Senior Project Manager-Remediation

Kimley-Horn has an opportunity for a motivated Remediation Practice Leader to expand our Environmental practice in Philadelphia, PA!

• Serve as a senior market leader for environmental services across private and public clients. 

• Build trusted relationships with clients, agencies, municipalities, regulators, and other key stakeholders. 

• Lead pursuit strategy, client development, and business development efforts for new and existing environmental clients. 

• Strengthen Kimley-Horn’s market presence through industry involvement, professional associations, and regional conferences. 

• Shape long-term growth strategies for the eEnvironmental practice in alignment with Kimley-Horn’s strategic plan. 

• Serve as Principal-in-Charge or Project Director for complex environmental projects, providing senior oversight from planning through delivery. 

• Lead multidisciplinary teams and provide technical guidance to ensure quality, consistency, and strong client outcomes. 

• Perform complex technical analyses and apply risk-based decision-making to support project planning and execution. 

• Oversee field activities, data collection, laboratory analyses, findings interpretation, and reporting to ensure accuracy, budget alignment, and schedule adherence. 

• Organize, write, and edit reports, proposals, and other technical documents. 

• Coordinate across offices, disciplines, and technical teams to advance environmental-related work. 

• Navigate advanced technical decisions, regulatory engagement, and project risk while working with internal teams, regulators, municipalities, consultants, property owners, and community representatives. 

• Promote innovation, best practices, and continuous improvement across project execution. 

• Lead, mentor, recruit, and develop high-performing environmental teams. 

• Provide direct oversight, coaching, training, and accountability for junior staff assigned to environmental projects. 

• Foster a collaborative, people-first culture aligned with Kimley-Horn’s values of trust, accountability, and professional development. 

• Partner with local and regional leaders to align staffing, skills, and workload across the practice. 

• Contribute to annual business planning, backlog forecasting, revenue growth, workload management, staffing deployment, and profitability. 

• Develop scopes, staffing plans, schedules, and budgets for large, complex projects. 

• Manage multiple projects and tasks within established budgets and deadlines, including progress reporting, change orders, billings, and payment collections. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology, Geology, Environmental Science, or related field required. 

• Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional Geologist (PG) license preferred; state-specific licensure preferred. 

• 15+ years of progressive experience in environmental remediation, planning, design, or program leadership. 

• Proven experience managing complex, multi-million-dollar projects. 

• Experience guiding due diligence, investigations, conceptual site model development, remedial design, and remedy implementation. 

• Strong working knowledge of State and Federal regulatory frameworks, including CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, CAA, and UST regulations. 

• Established relationships within the environmental consulting market preferred. 

• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence clients and partners and sustain effective working relationships with regulators, consultants, contractors, and internal teams. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences. 

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building practices, developing people, and creating long-term client partnerships. 

At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 19 years!

Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.