Practice Leader - Environmental & NEPA Specialist

About the Role

Kimley-Horn has an opportunity for a motivated Senior Project Manager to expand our Environmental practice in Salt Lake City, UT. We are seeking a leader with a background in business development, managing client relationships, supporting and leading environmental planning projects, and leading and mentoring team members.

Responsibilities

• Utilize entrepreneurial spirit to create a vision for growth for our Environmental practice team while growing your own projects, clients, and team.
• Develop a comprehensive project plan that outlines objectives, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Pursue opportunities that fuel professional passion and contribute to firmwide success.
• Lead a team while building and managing relationships with key clients.
• Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
• Provide practice vision, business planning, and strategy, including establishing goals and building and maintaining positive client relationships.
• Maintain open communication with partners and team while growing and directing a Community Planning Services practice.
• Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration with clients, government agencies, landowners, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure projects adhere to zoning regulations, environmental laws, and other legal requirements.
• Identify potential risks and implement strategies to mitigate them.
• Ensure projects are executed with a high level of quality and meet the client's expectations.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience managing environmental projects in the local area with a demonstrated ability to manage those projects profitably.
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in city or regional planning or a related field.
• Strong experience with NEPA.
• Client contacts and relationships with local municipalities, county, regional, and state agencies.
• Ability to provide high-quality deliverables with exceptional client service.
• Desire to lead and grow a planning practice.
• Business development and marketing experience, including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work.
• Ability to work in a team environment and effectively communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and managing staff in a positive manner.

Benefits

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to-1 company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k) and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family-building benefits, and childcare resources.

About Kimley-Horn

At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it—that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 19 years.

Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance-based, because as a firm we focus on results.