Environmental Project Manager

Description

• Work with client development leadership to prioritize the marketing and business development efforts of the organization and prioritizes business efforts that provide maximum return on investment.
• Promote the Drive to Zero culture where safety of staff and clients is paramount.
• Direct the technical messaging and professional attendance at professional organizations and industry events.
• Lead and manage quality control, including assurance that quality work is planned and organized through a pro-active project management system, and implements corrective measures as needed.
• Track personnel actions and staff development including support for recruiting and hiring and training measures for assigned staff.
• Champion a quality-culture within the sector organization, and within production teams, serving water business group clients.
• Manage the preparation of small to large-scale CEQA & NEPA documents for a wide range of water resource project types/market sectors.
• Supervise and coordinate the activities of assigned sector; recommend measures to improve performance and increase efficiency; manage staff utilization and profitability.
• Interpret, implement, and enforce company policies.
• Provide hands-on mentoring and team participation to create a bridge between technical resources and client requirements and ensure there is appropriate leadership and supervision engaged on technical assignments.

Requirements

• The candidate should demonstrate strong conceptual, organizational, problem solving, research abilities, and possess a comprehensive understanding of federal and state water resource regulatory policy
• Substantial CEQA & NEPA experience with Southern California water agencies, such as the City and County of San Diego and/or Los Angeles, southern California Water Agencies/Districts, such as MWD, SDCWA, and/or OCSD, State water agencies such as the State Water Resources Control Board or Department of Water Resources, and Federal water agencies, such as the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation or U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• Bachelor's degree in related field
• CEQA & NEPA document preparation and regulatory permitting under the Clean Water Act - Experience with Microsoft Project and Teams - Experience with managing geographic information systems - Previous consulting industry experience - NPDES permit compliance monitoring and reporting
• Experience writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for complex environmental projects with multidisciplinary teams and multi-agency efforts. - A minimum of 2 years of project management experience - Proficiency with MS Office suite, strong people skills, excellent written and verbal communications skills
• BS or BA degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience in CEQA & NEPA environmental documentation, regulatory compliance and permitting and familiarity with the suite of technical disciplines required to support water resource projects (e.g. hydrology and wetlands, soils and geology, cultural resources, vegetation and wildlife, and GIS)
• Master’s degree in environmental science, water resources, or related field is preferred
• 7 years related experience
• Must have the ability to productively interact with various teams and have excellent organizational, project management and communication both written and verbal skills.
• Experience with California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and/or New Mexico markets, and public and private client groups

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance