Senior Regional Environmental Consultant

Company Overview:YA is an international professional services organization providing forensic consulting, engineering, risk mitigation, and related services. Founded over 25 years ago as a property damage consulting firm, YA has expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Today, YA has over 600 professionals dedicated to excellence, partnership, and driving innovation.   
Summary:As a YA Senior Regional Environmental Consultant, you will lead a team of experts and provide high quality consulting services relating to environmental impacts associated with catastrophic loss for YA’s customers, which include insurance companies, third-party adjusters and independent businesses and insureds. YA Senior Regional Environmental Consultant will be responsible for managing a team of experts on small to medium sized projects or on larger losses overseeing our clients’ business and operations in defining and controlling costs associated with damaged structures. Senior Regional Environmental Consultants are expected to use a large measure of independent judgement, considering, and weighing alternatives when appropriate, considering the financial and operational significance of the services being performed. They will deliver detailed written reports outlining your findings and your expert recommendations. As a Senior Regional Environmental Consultant, you will foster strong client relationships and contribute to business growth. The ideal candidate has an established network of clientele and is experienced with building and maintaining rapport with clients.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Leads a team of consultants on environmental inspections/consultation, providing development, training, and mentoring to ensure their expertise in all aspects of project work. 
• Conducts quality control reviews of junior environmental consultants work products, before submissions to the client, ensuring all project deliverables are accurate and timely. 
• Ensures workload is evenly distributed amongst experts. 
• Provides team support and conduct quality control reviews of team’s work product, before submission to the client, ensuring all project deliverables are accurate and timely. 
• Analyzes relevant information to prepare damage estimates, potential risks, project scopes, and comprehensive written reports.
• Drives regional growth by recruiting environmental consultants and actively participating in business development efforts.
• Builds and maintain rapport with existing clients, while also generating new work for yourself and your team of experts.
• Partners with business development representatives, attending conferences and events to promote the company and the skills of expert staff. 
• Schedules and conduct industrial hygiene and building science related consulting services.
• Recognizes and evaluate potential environmental impacts and health hazards associated with catastrophic loss.
• Conducts building inspections to identify hazardous materials such as asbestos, lead-based paint, mold, combustion byproducts as well as other toxins or harmful agents.
• Conducts assessments and testing for Category 3 impacts/conditions.
• Collects bulk, surface, air, soil and water samples for hazardous constituents. 
• Conducts indoor air quality (IAQ) and exposure assessments. 
• Reviews and synthesizes relevant information to develop protocols, scopes, studies, and project reports.
• Performs analysis of invoices, budgets, schedules, and reports on behalf of the clients.
• Communicates and corresponds regularly with clients, insurance companies, adjusters, and insureds. 
• Drives regional growth by recruiting consultants and actively participating in business development efforts. Builds and maintain rapport with existing clients, while also generating new work for yourself and your team of experts.
• Partners with business development representatives, attending conferences and events to promote the company and the skills of expert staff.
• Works independently on small to medium sized projects and part of a team on larger losses, collaborating both internally and externally.   
• Maintains job files, documentation, and other relevant deliverables.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health, Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences or equivalent years of experience.
• 10+ years consulting experience conducting environmental consulting.
• Applicable Mold, Asbestos, and/or Lead certification/licenses are preferred.
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) a plus.
• Must be located in the city/state of job post or intend to relocate to said city/state. 
• Enjoys working in a team environment and has a passion for learning 
• Willingness to travel to remote site locations as needed (50%). 

 Compensation:

• Total Compensation Range: $($70,000 - $190,000) (inclusive of base salary + bonus potential)
   ** Title and pay will be commensurate with experience **

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