Program Manager - Environmental Restoration/Remediation

BB&E•Atlanta, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

BB&E is seeking a collaborative, proactive, and technically capable Program Manager to lead and grow Federal environmental restoration and remediation programs. The role provides leadership, oversight, and direction across a portfolio of projects and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring performance in scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, regulatory compliance, and client satisfaction. The Program Manager leads and supports Project Managers, technical staff, subcontractors, and corporate support personnel in executing complex environmental restoration programs. This position is based onsite at BB&E’s Atlanta, Georgia office and requires travel in support of assigned programs and clients. Programs may support the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies, including work at active military installations, Federal facilities, and other complex sites subject to Federal and state environmental requirements. Work may cover CERCLA and RCRA investigations, remediation and corrective action; PA/SI, RI/FS, and RFI/CMS; site characterization and sampling; remedial design and action; removal actions; long-term monitoring and management; groundwater, soil, sediment, and surface-water work; PFAS and other emerging contaminants; storage-tank releases and petroleum-contaminated sites; risk assessment and corrective action; remedy optimization and operation and maintenance; regulatory coordination; technical documentation; stakeholder engagement; and restoration planning, cost estimating, scheduling, and reporting. The successful candidate combines technical knowledge of environmental investigation and remediation with program and project management, financial stewardship, client relationship management, staff development, and business development experience. The role calls for strategic thinking, sound judgment, timely decisions within the position’s authority, early identification of risks, practical corrective actions, and appropriate escalation when warranted. The Program Manager serves as a primary relationship steward for assigned Federal clients and helps reinforce BB&E’s culture and values, strengthen client relationships, develop staff, and support strategic growth. A bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, civil engineering, geology, environmental science, or a related technical discipline is required; an advanced degree is preferred. PE, PG, PMP, CHMM, or equivalent professional certification is required. Minimum 10–15 years of progressively responsible experience in environmental consulting, environmental restoration/remediation, or a related field is required, along with Federal environmental restoration experience and experience with CERCLA and/or RCRA investigation and remediation projects.

Requirements

Minimum 10–15 years of progressively responsible experience in environmental consulting, environmental restoration/remediation, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience managing complex environmental investigation and remediation projects and/or programs.
Federal environmental restoration experience.
Experience with CERCLA and/or RCRA investigation and remediation projects.
Strong technical knowledge of environmental investigation, restoration, and remediation.
Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple concurrent projects or task orders within a program or client portfolio.
Strong understanding of Federal environmental restoration programs and regulatory frameworks, including CERCLA and RCRA.
Demonstrated project and program management capability, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, safety, and subcontractor management.
Financial acumen and experience with project forecasting, cost management, fee development, and project financial performance.
Strong client relationship and stakeholder-management skills, including experience interacting with Federal clients and regulatory agencies.
Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including anticipating challenges and opportunities, assessing broader program and business implications, and leading teams toward practical solutions.
Sound judgment and decision-making skills, including making timely decisions within established authority and recognizing when input or escalation is appropriate.
Ability to identify complex technical, operational, or contractual issues and lead teams toward practical solutions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including communicating complex technical and programmatic issues to clients, regulators, project teams, and senior leadership.
Ability to lead by example, reinforce organizational values and expectations, foster collaboration and accountability, and coach and mentor Project Managers and technical staff.
Organized, proactive, tactful, and capable of managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
Willingness and ability to travel in support of assigned programs and clients.
Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, civil engineering, geology, environmental science, or a related technical discipline.
PE, PG, PMP, CHMM, or equivalent professional certification.
Ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation, including the physical activities described in the posting.

Nice To Haves

DoD environmental restoration experience.
An advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline.
Experience managing multiple task orders, multidisciplinary project teams, subcontractors, and client relationships.
Experience supporting business development, capture, proposals, and/or Federal contract recompetes.

Responsibilities

Lead a portfolio of Federal environmental restoration and remediation projects, with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client satisfaction.
Provide strategic leadership by anticipating challenges and opportunities, assessing impacts on clients, projects, resources, financial performance, and growth, and translating insights into practical priorities and actions.
Serve as a primary client account manager and maintain relationships with Federal clients, regulatory agencies, installation or facility leadership, and other stakeholders.
Lead, support, coach, and mentor multidisciplinary teams, including Project Managers, technical staff, subcontractors, laboratories, and specialty consultants.
Review financials, forecasts, schedules, staffing, risks, and technical progress; identify issues early and lead corrective actions.
Make timely decisions within assigned authority and take ownership of issues, seeking input or escalating when warranted by risk, complexity, financial exposure, client impact, or organizational significance.
Provide technical and quality oversight of environmental investigation, restoration, and remediation work to ensure deliverables are technically sound, defensible, and compliant with contractual and regulatory requirements.
Coordinate staffing and resources with the Resource Manager, Project Managers, technical leaders, and corporate support teams.
Manage program financial performance, including revenue, margin, backlog, forecasting, billing, and project and subcontractor costs.
Support business development and growth by identifying opportunities, strengthening client relationships, and contributing to capture strategies, proposals, scopes, staffing plans, and cost estimates.
Promote a collaborative, accountable, high-performing culture consistent with BB&E’s values and commitment to client service, technical excellence, staff development, and shared ownership.
Communicate organizational priorities and expectations constructively and reinforce BB&E’s culture through day-to-day actions and decisions.

Benefits

Competitive compensation packages.
Participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan; BB&E is 100% employee-owned.
Discretionary bonus.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance with health care concierge.
Employer-provided short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Employer-provided life insurance.
Options for supplemental life, supplemental accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and identity theft protection benefits.
Generous paid time off and 11 paid holidays.
Traditional and Roth 401(k) options with fully vested employer match.
Tuition reimbursement and professional development.
Employee referral program.
Financial wellness resources.
Employee discounts.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Pet insurance discount.