Technical Director, Engineer or Geologist

Emerging Challenges

Step into a Technical Director role where you’ll set the technical bar, drive strategy, and grow a portfolio of high-impact work across North Carolina, the broader Southeast, and beyond.

Why This Role Matters

• Technical leadership: Serve as the senior technical resource for site investigation, risk assessment, and remediation—owning quality, efficiency, and risk management across moderate to complex projects.
• Client outcomes: Design pragmatic, cost-effective remedial strategies and negotiate success with regulators—delivering measurable value and closure certainty.
• Team development: Supervise and mentor junior staff, expand regional capability, and advance the career growth of the team.
• Market presence: Enhance ERM’s technical reputation through conference participation, presentations, and published papers/articles.
• Growth & sales: Build pipelines with high-growth, high-value (HGHV) and key clients, prepare winning proposals, and contribute to top opportunities and revenue performance.
• Operational excellence: Support strong scoping and delivery to minimize re-work/write-offs, meet billability/DSC targets, and command premium value within client MSAs.
• Safety authority: Exercise stop-work authority whenever conditions present danger—empowered to act immediately to protect people and the public.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology, environmental science or related field (Master’s or higher preferred).
• PE or PG required for engineers/geologists.
• 8+ years of progressive project management and technical experience for moderate to complex CERCLA/RCRA and state program projects.
• Proven field and technical background (sampling; drilling; well installation; soil/groundwater/LNAPL/DNAPL assessment; vapor intrusion; HRSC methods).
• Strong written/verbal communication, organization, analytical skills; collaborative team player.
• 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification.
• Driver's License Required: This position requires a valid driver's license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area. Commitment to safety and adherence to established Health & Safety protocols.

Preferred

• Knowledge of the North Carolina REC program and ability to register as an RSM.
• Experience supporting/leading Georgia HSRA, VRP, and Brownfield projects.
• Familiarity with environmental data management tools (e.g., EQuIS).
• Record of publishing technical work and presenting at industry events.
• Experience leading projects across multiple sectors (manufacturing, power, chemical, oil & gas, technology) and geographies (Southeast, other U.S. states, international).