Remediation Department Manager

About the role

AECOM is seeking a strategic growth and operations leader to oversee environmental remediation services and accelerate higher-returning, lower-risk growth across the Gulf Coast and South-Central markets.

Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen client relationships across Gulf Coast and South-Central Oil & Gas, Energy, and Industrial markets to identify strategic growth opportunities and expand AECOM’s market presence across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
• Maintain a deep understanding of market conditions, capital investment trends, regulatory developments, M&A activity, and emerging opportunities to inform strategy and pursuits.
• Serve as a visible leader in the regional community through industry organizations, conferences, client engagement, and strategic networking.
• Identify emerging market needs and align AECOM’s technical excellence and innovation to deliver integrated, future-focused client solutions.
• Collaborate across AECOM’s business lines to connect expertise and deliver holistic, multi-disciplinary solutions.
• Maximize operational performance by aligning people, project delivery, and client satisfaction to achieve sustainable, higher-returning, lower-risk growth.
• Provide operational leadership for complex projects and programs, resolving delivery challenges, mitigating risk, optimizing resources, and ensuring technical excellence and client satisfaction.
• Guide teams through operational shifts while minimizing disruptions.
• Evaluate potential opportunities to ensure alignment with AECOM’s strategy, risk posture, and growth priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering in a relevant environmental remediation field AND ten (10) years of experience in a technical environmental remediation discipline with a proven track record in operational leadership OR a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Successful completion of background check and motor vehicle records check.
• Due to the nature of the work, U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with operational responsibility for managing teams of 30+ professionals.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary environmental projects, programs, or operational teams with responsibility for business performance, project delivery, and client satisfaction.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Gulf Coast and South-Central Oil & Gas, Energy, and Industrial markets; proven ability to develop client relationships and identify growth opportunities across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• 15+ years related experience, including 8+ years operations and staff management.
• Texas Professional Engineer (PE) or Geologist (PG).

Benefits

At AECOM, we offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

Pay

$160,000 to $200,000 annually

Schedule

Hybrid model