Kimley-Horn has an opportunity for a motivated Remediation Practice Leader to expand our Environmental practice in Philadelphia, PA!

Responsibilities

Market Growth & Client Leadership:

• Serve as a senior market leader for environmental services across private and public clients.

• Build trusted relationships with clients, agencies, municipalities, regulators, and other key stakeholders.

• Lead pursuit strategy, client development, and business development efforts for new and existing environmental clients.

• Strengthen Kimley-Horns market presence through industry involvement, professional associations, and regional conferences.

• Shape long-term growth strategies for theeEnvironmental practice in alignment with Kimley-Horns strategic plan.

Project Oversight & Technical Leadership:

• Serve as Principal-in-Charge or Project Director for complex environmental projects, providing senior oversight from planning through delivery.

• Lead multidisciplinary teams andprovidetechnical guidance to ensure quality, consistency, and strong client outcomes.

• Perform complex technical analyses and apply risk-based decision-making to support project planning and execution.

• Oversee field activities, data collection, laboratory analyses,findingsinterpretation, and reporting to ensure accuracy, budget alignment, and schedule adherence.

• Organize, write, and edit reports, proposals, and other technical documents.

• Coordinate across offices, disciplines, and technical teams to advance environmental-related work.

• Navigate advanced technical decisions, regulatory engagement, and project risk while working with internal teams, regulators, municipalities, consultants, property owners, and community representatives.

• Promote innovation, best practices, and continuous improvement across project execution.

Team Leadership & Talent Development:

• Lead, mentor, recruit, and develop high-performing environmental teams.

• Provide direct oversight, coaching, training, and accountability for junior staff assigned to environmental projects.

• Foster a collaborative, people-first culture aligned with Kimley-Horns values of trust, accountability, and professional development.

• Partner with local and regional leaders to align staffing, skills, and workload across the practice.

Business & Financial Management:

• Contribute to annual business planning, backlog forecasting, revenue growth, workload management, staffing deployment, and profitability.

• Develop scopes, staffing plans, schedules, and budgets for large, complex projects.

• Manage multiple projects and tasks within established budgets and deadlines, including progress reporting, change orders, billings, and payment collections.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology, Geology, Environmental Science, orrelatedfieldrequired.

• Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional Geologist (PG) licensepreferred; state-specific licensure preferred.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in environmental remediation, planning, design, or program leadership.

• Proven experience managing complex, multi-million-dollar projects.

• Experience guiding due diligence, investigations, conceptual site model development, remedial design, and remedy implementation.

• Strong working knowledge of State and Federal regulatory frameworks, including CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, CAA, and UST regulations.

• Established relationships within the environmental consulting market preferred.

• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence clients and partners and sustain effective working relationships with regulators, consultants, contractors, and internal teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building practices, developing people, and creating long-term client partnerships.