Environmental Remediation Project Manager

Job Description

Job Title:
Environmental Remediation Project Manager– Columbia/Charleston/Greenville, South Carolina

Reports to:
Environmental Remediation Program Manager

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc. () is seeking to fill a position for a Environmental Remediation Project Manager in South Carolina. The Environmental Remediation Project Manager will report to the Environmental Remediation Program Manager. This candidate will support Optimized Remediation Contracts (ORCs).

Why Join Bhate Environmental Associates?

Bhate Environmental Associates is a growing employee-focused environmental consulting firm supporting federal agencies nationwide. Our Environmental Remediation team delivers complex investigation and remediation projects for the U.S. Air Force, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and other federal clients. We value technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, and professional growth while maintaining a culture where employees can make meaningful contributions and advance their careers.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage project financial performance including labor forecasts, subcontractor management, change orders, earned value, and monthly financial reporting.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, quality management systems, and health and safety procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers, geologists, and scientists through technical review, field oversight, and career development.
• Manage Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) investigation and remediation projects from project planning through project closeout.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and risk management strategies.
• Coordinate directly with Department of Defense (DoD) project contacts, regulators, subcontractors, and client representatives.
• Lead preparation and review of technical documents such as:
• • Work Plans
  • Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPPs)
  • Sampling and Analysis Plans
  • Remedial Investigation/RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) Reports
  • Feasibility Studies/Corrective Measures
  • Decision Documents
  • Remedial/Corrective Measures Design packages
  • Operations & Maintenance (O&M) reports
  • Long-Term Monitoring reports
• Evaluate site data, update Conceptual Site Models (CSMs), and develop technically sound recommendations for investigation and remediation.
• Manage field implementation including drilling, well installation, groundwater sampling, remediation system construction, startup, optimization, and performance monitoring.
• Identify opportunities to improve project efficiency through optimized investigation strategies and remedial technologies.
• Support proposal preparation including technical approaches, basis of estimate development, staffing plans, cost estimating, and client presentations.
• The candidate will be considered more favorably if he or she has a PG or PE in the state of South Carolina or be able to obtain reciprocal license in South Carolina within 6 months.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Effective oral and written communication skills, including technical writing and Microsoft office software, including Microsoft Project.
• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of environmental sampling, High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC), remedial design, O&M of remediation systems, groundwater monitoring well placement and installation, and other environmental activities.
• Working knowledge of RCRA and CERCLA. Working relationship with South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) is favorable.
• Familiarity with risk assessment, groundwater monitoring, and performance models.
• Ability to manage multiple projects or tasks simultaneously.

Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) investigations
• HRSC
• Groundwater modeling
• In situ remediation
• Soil vapor extraction
• Air sparging
• Enhanced bioremediation
• Chemical oxidation
• Monitored Natural Attenuation
• Remediation system optimization
• Emerging contaminants

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a science such engineering, geology, hydrogeology, biology, ch