South Florida Ecological Manager

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and develop a science team across multiple projects and, potentially, regions – including workload planning, staffing, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Oversee project technical quality for restoration, mitigation, monitoring, and permitting efforts delivered by your team.
• Vet RFPs and new opportunities for technical fit, risk, and capacity; recommend pursuit strategies and assign appropriate project staff.
• Provide high-level guidance and strategy through all project phases, including:
• Proposal development and level-of-effort scoping
• Project onset and kickoff
• Field data collection and technical analysis
• Reporting, delivery, and closeout

• Review and enforce QA/QC processes to ensure that data, models, and deliverables meet RES and client standards.
• Cook up and share best practices, data collection advancements, and training opportunities across regions.
• Partner with operations, sales, engineering, and construction teams to solve complex site challenges and deliver integrated solutions.
• Hire and onboard new team members, in collaboration with HR, including drafting position descriptions and participating as the hiring manager.
• Serve as a technical mentor to staff, helping them set professional goals and grow into higher levels of responsibility.

What will make you stand out?

• Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in a relevant field.
• Additional professional certifications, such as PWS, or appropriate and/or current RTE species survey licenses or regional certifications (e.g., local EPSC, hydrologic professional, etc.).
• Experience with NEPA assessments
• Strong permitting experience (state and federal)