The Senior Environmental Consultant is an environmental engineering position responsible for providing technical leadership, client service, and people management. This role leads multidisciplinary teams spanning environmental compliance and permitting, industrial water and wastewater, land application, and related technical practice areas to deliver integrated solutions that help clients achieve their operational, environmental, and business objectives. The Senior Environmental Consultant serves as a trusted advisor, leveraging deep technical knowledge and industry experience to solve complex challenges while fostering collaboration across practices and business units.
The role is equally focused on internal leadership and external growth. Internally, the Senior Environmental Consultant mentors and develops staff, supports career growth, promotes technical excellence, and helps build a culture of engagement, accountability, and collaboration. Externally, the role strengthens and expands relationships with existing clients, develops new client relationships, identifies and pursues growth opportunities, and helps position Brown and Caldwell as a preferred partner for environmental solutions. Through technical leadership, client stewardship, and strategic business development, the Senior Environmental Consultant plays a key role in advancing both client success and Brown and Caldwell's long-term growth objectives.
The Senior Environmental Consultant role is responsible for leading a team of environmental engineering professionals while remaining actively engaged in technical project delivery. This role manages day‑to‑day activities related to the analysis, planning, and development of solutions that promote environmental protection, water use sustainability, and responsible water resource management. Working within objectives defined by upper management, this role ensures the delivery of high‑quality technical work that supports environmental and public health outcomes across natural and engineered systems. This position addresses environmental and public health protection, mitigation, and prevention of degradation of water, soils, air quality, and habitats and may support diverse areas including water and wastewater treatment and conveyance, stormwater management, and solid or hazardous waste management.
Responsibilities
- Manage the work efforts of a team in environmental engineering
- Assign, prioritize, and review technical work to ensure quality, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide technical guidance and oversight for analysis, modeling, planning, and design activities.
- Support development of facility, watershed, or resource management plans and engineering deliverables.
- Conduct performance appraisals and support hiring, development, and performance management activities.
- Make decisions based on unit objectives, company policies, and established procedures.
- Ensure project commitments are met through effective coordination of resources and schedules.
- Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing team with established, clear expectations, regular feedback, and a culture of engagement, growth, and accountability.
- Oversee workload planning, performance management, and team operations to align resources with business objectives in compliance with company policies and regulations.
- Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.
Skills and Competencies
- Broad knowledge of environmental engineering principles and practices.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
- Ability to guide technical work while balancing delivery and team needs.
- Effective communication skills for technical teams and project stakeholders.
Experience
- Typically, a minimum of 8 years of related work experience in environmental engineering or related field.
- Typically certified in the SMS Framework, and progressing through the SMS competencies.
Education
- A bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering or related field is required.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Demonstrated experience in land application programs, including nutrient management planning, biosolids and residuals management, beneficial reuse strategies, permitting, regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement, and program implementation for industrial and municipal clients.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and integrating expertise across compliance and permitting, industrial water and wastewater, land application, engineering, planning, and environmental services to address complex client challenges.
- Proven track record of business development and client account growth, including developing and executing client service strategies, expanding existing accounts, generating repeat work, leading pursuits and proposals, and identifying opportunities for cross-selling Brown and Caldwell's capabilities.
Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Location A: $117,000 - $159,000
Location B: $128,000 - $175,000
Location C: $140,000 - $191,000
You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.
Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.
About Brown and Caldwell
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com
This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.
Notice to Third Party Agencies: Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.
Brown and Caldwell is proud to be an EEO/AAP Employer. Brown and Caldwell encourages protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, and applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Brown and Caldwell ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
