Senior Sediment Project Manager
PR/080578
Posted: 16/01/2026
- Competitive salary based on experience with 401k with Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Healthcare
- United States, Maryland, Hunt Valley
- Permanent
Senior Sediment Project Manager
Location: Mid-Atlantic / East Coast (Hybrid or Remote options available)
Position Overview
An established environmental consulting organization is seeking a Senior Sediment Project Manager to join a fast-paced and growing sediment practice. This role offers the opportunity to lead complex sediment management projects addressing navigation, port development, infrastructure improvements, and beneficial reuse of dredged material for ecosystem restoration.
The position can be based out of an office in the Mid-Atlantic region, with flexibility for a fully remote arrangement for the right candidate located anywhere along the Eastern Seaboard (New York to South Carolina).
Key Responsibilities
As a senior leader within the sediment team, you will manage projects from planning through execution while providing technical expertise and team leadership. Responsibilities include:
Required Qualifications
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Location: Mid-Atlantic / East Coast (Hybrid or Remote options available)
Position Overview
An established environmental consulting organization is seeking a Senior Sediment Project Manager to join a fast-paced and growing sediment practice. This role offers the opportunity to lead complex sediment management projects addressing navigation, port development, infrastructure improvements, and beneficial reuse of dredged material for ecosystem restoration.
The position can be based out of an office in the Mid-Atlantic region, with flexibility for a fully remote arrangement for the right candidate located anywhere along the Eastern Seaboard (New York to South Carolina).
Key Responsibilities
As a senior leader within the sediment team, you will manage projects from planning through execution while providing technical expertise and team leadership. Responsibilities include:
- Lead sediment projects, managing staff, schedules, budgets, and subcontractors
- Develop data quality objectives, field sampling plans, and QA/QC plans
- Analyze and interpret chemical and biological sediment data
- Prepare and review environmental permits and regulatory documentation
- Evaluate dredged material disposal and beneficial reuse options
- Assess remedial alternatives and ecosystem restoration potential
- Prepare MPRSA Section 103 evaluations and other ecotoxicological assessments
- Coordinate with regulatory agencies and project stakeholders
- Develop cost estimates and support proposal efforts
- Mentor and develop mid- and junior-level staff
- Collaborate within multidisciplinary project teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Geology, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience managing sediment-related projects
- Demonstrated experience working with private and commercial clients
- Strong technical foundation in sediment processes, chemistry, and remediation
- Proven ability to lead teams and mentor technical staff
- Track record of building and maintaining strong client relationships
- Familiarity with on-water construction and dredging operations strongly preferred
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
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