Principal Engineer - Environmental Remediation and Engineering Practice Leader

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.•Fresno, CA

1d•$142,540 - $199,555•Hybrid

About The Position

Geosyntec is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead and grow its engineering practice in California, with an emphasis on supporting the Fresno office, Central Valley market, and broader Northern California operations. This leadership role requires strong technical expertise, established client relationships, and a proven ability to develop, sell, manage, design, and implement complex environmental, civil, water resources, geotechnical, and remediation engineering programs. The successful candidate will strengthen Geosyntec’s regional presence, expand engineering capabilities, and support strategic growth across various markets including industrial, municipal, energy, solid waste, transportation, and government. The role involves providing senior technical leadership, client and business development vision, project delivery oversight, and people leadership for multidisciplinary teams. Responsibilities include mentoring staff, cultivating client relationships, and delivering innovative solutions. The work encompasses environmental engineering, site investigation, remediation design and implementation, civil and environmental infrastructure design, water resources planning, geotechnical engineering, and engineering analysis. Projects may involve contaminated soil, groundwater, sediment, and emerging contaminants, and will operate under various regulatory programs. This position offers the opportunity to lead and grow a strategic engineering practice, develop client relationships, serve as a Client Manager or senior technical advisor, work on complex projects, collaborate with technical experts, and make a lasting impact.

Requirements

At least 10 years of directly relevant engineering consulting experience, including significant client development and project management responsibilities; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Recognized technical expertise in environmental engineering, remediation engineering, water resources engineering, geotechnical infrastructure engineering, civil infrastructure, or a closely related engineering practice area.
Demonstrated experience developing, managing, and delivering complex engineering design, design-build, construction support, remediation, infrastructure, or environmental engineering projects.
Experience with contaminated soil, groundwater, sediment, soil vapor, vapor intrusion, remedy design, remedy construction, and operations and maintenance of environmental project work.
Strong understanding of California regulatory frameworks, permitting processes, client drivers, and regional market opportunities, including DTSC, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, CUPAs, CERCLA, RCRA, CalEPA programs, and local agency requirements.
Demonstrated success developing client relationships, leading business development efforts, winning work, and growing consulting services.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring early-, mid-, and senior-level professionals.
Strong project, program, and financial management experience, including scope, budgets, resources, schedules, profitability, risk, quality, and client satisfaction.
Experience preparing and supervising technical reports, proposals, engineering work scopes, pricing, budgets, and project performance metrics.
Ability to work collaboratively and influence across offices, practices, and disciplines, including with senior leadership, clients, regulators, teaming partners, contractors, and staff without direct reporting relationships.
Strong oral and written communication, technical writing, presentation, negotiation, and client engagement skills.
Strategic lateral thinking, strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize responsibilities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration in California or ability to obtain California registration through reciprocity.
Valid U.S. driver’s license and satisfactory driving record for business travel.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in engineering or a related discipline.
Experience supporting major industrial, municipal, energy, solid waste, transportation, development, or government clients.
Established professional network and client relationships within California engineering, environmental, water, infrastructure, or remediation markets.
Current OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training and refreshers.

Responsibilities

Lead business development strategy for the Fresno office, Central Valley market, and broader California engineering practice, including identifying opportunities, developing client relationships, expanding existing accounts, and leading proposal efforts.
Serve as a Client Manager, Account Lead, engineering practice leader, or senior technical advisor for one or more strategic clients.
Provide senior technical leadership in one or more engineering practice areas, including environmental engineering, remediation design, water resources engineering, geotechnical engineering, civil infrastructure, stormwater management, groundwater management, and water or waste containment systems.
Lead complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects from planning through delivery, including scope development, technical strategy, engineering analysis, design, permitting, construction support, quality review, risk management, and client engagement.
Direct preparation and review of engineering reports, feasibility studies, design calculations, drawings, specifications, work plans, permit applications, cost estimates, bid documents, proposals, and client correspondence.
Oversee remedy construction, civil/environmental infrastructure construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance, performance monitoring, and optimization of engineering solutions.
Manage project performance, including scope, budgets, resources, schedules, quality standards, profitability, contracts, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary team coordination.
Set practice vision, support recruiting and team development, mentor staff, and help drive strategic growth for the Fresno office and Northern California operations.
Collaborate with professionals from multiple disciplines and offices to provide integrated, practical, and future-ready solutions for clients.
Represent Geosyntec in meetings, presentations, and negotiations with clients, regulators, teaming partners, contractors, industry groups, and other stakeholders.
Interpret and summarize technical data, engineering analyses, and regulatory requirements to support sound conclusions and defensible client recommendations.
Promote and model a strong health and safety culture, which is fundamental to our operations.
Complete required OSHA/MSHA health and safety, first aid, CPR training, and medical monitoring, as applicable and paid for by the firm.
Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client, project, office, and other business locations, as needed.