Program Manager - Environmental Restoration/Remediation
BB&E · Atlanta
BB&E is seeking a collaborative, proactive, and technically capable Program Manager – Environmental Restoration/Remediation to lead and grow Federal environmental restoration and remediation programs. The Program Manager will provide leadership, oversight, and direction across a portfolio of projects and multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful performance in scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and client satisfaction.
The Program Manager will lead and support Project Managers, technical staff, subcontractors, and corporate support personnel in executing complex environmental restoration programs. The role requires the ability to identify project and portfolio risks early, exercise sound judgment and make timely decisions within their area of responsibility and authority, develop and implement corrective actions, communicate effectively with client and regulatory stakeholders, and maintain disciplined project controls and forecasting.
The successful candidate will combine strong technical knowledge of environmental investigation and remediation with demonstrated program and project management, financial stewardship, client relationship management, staff development, and business development experience. The role requires strategic thinking beyond immediate project and program needs, with the ability to anticipate challenges and opportunities, evaluate their broader implications, and develop practical solutions that support BB&E’s long-term goals and business performance. This individual will serve as a primary relationship steward for assigned Federal clients and will provide the direction, structure, and accountability necessary to ensure project success, reinforce BB&E’s culture and values, strengthen client relationships, develop staff, and support BB&E's strategic growth. This position is based onsite at BB&E’s Atlanta, GA office.
Program Scope
Programs and projects may support the Department of Defense (DoD) and other Federal agencies and may include work performed at active military installations, Federal facilities, and other complex sites subject to Federal and state environmental requirements.
The Program Manager will provide technical and programmatic leadership for environmental restoration and remediation activities that may include:
- CERCLA and RCRA investigation, remediation, and corrective action
- Preliminary Assessments/Site Inspections (PA/SI), Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies (RI/FS), and RCRA Facility Investigations/Corrective Measures Studies (RFI/CMS)
- Site characterization and environmental sampling programs
- Remedial design and remedial action
- Removal actions and interim corrective measures
- Long-term monitoring and long-term management
- Groundwater, soil, sediment, and surface-water investigation and remediation
- Emerging contaminants, including PFAS
- Underground and aboveground storage tank releases and petroleum-contaminated sites
- Risk assessment and risk-based corrective action
- Remedy optimization, operation and maintenance, and performance evaluation
- Regulatory coordination, technical documentation, and stakeholder engagement
- Environmental restoration planning, cost estimating, scheduling, and program reporting
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead a portfolio of Federal environmental restoration and remediation projects, providing overall direction and accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client satisfaction.
- Provide strategic leadership across assigned programs by anticipating challenges and opportunities, evaluating their potential impacts on clients, projects, resources, financial performance, and growth, and translating those insights into practical actions and priorities that support BB&E’s long-term goals.
- Serve as a primary client account manager, maintaining strong relationships with Federal clients, regulatory agencies, installation/facility leadership, and other key stakeholders.
- Lead and support multidisciplinary project teams, including Project Managers, technical staff, subcontractors, laboratories, and specialty consultants; provide coaching and mentoring to strengthen staff and project management capabilities.
- Monitor project and program performance through regular reviews of financials, forecasts, schedules, staffing, risks, and technical progress, identifying issues early and leading corrective actions when needed.
- Exercise sound judgment and make timely decisions within the Program Manager’s area of responsibility and authority. Take ownership of issues requiring Program Manager action while recognizing when risk, complexity, financial exposure, client impact, or organizational significance warrants additional input or escalation.
- Provide technical and quality oversight for environmental investigation, restoration, and remediation work, ensuring approaches and deliverables are technically sound, defensible, and compliant with contractual and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate staffing and resources across assigned programs, working with the Resource Manager, Project Managers, technical leaders, and corporate support teams to address workload, capability, and delivery needs.
- Maintain responsibility for the financial performance of assigned programs, including revenue, margin, backlog, forecasting, billing, and effective management of project and subcontractor costs.
- Support business development and growth by identifying follow-on and new opportunities, strengthening client relationships, and contributing to capture strategies, proposals, scopes, staffing plans, and cost estimates.
- Promote and reinforce a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing culture consistent with BB&E’s values and commitment to client service, technical excellence, staff development, and shared ownership. Lead by example, communicate organizational priorities and expectations constructively, and reinforce BB&E’s culture through day-to-day actions, decisions, and interactions across all levels of the organization.
Requirements
Key Qualifications
- Technical Knowledge: Strong technical knowledge of environmental investigation, restoration, and remediation.
- Team Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple concurrent projects or task orders within a larger program or client portfolio.
- Federal Programs: Strong understanding of Federal environmental restoration programs and regulatory frameworks, including CERCLA and RCRA.
- Program Management: Demonstrated project and program management capability, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, safety, and subcontractor management.
- Financial Management: Strong financial acumen and experience with project forecasting, cost management, fee development, and project financial performance.
- Client Relationships: Strong client relationship and stakeholder-management skills, including experience interacting with Federal clients and regulatory agencies.
- Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to look beyond immediate project needs, anticipate challenges and opportunities, evaluate broader program and business implications, and lead teams toward practical solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making: Demonstrated sound judgment and decision-making skills, including the confidence to make timely decisions independently within established authority and the judgment to recognize when additional input or escalation is appropriate. Ability to identify complex technical, operational, or contractual issues and lead teams toward practical solutions.
- Strong Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical and programmatic issues clearly to clients, regulators, project teams, and senior leadership.
- Staff Development: Demonstrated ability to lead by example, reinforce organizational values and expectations, foster collaboration and accountability, and effectively coach and mentor Project Managers and technical staff.
- Organization: Organized, proactive, tactful, and capable of managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Travel: Willingness and ability to travel in support of assigned programs and clients.
Experience & Education
- Experience: Minimum 10–15 years of progressively responsible experience in environmental consulting, environmental restoration/remediation, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex environmental investigation and remediation projects and/or programs.
- Federal environmental restoration experience required; DoD experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience with CERCLA and/or RCRA investigation and remediation projects required.
- Experience managing multiple task orders, multidisciplinary project teams, subcontractors, and client relationships strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting business development, capture, proposals, and/or Federal contract recompetes preferred
- Education: Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, civil engineering, geology, environmental science, or a related technical discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
- Certifications: PE, PG, PMP, CHMM, or equivalent professional certification required.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment may vary based on the position, assigned duties, and work location. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Remain in a stationary position for extended periods
- Use computers, telephones, and other office equipment
- Move throughout offices, facilities, and project sites
- Reach, grasp, handle equipment, and operate controls
- Communicate effectively and review documents, equipment, and site conditions
- Lift and carry materials or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds when required by the assignment
- Stand or walk for extended periods and occasionally climb, kneel, or crouch
- Navigate uneven or rough terrain when required
- Work indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions
- Occasionally enter confined spaces or work at heights when required
- Wear required personal protective equipment
- Work in environments that may include noise, dust, fumes, chemicals, electrical hazards, construction activity, or other site specific conditions
Limitations and Disclaimer
This job description describes the general nature and level of work associated with the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, or working conditions. Employees may be assigned other job related duties consistent with applicable law.
The duties and requirements described above are representative of those that may be necessary to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Benefits
Compensation, Benefits & Perks
- Competitive compensation packages
- Participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan – BB&E is 100% employee-owned!
- Discretionary bonus
- *Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance with health care concierge
- *Employer provided Short-Term & Long-Term disability
- *Employer provided Life insurance
- *Employee options for supplemental life, supplemental accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and Identity theft protection benefits
- *Generous PTO plus 11 paid holidays
- Traditional & Roth 401(k) options with fully vested employer match
- Tuition reimbursement & professional development
- Employee referral program
- Financial wellness resources
- Employee discounts
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Pet insurance discount
*Applies only to full-time employees
*BB&E is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.