Environmental Project Manager (Electrical Transmission & Renewable Energy
About the role
Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise.
We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Stantec has an outstanding record and extensive nationwide portfolio of transmission, wind, solar, and battery energy storage projects that we have helped to bring online. Our team specializes in environmental services and engineering with staff located throughout the country.
Responsibilities
Manage complex electric transmission and renewable energy projects through environmental assessments, permitting, agency coordination, compliance, and reporting with support and collaboration from a robust team of subject matter experts.
Exercise independent judgment, initiative, and in-depth evaluation of technical, regulatory, schedule, budget, and stakeholder factors to address unusual or complex issues.
Identify and evaluate project-specific environmental constraints, engineering design considerations, regulatory requirements, critical issues, permit strategies, and permit matrices.
Write, review, and integrate complex, multidisciplinary technical reports for external clients, regulatory filings, desktop assessments, field surveys, and public-facing documents.
Prepare and review environmental permit applications and supporting documentation for federal, state, and local approvals.
Interpret complex or ambiguous scientific, regulatory, and project information to make evidence-based recommendations and advance project decisions.
Present technical information at public meetings, hearings, open houses, conferences, and agency meetings.
Facilitate successful environmental permitting and compliance for multiple and varied projects while maintaining quality, schedule, budget, and client service expectations.
Requirements
Minimum of ten years of related environmental consulting, permitting, regulatory, or project management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Demonstrated experience managing complex electric transmission and renewable energy projects, including electric transmission, wind, solar, battery energy storage, biogas, or related infrastructure projects.
Recognized technical expertise in one or more areas of environmental science, permitting, regulatory strategy, natural resource assessments, routing and siting, environmental compliance, or related disciplines.
Working knowledge of environmental sciences, biology, wildlife science, wetlands, land use, environmental justice, cultural resources, and related technical areas, with the ability to integrate information across disciplines.
Permitting experience with one or more utility regulatory bodies, such as the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Ohio Power Siting Board, North Dakota Public Service Commission, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, Illinois Commerce Commission, Iowa Utilities Commission, or Michigan Public Service Commission.
Federal environmental regulation and permitting experience in the Upper Midwest region with various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field offices, and National Environmental Policy Act environmental review processes.
State permitting experience with Departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture, State Historic Preservation Offices, Departments of Health, Pollution Control Agencies, or comparable agencies.
Local permitting experience for Conditional Use/Special Use Permits, highway departments, zoning and planning boards, floodplain administrators, emergency management agencies, or similar local authorities.
Ability to work under minimal supervision with broad guidelines, exercise independent judgment, and resolve unusual or complex technical, regulatory, project delivery, or client service issues.
Commitment to health, safety, security, environment, sustainability, ethics, inclusion, accountability, and high-quality client service.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing as a subject matter expert and the ability to present information in public or client-facing forums.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 15% for agency meetings, open houses, public hearings, site visits, client events, and conferences.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, natural resources, biology, planning, environmental studies, or a related field; master’s degree in environmental/natural resources law, environmental science, natural resources, planning, or a related field preferred.
Minimum of ten years of related work experience in environmental consulting, electric transmission or renewable energy permitting, regulatory compliance, natural resource assessments and studies, routing and siting, project management, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Progressively responsible experience managing medium to complex environmental projects, including coordinating multidisciplinary teams, reviewing technical work, managing scope/schedule/budget, and advising clients or project teams on regulatory strategy.
Project and task management experience is required; supervisory, mentoring, staff leadership, or technical advisory experience is preferred.
Professional registration or credentials in the candidate’s discipline, such as Professional Wetland Scientist, Certified Wildlife Biologist, Project Management Professional, or comparable credential, is preferred where applicable.
Skills
Technical expertise related to state regulatory filings, environmental science and permitting, data management, quality review, and multidisciplinary reporting.
Ability to interpret complex or ambiguous scientific, regulatory, and project information to make evidence-based recommendations and advance project decisions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing as a subject matter expert and the ability to present information in public or client-facing forums.
Ability to work under minimal supervision with broad guidelines, exercise independent judgment, and resolve unusual or complex technical, regulatory, project delivery, or client service issues.
Commitment to health, safety, security, environment, sustainability, ethics, inclusion, accountability, and high-quality client service.
Benefits
Stantec offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and a 401(k) retirement plan. We also offer paid time off, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for professional development and advancement.
Pay
The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $120,000 annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Schedule
This position is full-time and based in Columbus, OH.