Ecological Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Client development, marketing, and project management
• Work on a wide variety of environmental permitting, environmental planning, environmental compliance monitoring, and natural resources projects
• Prepare Environmental Resource Assessments to support project applications
• Delineate jurisdictional wetland lines to be approved by appropriate permitting agency
• Assess and analyze project impacts to identify permit requirements; and develop strategies to avoid or minimize impacts and permit requirements
• Cook with local, state, and federal environmental permitting agencies and staff
• Cook with clients and other professional disciplines
• Support senior ecological staff and other project managers across NV5 in completing required environmental studies, documents, and reports
• Research and interpret scientific studies, regulatory programs, guidance, and applications
• Absorb and manage data, provide creative graphical representations of complex information
• Work with geographic positioning tools and information systems
• Leadership expectations (Practice Lead level): Managing multidisciplinary teams, owning project budgets, schedules, and QA/QC, serving as client-facing regulatory advisor, driving business development/proposal capture, Environmental Assessments & Reports, Local, state, and federal environmental permitting, Wetland delineations, wetland mitigation design, Project development & environment studies (PD&E), Preparation of open space/habitat management plans, Environmental resource assessments, UMAM MBI, Listed species assessments, gopher tortoise surveys, vegetation, and wildlife surveys, Permitting Environmental Resource/404 Permitting Incidental Take/Conservation Permits, Assist in preparation for and participation in public information meetings and hearings

Qualifications

• Education, experience, licensure, and skills: BS/MS Environmental Studies or BS/MS Biology or Natural Studies field degree from an accredited program, Society of Wetland Scientists FWCC Gopher Tortoise Agent, Botany, Threatened and Endangered Species, Wide-ranging Agency Experience, Water Management Districts (WMD), US Fish and Wildlife (USFWS), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC), Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), FDOT (PD&E)
• Work environment and physical demands: Indoor and outside environmental conditions, including weather conditions such as wet and /or humid environments, extreme cold and/or heat, dusty and noisy work environments, Long term standing and frequent walking, Must be able to carry, lift and push/pull up to 30 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally, Must be able to walk over rough and uneven terrain and be able to stand up to 10-12 hours a day on occasion, Must have the ability to see, smell, hear, talk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel and twist, crouch, crawl, reach, grasp, sit, stand, and walk, Weekend and overtime work and/or overnight work and travel may be required