**Branch Manager**

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Minimum Experience **Experienced** BBJ Group is a growing environmental consulting and engineering firm seeking an experienced engineer or geologist as a founding member of an expansion Baton Rouge-area office.

This role offers numerous leadership opportunities and technical responsibilities:

* Directing growth as a start-up branch manager

* Using existing company backlog to launch a new presence in Baton Rouge, LA;

* Client and project management support, including customer communication, scheduling, cost control, change orders, and management reports (forecasting);

* Leveraging BBJ Groups national client contacts and your own personal contacts to develop local environmental consulting and engineering opportunities;

* Coordinating and designing multi-disciplinary project tasks;

* Assisting with proposal preparation and estimating;

* Developing strategy and tactics with the BBJ Group's senior leadership;

* Reviewing technical deliverable packages;

* Mentoring junior project managers to effectively lead projects from technical and project management perspectives;

* Working with sophisticated clients in a wide variety of industries, including well-known global companies;

* Meeting sales and utilization goals.

* Engaging on projects at domestic and international locations.

Job Qualifications :

* Demonstrable client contacts in private or public sectors.

* Bachelors degree in a physical science required; advanced degree such as a Masters is a plus. Environmental, Chemical or Civil Engineering or Geology strongly preferred.

* Minimum of 12 years of related experience required.

* Professional Geologist or Professional Engineer certification is required.

* Strong business development track record.

* Strong Project and Client Management skills.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills.

* Strong staff management skills

* Ability to meet sales and utilization goals.

* Computer literate with knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Project, and database software.

* Proven experience in exercising sound judgment while complying with state and federal laws, including OSHA regulations, and legal contractual requirements.

* Experience and expertise in interacting with all levels of management, support staff, customers and subcontractors with a high degree of tact and diplomacy.

* Ability to effectively manage projects with minimal oversight, while providing leadership, vision, and strategic direction in guiding the project to completion.

* Ability to resolve conflicts and provide solutions in a professional manner to the satisfaction of clients.

* Ability to multitask.

At BBJ Group, we serve both private and public sector clients at project locations throughout the United States, as well as overseas. Our consultants routinely get to work on projects including:

* Voluntary environmental site investigation and remediation;

* RCRA and CERCLA site investigation and remediation;

* Closure assessments using statistical, modeling, and graphical tools;

* Remedial system design and implementation; and

* Vapor intrusion assessment and mitigation.

* Technical Depth and Responsiveness - BBJ Group provides the expertise of a large environmental consulting firm, while maintaining the responsiveness and flexibility of a smaller firm.

* Clarity At BBJ Group, we pride ourselves helping clients cut through the clutter. We translate the jargon of environmental science and regulation into business-focused recommendations our clients can use to make critical decisions.

* Strategy Our solutions always come with an end-game strategy. We dont just study the problem, we cost-effectively develop an answer and an exit for our client. As a result, our clients view us a true, collaborative partners, and not just another contractor.

Successful BBJers have these attributes:

* Low ego; high impact teammate;

* Great communicator;

* Quick thinking / adaptive;

* Responsiveness to both internal and external clients;

* Works well with new ideas.

Other important requirements

* Professional Engineer licensing in one or more states;

* Experience conducting and directing site investigations and remedial activities;

* Strong relationships with local environmental agencies (DTSC, Regional Water Boards, etc.);

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills;

* Strong organizational and time management skills;

If quickly having the opportunity to impactfully lead remediation projects and grow our remediation practice sounds like a great next step in your career, lets start our conversation today.

Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana Minimum Experience Experienced