Senior Project Manager, Civil Engineering - Ramboll

Job Location:  Preferably Syracuse or Albany, NY but open to Mid-Atlantic Ramboll locations.

Ramboll offers a flexible hybrid work environment to encourage and empower you to plan and shape your daily tasks.

Are you eager to develop your excellence in an inclusive, collaborative, and empowering community? Are you excited about joining a company that strives to make a difference – for its employees, clients, and society? Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature?

Ramboll is a global multi-disciplinary engineering, design, and consultancy company. We truly support and encourage your professional development, invite you to unfold your ingenuity and contribute to exciting and innovative projects, and work for sustainable change so people and nature can flourish.

If this sounds like it’s for you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity! Join our Environment and Health department as our new Senior Project Manager and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

We're searching for a seasoned Senior Project Manager to enhance our exceptional team's capacity to serve clients facing diverse environmental improvements and land redevelopment issues. This role is ideal for an individual who can apply their specialized knowledge in Remediation Design Engineering and Project Management to spearhead project teams primarily focused on ongoing environmental remediation and land redevelopment initiatives across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Civil, Environmental, Geoenvironmental, or Chemical Engineering, coupled with significant professional expertise of about 12 to 16 years. You'll be an integral part of our Engineering Resources Team, falling under the Design & Engineering sector within the Environment & Health Market.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead an Engineering Design Team on high-priority projects including Remedial Investigations, Feasibility Studies, Remedial Designs, Remedial Actions, and post-remediation Operations & Maintenance.

• Provide expert design solutions in the decontamination of soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater via methods like digging, encapsulation, containment, in-place and relocated treatment, and mitigation of underground vapors.

• Offer design expertise across different markets, particularly in civil and stormwater management projects.

• Manage the creation and completion of technical documents (including work plans, remedial design documentation and specifics, reports on construction completion, permit applications, etc.) in line with regulatory obligations (such as NYSDEC DER-10).

• Contribute to planning and tracking of projects, ensuring they adhere to their scope, timetable, and financial constraints.

• Engage with current and potential clients and be an effective team player alongside Engineers, Geologists and Scientists.

• Act as a guiding influence for Early-Career Engineers, helping them develop professionally.

Your new team

As part of the Design and Engineering practice, you will be part of a creative group, filled with people who are really excited about solving clients’ problems and creating sustainable solutions for them. You will work with all levels of technical expertise from entry level team members to members with decades of experience, many of whom are subject matter experts in their own fields. And you will engage in a continual learning environment through coaching, mentoring, and on the job tasks.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development, we want you to continue to grow with our company! While we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil, Environmental, Geoenvironmental or Chemical Engineering and 12 to 16 years of relevant experience
• Possession, eligibility or interest in obtaining PE license
• 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification and up to date 8-hour refresher
• Developing PM, technical and client relationship building capabilities
• Strong working knowledge of NYSDEC regulations and technical guidance. Familiarity with other local, State (e.g., NJDEP and PADEP) and federal (USEPA) agencies/regulations a plus
• Experience with both conventional and innovative remediation technologies
• Experience developing and implementing Pre-Design Investigations and Remedial Design documents (regulatory and technical/contractual)

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• Ability to work on and prioritize multiple projects with competing deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a strong attention to detail, quality, and safety
• Good interpersonal skills, customer focus, and strong ability to work effectively in teams
• Works very effectively in teams and at times is a primary team coordinator with a focus on both project priorities and staff growth
• Effectively utilizes established quality control processes and regularly communicates project status to the owner
• Participates in relevant professional and technical affiliations

What we can offer you

• Interesting and diverse projects
• The opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest professionals in your field
• Flexible work arrangements
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent health and retirement benefits
• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Appreciation for the unique person you are
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects

Salary Transparency

At Ramboll, your base pay is only part of your overall total compensation package. At the time of this posting, this role is likely to be compensated at an annual base salary between $106,000 and $130,000.  Actual pay may be more or less than the posted range, depending on numerous factors, including experience, geographical location, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and skill level, and does not include bonuses, overtime, or other forms of compensation or benefits.

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realize their full potential.

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application online. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your resume and cover letter, connecting your background to the requirements of the role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. No sponsorship is available for this position. We look forward to receiving your application!

Ramboll in the Americas

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. Ramboll has thousands of experts working across more than 70 offices in the Americas, delivering innovative solutions within Environment & Health, Water, Energy, and Planning & Urban Design. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow.

An equal opportunity employer

Equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength, and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability or medical condition, gender identity, marriage and domestic partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, ancestry, or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, military service and veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Ramboll wants to ensure opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please reach out to our recruitment to our recruitment team to discuss any adjustments that you might require during the application process.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.