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Project Engineer

Southern California / Hybrid · Full-Time

The Project Engineer position is ideal for an engineer who understands the "big picture" and can design and optimize remediation systems, successfully negotiate with regulators, build strong client trust, and keep complex projects strictly on schedule and within budget. In this role, you will take ownership of project lifecycles from design through regulatory closure, including technical execution with client management and strategic oversight.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Execution: Drive multi-phase environmental projects, ensuring that technical deliverables, field efforts, and reporting meet high standards, deadlines, and financial budgets.
Remediation Engineering & Design: Oversee the design, installation, troubleshooting, and optimization of active and passive remediation systems (e.g., SVE, HVDPE, SSDS, groundwater pump-and-treat, in-situ bioremediation).
Regulatory & Agency Interface: Serve as a point of contact for state and local regulatory agencies, negotiating permits, responding to comments, and helping drive sites toward regulatory closure.
Client Relations & Communication: Cultivate trusted relationships with clients, presenting complex engineering concepts clearly, providing proactive project updates, and scoping new project phases.
Financial & Resource Tracking: Monitor project labor and expense budgets, manage subcontractor scopes, and coordinate closely with field staff and junior engineers to ensure resource efficiency.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Experience: Minimum of 3 to 8 years of progressive environmental consulting experience focused on site remediation, environmental engineering, and project coordination.
Licensure: Professional Engineer (PE) license (or active path to licensure within a specified time frame).
Technical Mastery: Strong, practical understanding of environmental remediation technologies, hydrogeology, contaminant fate and transport, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., RWQCB, DTSC, etc.).
Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Solid verbal and written communication skills with proven experience interfacing directly with clients and regulatory officials.
Business Acumen: Demonstrated ability to manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets while balancing multiple concurrent tasks.
Certifications: 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification.

Compensation

$85,000 – $120,000 / year, depending on experience