GAI Consultants Inc

Senior Environmental Manager 2

GAI Consultants Inc$100K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 18+ years of relevant experience in environmental studies and permitting.
  • Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences or a related field.
  • Strong technical writing skills for clear documentation.
  • Proficient in managing complex technical investigations, including environmental inspections and compliance monitoring.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating effective teamwork and leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the siting investigation for electric transmission lines and prepare documentation for regulatory review.
  • Oversee environmental resource investigations, preparing permit applications and environmental reports.
  • Manage technical environmental investigations, including wetland and stream delineations.
  • Ensure implementation and compliance with safety protocols for project staff.
  • Provide guidance to junior staff on project tasks and management.
  • Participate in strategic planning and align team efforts with organizational goals.
  • Foster relationships with clients, stakeholders, and regulatory officials through effective communication.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth and development within a subsidiary of a larger consultancy.
  • Work on impactful projects in the electric transmission sector.
  • Collaboration with a dedicated team of environmental professionals.
  • Engagement in industry associations and professional societies for networking and learning opportunities.
Full Job Description
Systems Planning Corporation (SPC) a subsidiary company of GAI Consultants, Inc., is seeking a Senior Environmental Manager 2 to provide advanced experience and team leadership in environmental studies and permitting and/or siting studies. The successful candidate's primary responsibility will be to provide project and task leadership for siting, permitting, and documentation efforts relating to electric transmission projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Lead electric transmission line siting investigation tasks and prepare siting documentation for regulatory review.
  • Lead environmental resource investigation tasks and prepare permit applications and associated environmental reports.
  • Manage technical investigations including but not limited to wetland and stream delineations, endangered species surveys, environmental inspections, and compliance monitoring.
  • Strong technical writing ability.
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  • Must be able to travel, including overnight trips. Travel is estimated to occur monthly but may vary. Travel to clients, projects, and meetings in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest (up to 20%).
  • Lead implementation and compliance with safety protocols and procedures.

Travel Requirements:
  • 10%

General Characteristics
  • Well-rounded with aspects of consulting, industry standards and Company protocols, participation in professional societies and industry associations is preferred.
  • Coming up with ideas to improve productivity of a specific team, department, group, or division.
  • Strategic thinking and alignment: Manager must understand broader organizational strategies and goals to effectively guide direct reports' efforts.

Minimum Years of Experience
  • 18+ Years of Experience

Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Sciences or similar field of study

Technical Responsibilities
  • Oversight and coordination of project tasks; Available to junior staff for guidance; Provides opportunities to junior staff for becoming familiar with task management and financials.
  • Interpreting the strategy of top-level management and translating it into everyday policies.
  • Developing and implementing day-to-day routines for a team, department, group, or division.

Project and Task Management
  • Starts to serve as a Project Manager on midsize to large projects.

Communication Skills
  • Routinely interacts with clients, customers, government officials, contractors, and others; leads project meetings and presentations; possess marketing and sales skills; represents Company in a positive light; interacts with Task Managers and Business Sector Leaders on a regular basis; attends meetings with higher-level officials of the Company on project status including financials.

About GAI Consultants Inc

GAI Consultants, Inc. is a multi-discipline engineering and environmental consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with over 1,000 employees in offices throughout the eastern United States. GAI provides local expertise to worldwide clients in the energy, transportation, development, government, and industrial markets.
Learn more about GAI Consultants Inc
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$150 million

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