Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level
Kleinfelder, a Forbes' Top Employer for Engineers in North America, is committed to a people-first culture, technical excellence, and creating opportunities where employees can thrive!
Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions.
Location: Texas (Houston, Austin, Dallas, or San Antonio)
Step into Your New Role
We are seeking a dynamic Environmental Client Account Manager to join our Texas/Oklahoma Environmental team. The ideal candidate will thrive as part of a talented, collaborative, and solutions‑driven team, working closely with area leadership and project delivery teams. The ideal candidate is growth focused and committed to client service, innovation, and technical excellence. This is an exceptional opportunity for an entrepreneurial professional to contribute to the strategic growth and diversification of our environmental business.
Role Overview
In this role, you will lead efforts to identify, position for, propose, and win strategic environmental opportunities with both existing and new clients—driving continued diversification and growth. You will cultivate strong client relationships and support the successful delivery of complex, multi‑disciplinary projects across the Power and Energy and Commercial/Industrial markets.
We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record in client account management, strong leadership capabilities, and excellent organizational, communication, and technical writing skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and strengthen relationships with key clients, teaming partners, and market stakeholders.
- Identify, lead, and capture major pursuits, including scoping activities and proposal presentations.
- Maintain regular client interaction to ensure satisfaction, proactively addressing any service challenges in coordination with project teams.
- Leverage existing and new client relationships to identify and pursue new environmental business opportunities.
- Apply technical expertise to engage prospective clients, understand project challenges, and discuss innovative solutions.
- Actively participate in industry organizations, serving on committees and in leadership roles where appropriate.
- Mentor staff, support team growth, and help expand the work portfolio.
- Promote collaboration, client focus, innovation, and a positive team culture.
- Provide input on business development priorities, budgets, and strategic expenditures.
- Support achievement of area financial goals through effective contract negotiation and oversight of cost of sales, margins, backlog, and related metrics.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience:
- 5+ years of high‑level client management experience
- 15+ years total professional and project management experience within a consulting engineering or related environment
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology, natural sciences, or related field
- Demonstrated success in business development and project management within consulting services
- Strong business acumen in project management, financial performance, and risk management
- Working knowledge of sales pipeline management and backlog growth (hard and soft)
Move Forward with Kleinfelder
Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.
Progress with an Employer that Values You
Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:
Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.
Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.
Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES
Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.
