Principal Project Manager - Utility Permitting

About The Opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants is actively seeking a qualified (Lead, Senior, or Principal) Project Manager - Utility Permitting with strong interpersonal skills and experience in utility project permitting and project management to join our team and primarily support natural gas, renewable energy generation, and electric transmission projects. Projects will be located throughout the Northeast US, with specific focus on the New England area.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, botany, wildlife management, or a closely related field.
• Six to ten (6-10) years of natural resources consulting experience on a variety of project types, sizes, and regions that include: energy facility siting and constraints studies, federal, state, and local permitting, NEPA compliance, and agency interactions at all levels.
• Three to five (3-5) years of experience managing projects, including developing and implementing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work.
• Two (2) years’ experience managing multidisciplinary staff to complete project permitting requirements and projects with renewable energy clients.
• Experience in Massachusetts.
• Demonstrated experience with state agencies such as public utility commissions, state wildlife agencies (e.g. MA NHESP, CT NDDB, NH NHB), state wetland agencies (e.g. MA DEP, CT DEEP, NH DES, RI DEM).
• Demonstrated experience with federal agencies such as USFWS, EPA, USACE, and FERC.
• Prior primary report authorship and finalization for clients and agencies in a natural resource consulting context for a variety of project types and sizes, regions, and agencies.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet SWCA’s driver requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in biology, botany, wildlife management, or a closely related field.
• Professional certifications, such as Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS), Connecticut Registered Soil Scientist, and/or New Hampshire Certified Wetland Scientist (CWS).
• Five to seven (5-7) years of experience managing projects, including developing and implementing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work.
• Demonstrated established relationships with state regulators and key utility clients in the northeast.
• Demonstrated success managing large multi-year utility projects through permitting, construction, and closeout.
• Experience in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and/or Maine. New York experience is a plus.

Why Work At SWCA

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services. Our Vision (the North Star) is to make SWCA the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee-ownership. We live our core values: we collaborate as #OneSWCA; we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack. We are 100% employee-owned, and we build our success together. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms. We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).

Salary Information

Lead Project Manager - $82,992.00 - $122,850.00 annually
Senior Project Manager - $95,004.00 - $142,506.00 annually
Principal Project Manager - $110,292.00 - $163,390.50 annually