Group Manager - Building Environmental Sciences

Terracon Group Manager – Winter Park, Florida

Terracon’s Winter Park, Florida office is seeking a self‑motivated, growth‑minded individual for the position of Group Manager in our well‑established environmental practice! This position offers a professional growth opportunity with the nation’s #1 ranked asbestos and lead design firms (ENR). Terracon’s market penetration in the central Florida market offers career stability working with a seasoned group of industrial hygiene professionals.

Terracon has over 200 asbestos practitioners in 70 offices, plus 27 CIHs and another 150 industrial hygiene practitioners in offices from coast to coast. We are committed to growing our building sciences (asbestos, industrial hygiene, etc.) service line by providing the highest quality service, growing the diversity of industry sector projects, developing and retaining skilled professionals, and growing our national building sciences coverage footprint.

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting our asbestos, lead, mold, indoor air quality, and industrial hygiene services by marketing our services and leading a team of other industry professionals. As a Group Manager, you will supervise or monitor all projects in progress in the asbestos/IH group to ensure that work is executed on time in accordance with the client’s requirements and within company policies, procedures and standards.

Supervise the preparation of proposals and cost estimates to clients to ensure proper scoping of services, availability of manpower and pricing to achieve desired profitability. Supervise the daily operations of a department including staff training, development, and performance review, utilization of equipment and facilities, safety oversight, quality of services and work product, timely delivery of services and deliverables, and adherence to policies and procedure.

Plan for and participate in business development activities to identify, develop, win, and execute project opportunities and build and maintain client relationships.

• Responsible for preparation of proposals and cost estimates.
• With support from the Department/Office manager perform business and client development activities.
• With support from the Department/Office Manager develop and manage employee staffing plans, recruitment, selection and on‑boarding.
• Directly supervise and manage a team of environmental staff within the asbestos/IH group.
• With support from the Department/Office Manager prepare and execute annual business plan for the specialty service group.
• With support from the Department/Office Manager oversee and manage the success of the key group metrics of revenue growth, staff chargeability, project billing and collections, and project profitability.
• Develop understanding and be aware of project‑related risk. Be familiar with what could go wrong on a project and how to protect the Company. Be familiar with company risk policies.
• Lead safety efforts for team and ensure team follows safety rules and guidelines. Responsible for creating and modeling a safe work environment; demonstrates safety practices. Promote pre‑task planning for all projects.
• Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor quality standards and practices. Engage Terracon senior‑level reviewers, authorized project reviewers (APRs), on projects at their onset.
• Perform field studies and technical report writing including asbestos inspections, lead‑based paint inspections, mold surveys, air monitoring, abatement/remediation projects, and inventories/assessments of other regulated hazardous substances.
• Operate and maintain field monitoring equipment, maintain chain‑of‑custody in sample submission to laboratory for analysis.
• Collect, oversee, and/or manage complex laboratory/field sampling data, prepare reports, risk assessments, and develop recommendations to correct or improve the environment.
• Other industrial hygiene related activities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial hygiene, environmental science, or closely related field and 10 years’ practice experience. Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 15 years’…