Environmental Project Manager – Pipelines
POWER Engineers’ Environmental Division provides planning, permitting, engineering, site assessment, and corrective action services to clients. Across multiple industries, our diverse staff specializes in the areas of air, water, waste, environmental planning, and ecological and cultural resources throughout our 50+ offices located across North America.
We are seeking an Environmental Project Manager with experience in pipeline permitting and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) compliance documentation to join our 360 + person environmental team. This is a full-time, salaried position with a great benefits package and remote work-from-home as an option. Employees may travel to a POWER office for periodic meetings. This remote opportunity can be based in Denver, CO, Freeport, ME, Fort Worth, TX, Portland, OR, Boise, ID , Houston, TX or Minneapolis, MN.
Roles and Responsibilities
The primary focus for this Project Manager is to provide environmental services and strategies to clients involving routing, permitting, and construction of midstream pipelines for natural gas, hydrogen, crude oil, and other similar products.
Responsibilities include but may not be limited to:
- Manage multiple projects in various phases of development and geographic location ranging from routing/siting phase to construction compliance phase
- Manage and direct resource teams on environmental studies and associated permit applications including FERC Section 7(C) applications and Third-party EIS documents
- Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies for project permitting
- Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams which could include engineers, attorneys, planners, GIS analysts, permitting and environmental resource specialists, land agents, and construction compliance monitors
- Communicate with the public and community stakeholders at hearings and public meetings
- Client coordination including preparing and monitoring project scope, budget, schedule, and forecasting
- Business development with new and existing clients, preparing proposals and presentations, and attending industry conferences
- Participate in field reviews, project compliance inspections, and site meetings
- Travel up to 25% of time for client and internal meetings
Required Education/Experience
- B.S. or B.A. in Environmental Planning, Geography, Environmental Science, or related degree
- Minimum ten (10) years of professional experience managing environmental licensing and permitting of pipelines
- Expertise in regulations pursuant to the Natural Gas Act administered by FERC with a working knowledge in other applicable federal environmental regulations is required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, defining and understanding client requirements, managing expectations, communicating with clients and project staff
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
- Self-starter with strong organizational skills and attention to detail
At POWER Engineers, you can have a rewarding career on every level. Our philosophy is simple: Do Good. Have Fun. Build Success.
You’ll work on fun and challenging projects and initiatives with the opportunity to make a positive impact on society and the environment. And you’ll find the support, coaching and training it takes to advance your career.
Since we’re employee-owned, we get to make POWER a great place to work. That includes providing competitive compensation, professional development and a full benefit package:
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation/Paid Sick Leave
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- 401K
- Telehealth Benefit covers all providers
- Maternity and Paternity Leave
- New Dads and Moms Benefit program
- Fertility Benefits
- Gender -Affirming Care
POWER is a fun engineering firm. That might seem contradictory to some, but it works for us!
Salary DOE: The pay range for this position is $125K - $145K per year; however, base pay may be higher or lower depending on the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This figure does not include additional compensation such as health benefits, vacation, 401k, etc.
EOE, including disability/vets
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