Field Project Manager - District Remediation

CleanHarbors • Stockton, CA

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About The Position

Clean Harbors is hiring a Field Service Project Manager for its Northern California Remediation Team. The role manages large-scale remediation, emergency response, and demolition projects at customer locations, coordinating with field teams, supervisors, the Branch Manager, customers, and internal support groups. Projects may involve emergency spill cleanup, hazardous-waste cleanup, site remediation such as tank and pit cleaning, equipment decontamination, and hazardous-material handling. The manager leads teams that may include superintendents, foremen, equipment operators, and other professionals, and may travel to customer locations and projects across the region and country, sometimes on short notice.

The position oversees projects from estimating and proposal review through mobilization, execution, and closeout. It is accountable for project planning, safety and quality, budgets, schedules, change management, billing and collections, documentation, and client satisfaction. Work is split between project sites and an office environment, with approximately 30% of each day spent at a project site and the remaining time in an office. The posted annual compensation is $110,000–$120,000, plus potential annual incentive compensation.

Candidates must meet the stated experience requirements, including at least five years in the waste industry—particularly hazardous-waste transportation and disposal—and at least eight years in the environmental or construction industry, with project-management or field-supervisory experience. The role requires the ability to travel, meet physical demands, wear a respirator and other PPE, maintain required training and certifications, and satisfy pre-employment and ongoing fitness-for-duty, drug-screen, and background-clearance requirements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in the waste industry, particularly hazardous-waste transportation and disposal.
• At least 8 years of experience in the environmental or construction industry.
• Experience related to project management or field supervision.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with field staff, laboratory staff, project managers, and other team members.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment, follow senior-management direction, and mentor branch personnel.
• Proficiency with computers, smartphones, web navigation, Microsoft Office Suite, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to travel within the United States, including on short notice for emergency response, remediation, or demolition projects, and to travel by commercial air.
• Valid driver's license, a driving record satisfactory to Clean Harbors, and approval to operate light-duty vehicles.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds unassisted and wear personal protective equipment, including an air-purifying respirator, which may restrict movement.
• Ability to walk and stand for extended periods; sit in equipment that may vibrate or jostle; climb and work at heights; and pull, push, carry, grasp, reach, crawl, stoop, crouch, and maintain balance.
• Ability to speak, listen, understand, and write English; color determination, depth perception, clarity of vision, and 20/20 eyesight, corrected or uncorrected.
• Ability to comply with the company respiratory-protection facial-hair policy while wearing respirators and PPE.
• Complete an employment application and satisfy employment requirements, including a comprehensive pre-employment and annual fit-for-duty physical, drug screen, and background clearance.
• Adhere to Clean Harbors policies and procedures and maintain current OSHA 40, RCRA, DOT, and other training.
• Maintain professional conduct and have a personal credit card for incidental expenses that can be expensed in accordance with corporate policy.

Responsibilities

• Lead team meetings and plan and organize project work by monitoring workload, setting goals, and developing and executing action plans.
• Maintain client relationships, hold regular client meetings, and communicate prospective customer opportunities to the business development team.
• Lead, motivate, and support team members; set expectations, assess progress, take corrective action, and provide training and guidance.
• Support process improvement and onboarding; mentor other project managers and project engineers and take on complex projects.
• Review estimates for engineering compliance, risks, contingencies, materials, subcontract pricing, staffing, equipment, temporary facilities, and construction services; participate in estimate reviews.
• Compile proposals with administrative support and present estimates and proposals for business-leader or senior-leadership approval; support scope definition as needed.
• Lead pre-mobilization meetings, review engineering drawings and specifications, define work packages, submit engineering submittals, and complete commercial handover with estimating and proposal teams.
• Establish project baselines, schedules, progress plans, staffing histograms, meeting cadence, reporting formats, risk-management and change-management programs, and site-specific quality and safety plans.
• Hold internal and external kickoff meetings and chair recurring project reviews and schedule and change-management meetings.
• Issue internal and external weekly and monthly reports and ensure the project remains within budget and meets contractual milestones.
• Ensure material and subcontract management comply with the execution plan and procedures; complete commercial project buyout according to schedule.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, budget shifts, change orders, delay notices, billings, invoices, and collections; maintain cash-neutral or positive project status and achieve the as-sold gross margin or greater.
• Ensure change orders and delay notices are quantified and submitted within contractual timeframes and within 30 days of notice.
• Ensure project schedules are baselined, maintained, and forecasted, and that contractual and key milestones are communicated to the project team.
• Complete handover documentation before the contractual substantial-completion milestone and meet client documentation criteria.
• Ensure deliverables are safe, high quality, and on time, and that projects comply with the site-specific safety plan.
• Spend approximately 30% of the workday at project sites reviewing progress and meeting with clients, internal staff, and subcontractors; complete and review project documentation and plans in an office environment.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment and a professional appearance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment.
• Annual incentive bonus potential.
• Group 401(k) with company matching.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Paid time off.
• Company-paid training and tuition reimbursement.
• Annual reimbursement for maintaining certain professional licenses.
• Travel expenses provided by the company; meal expenses are paid by the employee and reimbursed after submission of an expense report.
• Growth and development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed