First Environment Hires Senior Environmental Permitting Project Manager to Strengthen Natural Resource Management Services
Douglas J. Chabrak brings to the firm more than three decades of technical experience in managing natural resources and environmental permitting components of infrastructure and development projects.
BUTLER, N.J. (March 12, 2025) — First Environment, Inc., an award-winning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in environmental engineering and consulting, has announced that Douglas J. Chabrak, PWS, has joined the firm as Senior Environmental Permitting Project Manager.
Chabrak will help drive strategic growth and service expertise in private and public sectors, with a focus on transportation and infrastructure projects. He will significantly strengthen the firm’s natural resources group’s capabilities and expertise on a diverse range of contracts. With more than 36 years of technical and managerial experience working at environmental engineering firms, he brings project delivery experience with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
“We are thrilled to welcome Douglas on board to help enhance First Environment’s delivery of environmental planning solutions for our natural resources group,” said Devin DeMarco, First Environment’s Market Area Director, Government Services. “Douglas’s deep technical knowledge and leadership experience will help strengthen our new business development initiatives and further serve our public and private clients in the New York/New Jersey metro region, across the mid-Atlantic states, and on targeted projects nationwide.”
Prior to joining First Environment, Chabrak worked in senior management roles for Note-Harvey Associates, Inc. (division of Pennoni), Suburban Consulting Engineers, Inc., and Amy S. Greene Environmental Consultants, Inc. Project work included oversight on contracts for reginal airports, stormwater outfall construction, bridge replacement, and roadway reconstruction. He earned a BS in Environmental Science from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.
