Assistant Environmental Manager

Job Duties

• Develops client relationships and supports business development activities to obtain new work, primarily from existing clients as directed.
• Solidifies and executes environmental contamination management projects, including soil and groundwater investigation, water quality sampling and analysis, soil sampling and analysis, environmental permitting, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments.
• Provides technical services including environmental field studies for wetland and stream delineations, endangered species, and invasive species; sediment and erosion control planning; environmental permitting (local, state, and federal); and construction inspection and erosion control monitoring.
• Coordinates with clients and regulatory agencies, assists in the delivery of projects from inception to completion, and ensures they are delivered on time, on budget, and of high quality.
• Manages project tasks, prepares scopes, budgets, and schedules for specific tasks of overall projects, assists with supervision of staff to complete their assigned tasks, maintains GAI's procedures and protocols, assists with all aspects of financials on projects.
• Interprets the strategy of top-level management and translates it into everyday policies; develops and implements day-to-day routines for a team, department, group, or division; talent development: develop staff skills and empower them as problem solvers boosts innovation and productivity.
• Oversees learning, coaching, and career progression; reporting issues and performance to top-level management; fosters well-being: prioritizes mental health, work-life integration, and enhances retention.
• Communicates effectively with clients, Project Managers, and various Department Managerial Staff, especially with client communications; interacts with clients at regular project meetings.

General Characteristics

• Assists the Project Manager as needed on aspects of the project, well-rounded in aspects of consulting and the industry.
• Coming up with ideas to improve productivity of a specific team, department, group, or division.
• Strategic thinking and alignment: Manager must understand broader organizational strategies and goals to effectively guide direct reports' efforts.
• Change leadership: Manager plays an important role enacting top-level changes across operational divisions as supporters of change.

Technical Responsibilities

• Begins to provide oversight of task managers' tasks; coordinates project tasks; reviews project documents; interfaces with agencies and subconsultants; adjusts project plan as changes are made.
• Working knowledge of project contract documents.
• Recruiting and retaining staff.
• Interpreting the strategy of top-level management and translating it into everyday policies.
• Developing and implementing day-to-day routines for a team, department, group, or division.
• Talent development: Develop staff skills and empower them as problem solvers boosts innovation and productivity.
• Begins or continues to manage staff with a focus on supporting career path and technical growth.
• Making sure that processes and procedures are in compliance with the overall organization’s guidelines.
• Inspiring and encouraging employees to perform their best.
• Assigning and supervising specific work tasks.
• Allocating resources within a team, department, group, or division.
• Reporting issues and performance to top-level management.
• Fostering well-being: Prioritizes mental health, work-life integration, and enhances retention.
• Manager shapes day-to-day workplace experiences.

Project and Task Management

• Begins to manage existing client relationships; provides oversight and responsibility for preparing scopes, budgets, and schedules for specific tasks of overall projects; assists with supervision of staff to complete their assigned tasks; maintains GAI's procedures and protocols; assists with all aspects of financials on projects.
• Begins or continues to manage staff with a focus on supporting career path and technical growth.
• Makes sure that processes and procedures are in compliance with the overall organization’s guidelines.
• Inspires and encourages employees to perform their best.
• Assigns and supervises specific work tasks.
• Allocates resources within a team, department, group, or division.
• Reports issues and performance to top-level management.
• Fosters well-being: Prioritizes mental health, work-life integration, and enhances retention.
• Manager shapes day-to-day workplace experiences.

Communication Skills

• Possesses effective oral and written communication skills; interacts well with other staff; clients, Project Managers, and various Department Managerial Staff, especially with client communications; interacts with clients at regular project meetings.