Environmental Studies Business Line Leader (Multiple Locations)

About the role

The Environmental Studies Business Line Lead (BLL) is responsible for the strategic growth, financial performance, market positioning, and long-term success of the Environmental Studies Business Line. The BLL partners with the Technical Service Leader (TSL) to align technical excellence in environmental planning, NEPA compliance, siting and routing, environmental permitting strategy, environmental impact analysis, and project development support with national growth objectives.

Responsibilities

• Monitor performance across NEPA documentation, environmental planning, siting and routing, environmental impact analysis, project development support, and environmental compliance strategy.
• Develop annual business plans and improve delivery efficiency through digital and AI-enabled workflows.
• Develop and execute growth strategies for transmission, power, renewables, water, transportation, aviation, mission critical, manufacturing, and industrial markets.
• Position Environmental Studies as Burns & McDonnell's premier project development and environmental planning practice.
• Lead major pursuits and capture planning efforts.
• Champion commercialization and market adoption of innovative Environmental Studies service offerings.
• Collaborate with TSLs and Regional Offices to forecast workforce demand and secure resources necessary to achieve business-line growth objectives.
• Identify future business capabilities and staffing requirements needed to support evolving market opportunities.
• Support succession planning and leadership pipelines aligned with long-term business growth.
• Align Environmental Studies teams around common business objectives, growth strategies, and a One-Team culture.
• Provide strategic direction regarding future service offerings, investment priorities, and market opportunities.
• Partner with TSLs to ensure technical delivery practices support business objectives and client expectations.
• Build strategic client relationships and serve as a trusted advisor on environmental planning, permitting strategy, and project development challenges.
• Mentor future business leaders, project managers, and seller-doers within the Environmental Studies Business Line.
• Support succession planning for key business leadership positions.
• Foster a culture of innovation through new service offerings, digital solutions, and market differentiation.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in engineering, construction management or related degree from accredited program and 17 years applicable experience required.
• Experience in environmental consulting, planning, permitting, or infrastructure development with demonstrated business development and leadership success preferred.
• Prior experience on construction project sites or executing program management in the industries of aviation, commercial, energy, government, manufacturing, oil & gas, process, transmission & distribution, or water is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding work environment, able to work overtime on short notice.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency using Microsoft Office.
• Able to work collaboratively with others (owners, contractors, engineers, designers) in a multi-disciplined project team environment to resolve design or drawing issues as appropriate and to accomplish objectives.
• Strong experience with document control, scheduling, cost control and project management software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in engineering, construction management or related degree from accredited program and 17 years applicable experience required.
• Experience in environmental consulting, planning, permitting, or infrastructure development with demonstrated business development and leadership success preferred.
• Prior experience on construction project sites or executing program management in the industries of aviation, commercial, energy, government, manufacturing, oil & gas, process, transmission & distribution, or water is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding work environment, able to work overtime on short notice.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency using Microsoft Office.
• Able to work collaboratively with others (owners, contractors, engineers, designers) in a multi-disciplined project team environment to resolve design or drawing issues as appropriate and to accomplish objectives.
• Strong experience with document control, scheduling, cost control and project management software.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Project management and leadership.
• Technical expertise in environmental planning, NEPA compliance, siting and routing, environmental permitting strategy, environmental impact analysis, and project development support.
• Market research and business development.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Client relationship building.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Financial management and budgeting.
• Technology and digital solutions.
• Innovation and creativity.

Benefits

• Total annual compensation package consisting of a base salary and eligibility to participate in our discretionary year-end incentive bonus program.
• Extensive benefits package including insurance, disability, time off, wellness programs, ESOP, and 401(k) retirement program.

Pay

$180,000.00 - $330,000.00 yearly

Schedule

Full-time