JobsUSAGroup/Department Manager - Environmental Services
Company : Terracon
Location : Bettendorf, IA, 52722
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Details
Are you an experienced environmental consultant ready to lead and grow a team while delivering exceptional client service? Terracon is seeking an Environmental Group/Department Manager to join our Bettendorf, Iowa (Quad Cities) office. This is a unique opportunity to lead diverse environmental projects, including site assessments (Phase I/II ESAs), remediation, regulatory compliance, and industrial hygiene, across sectors such as energy, manufacturing, and transportation.
As a 100% employee-owned firm, Terracon offers the chance to shape your career and share in our collective success. In this leadership role, you'll manage and mentor a talented team, expand our regional presence, and cultivate long-term client relationships.
To succeed, you'll need strong project management skills, client development experience, and technical expertise in environmental consulting. This is a chance to influence the future of our department and make a lasting impact.
If you're ready for the next challenge, join us and help us be "Best at People, Exceptional for Clients."
General Responsibilities:
In this role, you'll lead a skilled team tackling complex, cutting-edge projects at Terracon's Quad Cities office. With over 60 years of combined environmental experience, our team serves clients across sectors like finance, power generation, manufacturing, transportation, and education. You'll oversee projects, drive business growth locally and regionally (Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin), and mentor top talent. Success in this role requires strong project management, client development, and environmental consulting expertise, while helping shape the future of the department and region.
Essential Roles and Responsibilities:
- Lead safety efforts for team and ensure team follows safety rules and guidelines. Responsible for creating and modeling a safe work environment; demonstrates safety practices. Promote pre-task planning for all projects.
- Provide leadership and management of Environmental staff with a goal of growing the business and department.
- Assume senior project/client management and oversight duties for portfolio of existing workload.
- Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor quality standards and practices. Engage APRs on projects at their onset.
- Responsible for the preparation of proposals and cost estimates for a variety of projects.
- With support from the local office leadership team as well as the Regional Environmental Service Manager and other Environmental Group Managers, perform business and client development activities.
- With support from the Regional Environmental Service Manager, develop and manage employee staffing plans, recruitment, selection, and onboarding.
- With support from the Regional Environmental Service Manager prepare and execute annual business plan for the department.
- Bachelor's degree in technical discipline practiced by the firm including Engineering, Environmental Science or Geology; Master's degree or PhD preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of practice experience; or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience.
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- Experience in Illinois and Iowa is preferred.
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- Experience with conventional environmental services as well as executing and managing projects and proposals.
- Proven client/business development experience.
- Previous supervisory experience preferred.
- Valid driver's license with acceptable violation history.
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Registered Environmental Manager (REM)
- Professional Engineer (PE), Professional Geologist (PG) or similar professional registration/certification relevant to the type of services and projects being managed.
Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 6,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 175 locations nationwide. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services. Terracon's growth is due to our talented employee-owners exceeding expectations in client service and growing their careers with new and exciting opportunities in the marketplace.
Terracon's vision of "Together, we are best at people" is demonstrated through our excellent compensation and benefits package. Based on eligibility, role and job status, we offer many programs including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and holidays, education reimbursement, and various bonus programs.
EEO Statement
Terracon is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.
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