Arizona Environmental Operations Manager

Overview

Why Join Us?

It's an exciting time at NV5! Our Environmental Health Services (EHS) Vertical in NV5 has more than 300 employees across the country with tremendous opportunities for our employees to grow and develop their careers. Our mission is to become the leader in our industry; therefore, we support the professional development and growth of our staff through ongoing development and training, participation in key organizations, and supporting publications and speaking engagements of our team. We are trusted advisors to our clients and recognized experts in our fields, and we support the career progression of our staff to realize that vision.

About Us

NV5 has been recognized as a Fortune 100 Fastest Growing Company every year since 2017, with tremendous opportunities for advancement, career development, and growth. We are an organization of more than 5,000 employees across over 120 offices worldwide, deeply rooted in a culture of technical excellence, entrepreneurism, and collaboration.

Position Overview

NV5 is seeking a Senior-level Environmental Operations Group Leader to manage its Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico offices. The Environmental Operations Group Leader is responsible for leading a comprehensive environmental services group with emphasis on environmental documentation, geology, hydrogeology, permitting, natural resources, transportation projects, NEPA permitting, GIS, and Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments and Remediation.

This Environmental Operations Group Leader will also be involved in business development and proposal writing efforts. The successful candidate must have leadership and managerial experience and possess a positive track record of professional consulting experience. Other responsibilities include managing a growing multi-disciplined team of environmental and engineering professionals, overseeing budgets and schedules and on multiple projects and provide QA/QC on multiple levels.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Oversee staff and projects for multiple disciplines Phase I/II ESA's, APP Permitting, biology, wetlands, Clean Water Act permitting, GIS, and hazardous materials.

• Oversee project budgets, schedules, and quality.

• Provide technical direction and guidance to staff and clients on best approaches, decisions, and quality outcomes.

• Develop relationships with existing and new clients to understand their specific needs and nuances.

• Provide client management, financial management, problem project resolution, and successful completion of projects.

• Work collaboratively with other geographic regions to ensure NV5 operates effectively as one company.

• Assist or participate in business development efforts, bid and proposal strategy and pricing.

• Ensure office operations run smoothly.

Project Management and Employee Development:

• Works closely with management to staff projects based on client/project needs.

• Oversees financial performance of projects; assists project staff in identifying potential problems to ensure remedial actions are promptly taken to avoid financial losses and client dissatisfaction.

• Monitors and enforces compliance with established quality control standards, ensuring that appropriate quality assurance activities are being performed throughout the project.

• Identifies and nurtures potential future leaders within existing staff to promote expansion of services.

• Acts both as a project and or program manager leading projects and teams and works as a team member to contribute expertise on projects led by other project managers.

• Fosters and mentors high-performing teams.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's of Science or Master's degree in engineering, environmental science, geology, planning, biology, ecology, archaeology, historic preservation, socioeconomics, or other similar environmentally related field is preferred although experience may be able to be substituted for the degree.

• A minimum of 15 years of experience as a Project Manager or group leader with responsibilities that include preparing technical studies and supporting multi-disciplined projects. Must have experience in all aspects of project management including budgeting, scheduling, managing staff, developing scopes of work from pre-field efforts to report completion, and providing technical oversight.

• Excellent technical writing and communication skills are mandatory. Prior primary authorship in a for a variety of projects is preferred.

• Knowledge of the state regulatory structures in Arizona and New Mexico, as well tribal experience a plus.

• Be approximately 40 percent billable in providing project management or technical area support.

• Experience and ability to oversee multiple complex projects and programs, in diverse settings and with changing requirements.

• Demonstrated business development success, supervisory experience, established credibility with local, state, and/or federal agencies and clients, and proposal success.

• Ability to travel to support business needs.

• Must be able to work 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, with occasional overtime.

• Possess a valid driver's license and driving record acceptable to our insurance carrier.

Leadership Experience:

• Ability to manage staff and ensure the environmental operations runs smoothly.

• Provide leadership and management on a wide variety of environmental planning and permitting projects for energy, government, and private sector clients throughout Southwest.

• Experience with and ability to hire, train, develop, mentor, and retain junior staff as our client base and workload grows.

• Desire to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative team atmosphere.

• Proven experience in building rapport and trust with key clients, business leaders, and team members.

• Proven team-building and positive influencing skills.

• Must demonstrate strong ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.

NV5 offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, PTO, 401(k) and professional development/advancement opportunities.

NV5 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NV5 complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.