Program Manager, Geologist

About the role

Find your path and enjoy the journey at Haley & Aldrich. You’ll tackle clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments, working with teams of passionate colleagues committed to technical excellence and continuous learning. The company aims to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well‑being, and quality of life. This full‑time Senior Technical Expert/Program Manager, Geologist position is based in the Greenville, SC office (preferred), with alternatives in Charlotte, NC or Raleigh, NC. In this role you will provide strategic and technical leadership for nationwide environmental work serving industrial and manufacturing, energy and real estate clients, lead multidisciplinary teams and complex programs involving site investigation, remediation, and regulatory strategy, oversee evaluation and interpretation of site characterization and geologic data, guide development of conceptual site models, and establish technically sound approaches aligned with applicable regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Draw from your diverse experience to lead some of the firm’s most complex projects and programs, possibly leading teams of project managers and technical experts with a focus on delivery, quality, financial performance, and health and safety.
• Lead the development of team technical competence, knowledge of codes and regulations, and professional standards of practice for assigned tasks.
• Balance management responsibilities with technical strategy and client advocacy, ensure project delivery aligns with professional standards and client expectations, and develop strong client relationships.
• Hold primary responsibility for program success including contract negotiations, pricing, structure and processes, project planning and execution, resourcing, schedule, and financial management.
• Collaborate closely to support project teams, providing oversight, observing health and safety processes and procedures, and developing a working understanding of the various consulting practice areas.
• Regularly and effectively communicate with clients, partners, subcontractors, regulators and other stakeholders.
• Apply situational leadership and emotional intelligence to facilitate management of diverse stakeholders and team members.
• Plan and manage the development of geologic site characterization plans and oversee the implementation of field investigation programs.
• Lead project teams with the technical evaluation and interpretation of site characterization and