Principal Engineer - Environmental Remediation and Engineering Practice Leader

Overview

Are you interested in building a meaningful career that can help make a positive impact on the world?

At Geosyntec, we partner with clients to solve complex challenges at the intersection of the environment, water, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. We are seeking a
Principal Engineer
to help lead and grow our engineering practice in California, with an emphasis on supporting the Fresno office, Central Valley market, and broader Northern California operations.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an accomplished engineering consultant with strong technical expertise, established client relationships, and a proven ability to develop, sell, manage, design, and implement complex environmental, civil, water resources, geotechnical, and remediation engineering programs. The successful candidate will help strengthen Geosyntec’s regional presence, expand our engineering capabilities, and support strategic growth across industrial, municipal, energy, solid waste, transportation, and government markets.

In this role, you will provide senior technical leadership, client and business development vision, project delivery oversight, and people leadership for multidisciplinary teams working on complex engineering, environmental remediation, water resources, geotechnical, civil infrastructure, and construction support projects. You will mentor and develop high-performing staff, cultivate long-term client relationships, and collaborate with regional and national leaders to deliver innovative, technically sound, and practical solutions.

Our work includes a broad range of technically challenging and high-value engineering projects, such as:

• Environmental engineering, site investigation, remediation design, and remedy implementation.
• Civil and environmental infrastructure design, permitting, construction support, construction observation, and technical advisory services.
• Water resources planning, stormwater management, water supply, groundwater management, and resilient infrastructure projects.
• Geotechnical and civil infrastructure engineering for landfills, containment systems, redevelopment, water and waste containment systems, and resilient infrastructure.
• Engineering analysis, feasibility studies, design calculations, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and bid/construction documents.
• Remedy construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance, performance monitoring, optimization, and long-term stewardship.
• Projects involving contaminated soil, groundwater, sediment, soil vapor, vapor intrusion, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, chlorinated solvents, PFAS, PCBs, and other emerging or complex contaminants.
• Regulatory programs and projects involving the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards, DTSC, CUPAs, CERCLA, RCRA, CalEPA programs, and local agencies.
• Our clients span the industrial, institutional, energy, solid waste, transportation, municipal, development, and public-sector markets, offering the opportunity to work on impactful projects that address critical environmental, water, and infrastructure challenges.

This position offers the opportunity to:

• Lead and grow a strategic engineering practice in California, with a focus on Fresno, the Central Valley, and Northern California.
• Develop and expand client relationships across environmental, water resources, infrastructure, industrial, energy, solid waste, transportation, public-sector, and private-sector markets.
• Serve as a Client Manager, Account Lead, senior technical advisor, or engineering practice leader for key strategic clients.
• Work on complex projects that address critical environmental, engineering, water, remediation, compliance, and infrastructure challenges.
• Collaborate with recognized technical experts across Geosyntec’s national and international consulting platform.
• Make a lasting impact through strategic growth, mentorship, technical excellence, innovation, and exceptional client service.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people.  Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too.  We offer
competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs
to support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead business development strategy for the Fresno office, Central Valley market, and broader California engineering practice, including identifying opportunities, developing client relationships, expanding existing accounts, and leading proposal efforts.
• Serve as a Client Manager, Account Lead, engineering practice leader, or senior technical advisor for one or more strategic clients.
• Provide senior technical leadership in one or more engineering practice areas, including environmental engineering, remediation design, water resources engineering, geotechnical engineering, civil infrastructure, stormwater management, groundwater management, and water or waste containment systems.
• Lead complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects from planning through delivery, including scope development, technical strategy, engineering analysis, design, permitting, construction support, quality review, risk management, and client engagement.
• Direct preparation and review of engineering reports, feasibility studies, design calculations, drawings, specifications, work plans, permit applications, cost estimates, bid documents, proposals, and client correspondence.
• Oversee remedy construction, civil/environmental infrastructure construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance, performance monitoring, and optimization of engineering solutions.
• Manage project performance, including scope, budgets, resources, schedules, quality standards, profitability, contracts, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary team coordination.
• Set practice vision, support recruiting and team development, mentor staff, and help drive strategic growth for the Fresno office and Northern California operations.
• Collaborate with professionals from multiple disciplines and offices to provide integrated, practical, and future-ready solutions for clients.
• Represent Geosyntec in meetings, presentations, and negotiations with clients, regulators, teaming partners, contractors, industry groups, and other stakeholders.
• Interpret and summarize technical data, engineering analyses, and regulatory requirements to support sound conclusions and defensible client recommendations.
• Promote and model a strong health and safety culture, which is fundamental to our operations.
• Complete required OSHA/MSHA health and safety, first aid, CPR training, and medical monitoring, as applicable and paid for by the firm.
• Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client, project, office, and other business locations, as needed.

Education and Licensure

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline. (required)
• Advanced degree in engineering or a related discipline. (preferred)
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration in California or ability to obtain California registration through reciprocity. (required)

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

At least 10 years of directly relevant engineering consulting experience, including significant client development and project management responsibilitie