Natural Resources Project Manager

About the role

This individual will successfully drive our projects through all phases from early planning and permitting to construction. This Natural Resources Project Manager should have technical experience in a range of activities such as biological and wetland surveys; federal, state, and local wetland regulations; Endangered Species Act compliance; Clean Water Act Section 404/401 permitting; and agency interactions at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a project manager or task lead on projects of varying size and complexity, ensuring budgets, schedules, safety, and quality standards are met.
• Cook up and support multidisciplinary teams providing natural resources, cultural resources, and permitting services to clients.
• Supervise, mentor, and provide technical support to staff-level biologists and field teams.
• Lead biological field assessments, wetland delineations, and regulatory permit applications for federal, state, and local agencies.
• Manage and lead project teams supporting energy, infrastructure, land development, and other client projects, including FERC-regulated projects and third-party NEPA documentation.
• Act as the regulatory and permit compliance liaison between agencies and clients, proactively addressing compliance issues.
• Work closely with corporate accounting to review invoices, expenditures, and project audits.
• Provide peer review for technical reports and environmental permits, ensuring scientific and professional integrity.
• Implement and enforce SWCA's safety procedures and ethical standards.
• Communicate effectively with diverse project stakeholders, including regulatory agencies, field crews, trade workers, clients, and third parties.
• Support business development by building client relationships, identifying opportunities, and contributing to capture plans and proposals.
• Utilize strong organizational, verbal, written, and graphic communication skills in project execution and stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an environmental-related field, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• Four years of relevant, progressively responsible experience in natural resources, permitting, environmental consulting, or related.
• GA permitting experience.
• Two years of experience managing projects and/or providing natural resources, cultural resources, and permitting services to clients.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite products (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Word).
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local permitting laws and processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Seven years of experience is highly preferred.
• Experience supporting energy development projects, including generation, transmission, renewable energy, and/or oil and gas.
• Experience managing or coordinating multidisciplinary teams providing natural resources, cultural resources, and permitting services.
• FERC-related infrastructure project experience.
• Experience supporting solar generation projects in the Southeast.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Technical experience in a range of activities such as biological and wetland surveys; federal, state, and local wetland regulations; Endangered Species Act compliance; Clean Water Act Section 404/401 permitting; and agency interactions at all levels.
• Ability to manage small to medium-sized projects and track milestones within schedule and budget expectations.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local permitting laws and processes.

Benefits

This is a regular, benefited, full-time remote position. Candidates must be located in Georgia with a preference for those located in the Atlanta, GA metropolitan area.

Pay

An employee in this Southeast based position can expect a salary of $73,710.00 to $95,550.00 /year. Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law.

Schedule

Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses.

Application

We will begin reviewing applications immediately and schedule interviews with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The position will remain open until we identify a strong pool of candidates and may close without prior notice.