SLR Consulting

Principal Engineer

SLR Consulting

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New Jersey • United States

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Salary

💰 $140,000 - $190,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Develop, maintain, and grow an active book of business across environmental investigation, remediation, compliance, and related consulting services.
  • Leverage existing client relationships and generate new business through networking, conferences, industry associations, and targeted outreach.
  • Lead proposal strategy, scope development, and pricing in support of market growth objectives.
  • Function as a seller‑doer, balancing business development with senior technical and project leadership responsibilities.
  • Identify strategic market opportunities, client needs, and emerging service lines.
  • Serve as Principal‑in‑Charge or senior technical lead for complex environmental, geologic, or engineering projects.
  • Provide high‑level technical oversight, including data interpretation, modeling, remedy evaluation, design, and implementation.
  • Review and approve work plans, RI/RA deliverables, remedial action alternatives, remedial action designs, and associated technical reports.
  • Collaborate with the firm’s LSRP to ensure NJDEP regulatory alignment, defensibility, and project success.
  • Manage project financials, schedules, staffing, and resource planning.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to industrial, commercial, municipal, and legal‑sector clients.
  • Lead key client meetings, technical discussions, and strategic project planning sessions.
  • Support regulatory interactions (not as LSRP of record), including preparing clients for NJDEP communications and assisting with project pathway negotiations.
  • Mentor and provide technical and professional development guidance to junior and mid‑level staff.
  • Promote a culture of technical excellence, responsiveness, collaboration, and strong client service.
  • Support recruiting and talent development to grow the LQR practice.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geology, Hydrogeology, or a related scientific field.
  • 15+ years of relevant environmental consulting experience.
  • Active New Jersey PE or PG license required.
  • Demonstrated experience delivering environmental site investigation and remediation services involving soil, groundwater, soil vapor, indoor air, and sediment.
  • Verifiable, recurring book of business with established clients and revenue.
  • Proven success in a seller‑doer model, including winning work and delivering complex projects.
  • Deep knowledge of NJDEP regulations, Technical Requirements, SRRA, remediation standards, and New Jersey‑specific compliance pathways.
  • Familiarity with adjacent state programs (PA, NY) and emerging contaminants strongly preferred.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with strong commercial acumen.
  • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and relationship‑building skills.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities.
  • Demonstrated professional judgment, attention to detail, and a history of producing high‑quality work products.
  • Current or completed 40‑hour OSHA HAZWOPER and 8‑hour refresher training.
Benefits
  • Competitive total compensation package including medical, dental, orthodontia, vision, FSA/HSA, generous PTO accrual, 10 paid holidays, 401(k) retirement account with company matching program, company paid life insurance, short & long term disability insurance, and employee assistance program.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
environmental investigationremediationcompliancedata interpretationmodelingremedy evaluationdesignimplementationproject managementenvironmental site investigation
Soft Skills
business developmentleadershipclient relationship managementmentoringcommunicationorganizational skillsattention to detailcommercial acumencollaborationstrategic planning
Certifications
New Jersey PE licenseNew Jersey PG license40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER8-hour OSHA HAZWOPER refresher