Project Level Environmental Consultant - Chicago, IL

BBJ Group is a growing environmental consulting and engineering firm seeking a project level environmental consultant.  Primary responsibilities include serving clients by managing projects with various environmental needs and fostering new business opportunities while continuing client relationships. This role offers numerous opportunities and responsibilities for a detail-oriented environmental professional.

Sample of responsibilities:

• Providing domestic and international environmental due diligence services
• Project, budget, and schedule management, where you would be serving as the technical lead and/or client contact, scheduling personnel, and executing other duties such as allocating resources, invoice review, and managing accounts receivables
• Proposal writing and developing scopes of work and budgets
• Interacting with clients in a wide variety of industries, including well-known global companies
• Managing and training junior staff to effectively scope and execute projects from technical and workload perspectives
• Developing strategy and tactics with the Real Estate and Transaction Support Practice Leader and BBJ Group senior leadership team to grow BBJ Group’s national presence
• This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position
  

What Kinds of Projects can I expect to work on?

At BBJ Group, we serve both private and public sector clients at project locations throughout the United States, as well as overseas.  Project-level consultants within the Real Estate and Transaction Support Practice group routinely manage projects for a variety of business operations and industries with a focus on commercial and industrial settings that include:

• Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments
• Environmental, Health and Safety compliance reviews, permitting and planning
• Building material surveys and Property Condition Assessments
• Site investigations and regulatory closure
• Vapor intrusion assessments and mitigation
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) liability assessments
• Legacy environmental liability reviews
• National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) evaluations
• Environmental cost estimation
  

What sets BBJ Group apart?

• Technical Depth and Responsiveness -BBJ Group provides the expertise of a large environmental consulting firm, while maintaining the responsiveness and flexibility of a smaller firm. 
• Clarity– At BBJ Group, we pride ourselves helping clients cut through the clutter. We translate the jargon of environmental science and regulation into business-focused recommendations our clients can use to make critical decisions.
• Strategy– Our solutions always come with an end-game strategy. We don’t just study the problem, we cost-effectively develop an answer and an exit for our client. As a result, our clients view us a true, collaborative partners, and not just another contractor.

What does it take to thrive at BBJ Group?

Successful BBJers have these attributes

• Low-ego, high-impact teammate that is self-motivated
• Problem-solver that operates self-sufficiently and seeks help when needed
• Great communicator both verbally and in writing (formal and informal)
• Quick thinking / adaptive individual who works well in fast-paced and changing environment
• Responsible person that can skillfully balance both internal obligations and external client needs
• Desire for continuous improvement that contributes new ideas and offers suggestions for quality improvement

Skills and Experience

• Professional Certification (PE/PG/CHMM/CSP) a plus;
• Expert level experience conducting and directing site investigations, regulatory reporting, or ESG related activities;

• Experience with site closure activities;
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;
• Flexibility to accommodate travel;
• AutoCAD, ArcGIS experience and OSHA HAZWOPER training a plus.

Compensation Range:

BBJ Group provides compensation ranges that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. BBJ Group reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Benefits:

BBJ Group offers a comprehensive suite of benefits for Full-Time employees to determine which elections are right for them and their families.  Available benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, term life, disability, accidental death & dismemberment coverage, Flexible Spending Account, paid time off and retirement options. Specific information will be provided during the recruitment process.

Are you ready?

If quickly having the opportunity to impactfully work on a variety of environmental projects sounds like a great way to launch your career, let’s start our conversation today.