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          "text": "<p>J.S. Held is hiring a Senior Technical Director to join its Environmental &amp; Risk Advisory Service Line, focusing on waste management, remediation, corrective action, and environmental liability advisory services, including remediation strategy, regulatory negotiation, and cost‑to‑closure evaluation. This role supports industrial, insurance, legal, and transactional clients addressing complex soil, groundwater, sediment, and waste‑related challenges under federal and state regulatory frameworks. In addition to remediation and corrective action work, the role may involve transaction‑driven environmental due diligence, redevelopment and brownfield support, long‑term remediation program management, and advisory support related to environmental claims and remediation cost evaluation.</p><p>This is a senior seller‑doer role requiring the ability to independently originate, develop, and sustain client relationships while also serving as a technical and project leader. The successful candidate is expected to bring an established network of client relationships and demonstrate a consistent ability to convert those relationships into awarded work. This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior environmental professional who is looking to advance their career within an emerging global consulting firm. This is a full-time salaried role.</p><p><strong>Business Development and Client Ownership</strong></p><ul><li>Independently originate, pursue, and secure remediation, environmental liability, and waste management engagements without reliance on internally sourced work.</li><li>Serve as primary client owner with accountability for repeat work, client expansion, and long-term relationships.</li><li>Develop opportunities across insurance, industrial, energy, manufacturing, and transactional advisory clients, including work related to remediation, liability evaluation, redevelopment, and long‑term environmental programs.</li></ul><p><strong>Project and Program Leadership</strong></p><ul><li>Lead large, complex waste and remediation programs, including multi‑site portfolios, corrective action sites, redevelopment‑driven remediation, CCR facilities, landfills, and long‑term programmatic engagements.</li><li>Manage projects originated directly by the Senior Technical Director from pursuit through execution and closure.</li><li>Maintain responsibility for scope control, budgeting, scheduling, and profitability.</li></ul><p><strong>Technical Leadership</strong></p><ul><li>Provide senior technical leadership on remediation strategy, corrective action, regulatory negotiation, and closure planning.</li><li>Lead development of conceptual site models, remedial alternatives analyses, cost-to-closure estimates, and liability frameworks.</li><li>Collaborate with hydrogeology, geochemistry, risk, and transactional advisory teams.</li></ul><p><strong>Regulatory and Stakeholder Engagement</strong></p><ul><li>Interface directly with regulators (EPA, state agencies, and others) on remedial strategy, permitting, and closure.</li><li>Support clients in enforcement, consent orders, corrective action, and redevelopment negotiations.</li></ul><p><strong>Advisory Services</strong></p><ul><li>Supports clients on the technical aspects of environmental due diligence and transaction advisory, including environmental liability assessment, remediation risk evaluation, and pre- and post-acquisition planning.</li><li>Provide remediation and regulatory strategy in support of redevelopment and brownfield projects, including coordination with development schedules and closure milestones.</li><li>Provide advisory support related to environmental claims, including review and validation of remediation costs and technical support to insurance and legal stakeholders.</li></ul><p><strong>Team Leadership</strong></p><ul><li>Mentor and develop technical staff while building a sustainable pipeline of work to support utilization and growth.</li></ul>",
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          "text": "<p><strong>Some of the Benefits We Have Include</strong></p><p>J.S. Held understands all our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team’s needs.</p><ul><li>Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed</li><li>Flexible Time Off policy</li><li>Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance</li><li>401k Match</li><li>Commuter Benefit</li></ul><p>A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $145,000.00 - $170,000.00.&#xa0;Any offered salary range is based on a wide array of factors including but not limited&#xa0;to skillset,&#xa0;experience, training, location, scope of role, management responsibility, etc.</p><p><strong>Other Duties</strong></p><p>Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.</p><p>By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read the&#xa0;<a href=\"https://jsheld.com/online-privacy-notice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">J.S. Held Online Privacy Notice</a>&#xa0;and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as required and described therein. California residents can click&#xa0;<a href=\"https://www.jsheld.com/online-privacy-notice#:~:text=comments%20or%20concerns.-,VIII.,-Personal%20Information%20We\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a>&#xa0;to learn more about the personal information we collect and&#xa0;<a href=\"https://www.jsheld.com/online-privacy-notice#:~:text=CALIFORNIA%2DBASED%20INDIVIDUALS%20ONLY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a>&#xa0;to learn about additional privacy rights that may be available.</p><p>Please explore what we’re all about at&#xa0;<a href=\"http://www.jsheld.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.jsheld.com.</a></p><p><strong>EEO and Job Accommodations</strong></p><p><em>We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering.&#xa0;</em></p><p><em>J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.</em></p><p><em>If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please email&#xa0;</em><a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>[email protected]</em></a><em>. Include \"Applicant Accommodation\" in the subject line, along with your request and contact information.</em></p><p><em>All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.</em></p><p><em>#LI-IM1</em></p>",
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