Environmental Project Manager

SUMMARY

Paragon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) is seeking a Project Manager (PM)to manage federal environmental projects at various locations in Alaska. The PM will have primary responsibility for the planning, execution, and monitoring of environmental remediation projects to ensure safe and successful project delivery. Typical tasks include, but are not limited to, management of scope of work, scheduling, and budget to meet project objectives. These tasks will require team coordination and supervision, financial review, subcontractor procurement and purchasing, in order to meet project objectives for a variety of project types and complexities. In addition the PM will support project estimating and bidding.

The PM should have experience with Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) processes in addition to ADEC and local environmental investigation and closure regulations, supervising the collection, evaluation, and documentation of environmental investigation data, and recommend appropriate solutions. Work may include developing work scope documents, site visits associated with project execution, field sampling and investigation, reporting, performing remedial alternatives evaluations and cost analysis and remedial design, senior review of work plans and reports, developing subcontractor scopes of work and procurement, and subcontractor management. The PM will also assist in providing technical approaches, schedules, and cost estimates to facilitate proposal development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed for this position and are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. Other duties may be assigned.

• Monitor safety, quality control, and efficiency on projects
• Prepare project submittals, work plans and reports
• Manage document production and review
• Interface with the client, internal teams, and subcontractors to provide reports and ensure quality deliverables
• Meet schedule performance and financial objectives by tracking and forecasting project progress and requirements
• Supervise technical staff responsible for preparing, updating, and maintaining plans, permits, and standard operating procedures for projects.
• Coordinate, supervise and review work assigned to project personnel to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Lead and support business development and proposal preparation.
• Estimate self-performed/subcontractor work, price labor, equipment, and material costs.
• Manage subcontractors.
• Occasional travel to remote Alaska jobsites will be required.

QUALIFICATIONS - EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required (Minimum Necessary) Qualifications (applies to both this section and KSAO's)
• Bachelor's Degree in sciences and/or engineering
• Five plus (5+) years' project management experience in environmental remediation and investigation activities
• Experience with CERCLA, RCRA, and ADEC regulations and processes
• Ability to travel to remote project sites when required
• Ability to pass a background check to obtain access to military bases

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Advanced computer skills
• Experience with scheduling
• Ability to identify value-engineering alternatives
• Prior advanced cost proposal and work breakdown development experience.
• Ability to prepare and review technical documents
• Must be task oriented and self-motivated, with the inherent ability to multitask, work under pressure, meet deadlines and work as team member as well as a team lead
• Experience investigating contaminated sites

Preferred

• Professional licensing in Engineering is strongly preferred, Professional licensing or registration in Geology or Project Management will be also be considered
• Master's Degree in science and/or engineering
• Current 40 Hour HAZWOPER and 8 Hour Refresher
• Current experience with federal clients including AFCEC, NAVFAC, USACE, USEPA, and others
• GIS Experience

NECESSARY PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Employees must always maintain a constant state of mental alertness. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires the ability to maneuver around on contaminated and construction sites, see, hear, and verbally communicate with co-workers and clients. Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing, lifting, pushing, pulling, twisting, reaching, squatting, stretching, bending for prolonged periods of time; at times lift and carry as much at 50 pounds.

The ability to properly use personnel protective equipment (PPE) including the required use at all times of hard hats, steel-toed boots, eye protection, and hearing protection.

DOT COVERED/SAFETY-SENSITIVE ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• This position is not subject to federal requirements regarding Department of Transportation "safety-sensitive" functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work Environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be borne by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Job is performed in a modern office setting in Anchorage, Alaska with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse and multi-line telephone system. This position also requires driving and working outdoors in extreme heat/cold and possibly snowy or rainy weather. Must be able to navigate all typical environmental worksite conditions. May require extended travel for various remote project sites.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervise, manage, and direct the team selection, training, development and appraisal for work assignments of project personnel.

General Direction: receive general guidance with respect to overall objectives; operate within division or department policy guidelines using independent judgment in achieving assigned objectives.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING FACTORS

As a condition of employment, you will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening and have acceptable background check results. If applicable to the contract, you must also obtain the appropriate clearance levels required and be able to obtain access to military installations.

Shareholder Preference. BSNC gives hiring, promotion, training, and retention preference to BSNC shareholders, shareholder descendants and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job.

Bering Straits Native Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by state or federal law, or any other basis prohibited by law.