[Remote] Senior Vice President - Environmental Operations

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gray Parker Associates is recruiting for an unnamed national environmental and infrastructure contractor. The Senior Vice President of Environmental Operations leads operational performance, technical excellence, and strategic growth across the company’s nationwide environmental portfolio, including business development, project delivery, resource planning, technical capabilities, and talent development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute national growth strategy across federal, state/local, and commercial markets
• Lead market expansion in environmental investigation, characterization, remediation, regulated waste, and emerging contaminants
• Build and maintain executive relationships with USACE, AFCEC, and USCG
• Evaluate new markets, technologies, teaming strategies, and service offerings
• Strengthen brand presence through industry engagement and technical capability development
• Provide full P&L ownership for the environmental portfolio
• Oversee nationwide project delivery to ensure scope, budget, schedule, safety, and quality compliance
• Lead operational planning, resource allocation, staffing, and performance management
• Conduct project reviews, risk assessments, and execution planning
• Drive investment in GIS, geospatial modeling, data management systems, environmental chemistry, 3D visualization, and risk assessment
• Build an integrated technical services group to support proposal development, project execution, and generate external revenue opportunities through direct sales
• Ensure compliance with federal and state technical and regulatory requirements
• Lead capture strategies, go/no-go decisions, and teaming approaches
• Oversee development of technical proposals and cost models
• Maintain strong relationships with strategic partners, client decision-makers and program managers
• Ensure collaboration between BD, estimating, technical services, and operations
• Recruit and develop high-performing environmental leaders, PMs, scientists, and engineers
• Build succession plans and technical/operational career pathways
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and technical excellence
• Ensure compliance with USACE, AFCEC, USCG, EPA, and state environmental standards
• Oversee quality assurance for data integrity, reporting, and regulatory compliance
• Strengthen risk management, subcontractor oversight, and claims avoidance

Skills

• 15+ years of environmental contracting, consulting, or remediation leadership
• Experience managing national-scale programs for USACE, AFCEC, or USCG
• Demonstrated success in P&L ownership and business development leadership
• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, geology, chemistry, or related field
• Deep knowledge of environmental investigation, site characterization, remediation, and regulatory frameworks
• Experience with GIS, data management, visualization tools, and technical platforms
• Strong leadership of geographically dispersed teams
• Master's
• Professional certifications such as P.E., P.G., PMP, CHMM, or CIH
• Experience expanding federal capabilities into commercial markets
• Expertise with PFAS and emerging contaminants
• Experience in digital transformation for environmental data

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