General Manager, West

Resource Environmental Solutions • Sacramento, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

At RES, we’re looking for purpose-driven individuals who are passionate about restoration and sustainability, and who want their work to make a lasting environmental impact. Our team members go above and beyond, bringing initiative, integrity, and a strong work ethic to every project. Collaboration is key—we thrive on teamwork, open communication, and diverse perspectives. In a field that constantly changes, we value those who are resilient, adaptable, and resourceful in the face of challenges. If you're intellectually curious, eager to learn, and ready to help restore ecosystems and protect natural resources, you’ll find your place here. RES is seeking a General Manager to lead the operational, financial, and organizational performance of our West Region. Based in Sacramento, this executive leader will oversee a diverse portfolio of ecological restoration, mitigation, conservation, and related environmental projects across the region. You will lead execution of the regional operating plan and align people, resources, and priorities so projects are delivered safely, profitably, on schedule, and in accordance with contractual, regulatory, quality, and ecological performance requirements. You will also partner closely with sales and business development leaders to evaluate opportunities, shape practical solutions, convert pipeline, and ensure a strong transition from award to execution.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in applied sciences, engineering, construction management, environmental science, business, or a related field.
• Ten or more years of progressive experience in complex, project-based delivery.
• Five or more years of P&L responsibility and team leadership, including experience leading through managers or front-line leaders.
• Portfolio-scale oversight of complex, multi-year projects involving significant schedule, cost, contractual, subcontractor, and execution risk.
• Demonstrated success building leadership capability, strengthening accountability, improving team effectiveness, and retaining talent.
• Strong financial and operating judgment, including the ability to manage revenue, gross profit, cash, EBITDA, project margins, capacity, and forecasts.
• The ability to build trust with clients, employees, regulators, tribal nations, landowners, consultants, subcontractors, and community stakeholders.
• Willingness to work from the Sacramento office and travel regularly throughout the West Region, with occasional travel to other RES locations.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree or relevant industry credential such as PMP, PE, PG, Professional Wetland Scientist, or Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner.
• Experience leading a multi-state, multi-office, multi-project-site, or similarly dispersed operation.
• Experience in mitigation or conservation banking, large-scale ecological restoration, design-build delivery, environmental construction, or long-term stewardship obligations.
• Working knowledge of environmental restoration and mitigation and the California and federal regulatory frameworks that affect project feasibility and delivery across the West.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the region's project portfolio across the full lifecycle.
• Maintain clear visibility into backlog conversion, schedules, cost, cash, capacity, and material delivery risks, and ensure leaders take timely corrective action when performance falls short of plan.
• Serve as a visible safety leader by engaging employees, focusing on prevention, and holding leaders accountable for safe execution in office and project environments.
• Own delivery of the region's financial plan, including revenue, gross profit, cash, EBITDA, project margins, and forecast accuracy.
• Set regional priorities and make investment and resource decisions that reflect company strategy, market conditions, delivery capacity, and risk.
• Build and retain a capable regional leadership team and workforce. This includes strengthening manager effectiveness, addressing performance and employee concerns consistently, maintaining succession and development plans for critical roles, and using employee feedback and workforce trends to guide action.
• Serve as an executive operating sponsor for significant projects and client relationships.
• In partnership with sales and business development leaders, contribute to solution development, assess operational feasibility, evaluate opportunities, and support a disciplined handoff from award to execution.
• Ensure projects are managed in accordance with scope, contracts, schedules, permits, quality standards, regulatory commitments, and long-term ecological obligations.
• Identify material risks, establish clear accountability, and ensure compliance concerns are escalated and corrected promptly.
• Maintain productive relationships with regulatory agencies, tribal nations, landowners, consultants, subcontractors, community stakeholders, and other partners.
• Work across functions and regions to deploy resources, share capabilities, and apply lessons learned across RES.

Benefits

• Why You Will Love This Job This is an opportunity to lead a geographically dispersed business where commercial judgment and project execution directly support ecological outcomes. You will shape regional priorities, strengthen the leadership bench, improve portfolio performance, and serve as an executive sponsor for projects and client relationships that matter to communities and ecosystems throughout the West.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive