience of communities — from reducing methane emissions at landfills to producing alternative energy, from repurposing contaminated properties to sequestering carbon.

As a 100% employee-owned firm, we bring a long-term perspective, personal ownership and shared success to everything we do. We live our values every day: We care. We are a team. We are tenacious.

Join us and be part of a team where your work has real impact — on the world and on your own growth.

As a growing firm, we offer excellent opportunities for career advancement and a comprehensive package, including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance
• 100% employer- funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and 401K including employer match
• Annual Bonus Program
• Student Debt Employer Contribution Program
• Paid holidays, PTO and Paid Parental Leave

SCS Engineers is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). SCS provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran or disabled status.

If you have questions, difficulty using our online system and/or you need an accommodation due to a disability then please contact us about your interest in employment at recruiting@scsengineers.com.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, SCS does not conduct criminal background checks until after a conditional job offer has been extended. All qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment. You can find a list of job duties of the specific job position you have applied, which SCS reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship that could lead to the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment after background checks are completed.