Senior Environmental Consultant
Listed on 2026-08-13
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Water Management, Environmental Compliance & Protection
The Senior Environmental Consultant isan environmental engineering position responsible for providing technical leadership, client service, and people management. This role leads multidisciplinary teams spanning environmental compliance and permitting, industrial water and wastewater, land application, and related technical practice areas to deliver integrated solutions that help clients achieve their operational, environmental, and business objectives. The Senior Environmental Consultant serves as a trusted advisor, leveraging deep technical knowledge and industry experience to solve complex challenges while fostering collaboration across practices and business units.
The role is equally focused on internal leadership and external growth. Internally, the Senior Environmental Consultant mentors and develops staff, supports career growth, promotes technical excellence, and helps build a culture of engagement, accountability, and collaboration. Externally, the role strengthens and expands relationships with existing clients, develops new client relationships, identifies and pursues growth opportunities, and helps position Brown and Caldwell as a preferred partner for environmental solutions.
Through technical leadership, client stewardship, and strategic business development, the Senior Environmental Consultant plays a key role in advancing both client success and Brown and Caldwell's long-term growth objectives.
The Senior Environmental Consultant
roleisresponsible for leading a team of environmental engineering professionals whileremainingactively engaged in technical project delivery. This role manages day ‑ to ‑ day activities related to the analysis, planning, and development of solutions that promote environmental protection, water use sustainability, and responsible water resource management. Working withinobjectivesdefined by upper management, this role ensures the delivery ofhigh ‑ quality technical work that supports environmental and public health outcomes across natural and engineered systems.
This position addresses environmental and public health protection, mitigation, and prevention of degradation of water, soils, air quality, and habitats and may support diverse areas including water and wastewater treatment and conveyance, stormwater management, and solid or hazardous waste management.
- Manage the work efforts of a teaminenvironmental engineering
- Assign, prioritize, and review technical work to ensure quality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide technical guidance and oversight for analysis, modeling, planning, and design activities.
- Supportdevelopmentof facility, watershed, or resource management plans and engineering deliverables.
- Conduct performance appraisals and support hiring, development, and performance management activities.
- Make decisions based on unit objectives, company policies, and established procedures.
- Ensure project commitments are met through effective coordination of resources and schedules.
- Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing teamwith established,clear expectations,regular feedback, and a culture of engagement, growth, and accountability.
- Oversee workload planning, performance management, and team operations to align resources with businessobjectivesincompliance with company policies and regulations.
- Flexibility to adapt and execute variousadditionalassignments based on evolving needs.
- Broad knowledge of environmental engineering principles and practices.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
- Ability to guide technical work while balancing delivery and team needs.
- Effective communication skills for technical teams and project stakeholders.
- Typically, aminimum of8yearsofrelated work experience inenvironmentalengineeringor related field.
- Typically certified in the SMS Framework, and progressing through the SMS competencies.
- Abachelor’sdegree inenvironmentalengineeringor related fieldisrequired.
- Demonstrated experience in land application programs, including nutrient management planning, biosolids and residuals management, beneficial reuse strategies, permitting,…
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