Environmental Project Manager

About the role

GHD is seeking a Project Manager to join their Contamination Assessment and Remediation Group. 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 with vendors, subcontractors, 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

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.