Senior Environmental Project Manager

About this Role

The Environmental Project Manager is responsible for managing environmental projects from planning and permitting through execution and completion. This role combines project management expertise with a strong working knowledge of environmental regulations, permitting processes, and regulatory agency coordination at the federal, state, and local levels. The successful candidate will have experience managing projects involving wetland delineations and permitting, threatened and endangered species, and cultural and historic resources. They will understand how these resource areas intersect with environmental review, regulatory consultations, and permitting requirements, and will be able to coordinate the technical specialists, clients, subcontractors, and agencies necessary to advance projects efficiently and compliantly. The Environmental Project Manager is accountable for project scope, schedule, budget, quality assurance, risk management, forecasting, and client satisfaction. This individual will serve as a primary point of contact for clients, lead internal project teams, anticipate regulatory and project risks, and ensure deliverables meet applicable requirements and client expectations.

What You'll Do

• Project and Client Management

  • Manage environmental projects from initiation through completion, ensuring deliverables meet established scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations.
  • Coordinate internal resources, establish priorities and performance expectations, track milestones, and ensure timely completion of project deliverables.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, providing regular project updates, progress reports, recommendations, and solutions.
  • Lead recurring client and internal project meetings to communicate progress, address concerns, document decisions, and track action items.
  • Monitor project schedules, budgets, forecasts, expenses, and timesheets; identify variances and implement corrective actions as needed.
  • Identify project risks, manage scope changes, develop contingency plans, and escalate issues to senior management when appropriate.
  • Identify and document change orders, prepare supporting documentation, and coordinate negotiations with clients.
  • Review project deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, quality, and compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
  • Maintain project documentation and follow Canacres established project management procedures and best practices.
  • Coordinate with Business Development to identify opportunities to expand services with existing and prospective clients.
  • Ensure applicable safety, training, and project-specific requirements are met.

  Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Compliance

  • Manage environmental permitting and compliance activities involving wetlands, waters of the United States, threatened and endangered species, cultural and historic resources, and other applicable environmental resource areas.
  • Coordinate wetland delineations and related field assessments, technical documentation, jurisdictional determinations, and permitting requirements.
  • Manage or coordinate applications and supporting documentation for permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, including Nationwide Permits and Individual Permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
  • Coordinate with applicable USACE Districts, federal and state resource agencies, and local authorities to advance permitting, resolve regulatory issues, and secure necessary approvals.
  • Coordinate threatened and endangered species assessments and consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and other applicable agencies.
  • Oversee coordination with archaeological and cultural resources subcontractors and specialists to support compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and other applicable cultural resource requirements.
  • Manage environmental review and permitting activities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including projects involving the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as applicable.
  • Develop and implement technically sound permitting strategies that account for project design, environmental constraints, agency requirements, and regulatory schedules.
  • Advise clients and internal teams on applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations, permitting pathways, consultation requirements, and permit conditions.
  • Integrate findings and requirements from wetlands, biological resources, cultural resources, and other technical studies into project planning, environmental documentation, and permitting strategies.
  • Coordinate technical specialists, subcontractors, clients, and regulatory agencies to resolve environmental issues and keep projects moving toward approval.
  • Track permit conditions, regulatory commitments, agency correspondence, and approval milestones to support compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Support the development of stakeholder communications and project messaging, including communications involving landowners and local communities.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelors degree in Biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, or a related field. A masters degree is an asset.
• 10- 15 years experience in wetlands, threatened and endangered species, understands cultural resources and how they all relate to local, state and federal environmental permitting.
• Experience managing wetland delineations
• Experience with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
• Experience with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
• Experience applying for Nationwide Permits or Individual Permits with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• Experience coordinating threatened and endangered species consultations with US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
• Experience with NEPA relating to Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Demonstrated experience managing environmental permitting projects and coordinating technical specialists and subcontractors.

What You'll Get

Compensation Range: $75,000 60,000 (Based on Education and Experience) + Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Comprehensive Health Coverage - Multiple Medical, dental & vision plans with 100% preventive care
• 24/7 telehealth (Teladoc)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Education Reimbursement and Professional Development