Environmental Project Manager

About the role

GHD is seeking a Project Manager to lead environmental assessment and remediation projects for oil & gas facilities and sites. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting oil & gas clients and projects, including upstream, midstream, downstream, or related energy-sector environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of environmental projects for oil & gas facilities and sites, ensuring clear scope, schedule, budget, resourcing, and execution plans are in place from initiation through closeout.
• Manage day-to-day project execution, including performance, risks, issues, changes, and dependencies, while coordinating internal teams and external partners to maintain delivery, quality, and commercial outcomes.
• Provide regular communications and reporting for active oil & gas projects; keep clients and internal stakeholders informed on progress, financial performance, regulatory obligations, and upcoming milestones.
• Cook up vendor, subcontractor, and partner teams, ensuring consistent standards for field execution, site access requirements, health and safety expectations, and quality outcomes across oil & gas and energy-sector projects.
• Support digital field data collection and standardized reporting workflows; contribute to dashboards and evidence packs used for project visibility.
• Prepare and review technical and project deliverables, including reports, client updates, and regulatory documentation, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and readiness for internal approval and external submission.
• Manage project risks, deviations, and client issues proactively, using agreed controls and escalation pathways to support disciplined, no-surprises delivery.
• Drive project closeout activities, including complete documentation, lessons learned, continuous improvement actions, and effective handoff across teams and client stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering projects for oil & gas, or energy-sector clients, with accountability for client relationships, project performance, and delivery excellence.
• Strong project management skills across scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resource management, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams in a structured and practical way.
• Strong leadership skills across field and office resources, subcontractors, and cross-functional stakeholders in complex oil &gas project environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage client discussions, coordinate internal stakeholders, and deliver clear project reporting.
• Deep background in oil & gas environmental projects, including upstream, midstream, downstream, field development, facility operations support, remediation, site assessments, or regulatory compliance programs.
• Familiarity with structured delivery frameworks that embed assurance (verification, documentation, audit trails) into workflows.

Benefits

• 401K - Eligible on the first day of the month following 3 months of service.
• Paid time off – PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service.
• Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees.
• Wellness Benefit - Full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program.

Pay

$66,000 - $82,500 based on experience and location.

Schedule

Flexible work schedule to accommodate project demands and client needs.