Job Description

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and project management for oil & gas midstream permitting projects (FERC-regulated natural gas or liquids pipeline projects) and energy transition projects throughout the US.
• Manage permit applications and agency coordination related to Threatened and Endangered Species, Sections 404/10, Coastal Zone Management Act, and Section 106 Cultural Resources.
• Develop and maintain positive client relationships, including seeking opportunities for new business and supporting proposal development.
• Create technical documents and provide review of technical documents that support regulatory submissions.
• Support and ensure implementation of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work and coordinate with HSE professionals during the execution of all phases of project planning and implementation.
• Communicate and collaborate with other Environmental and Regulatory Specialists to ensure consistency in project execution.
• This position works as part of a larger midstream & energy permitting team and there will be opportunities to support multiple Stantec projects and offices nationwide.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstrated experience managing pipeline projects. Experience permitting large natural gas or liquids pipelines is critical.
• Demonstrated experience with FERC and NEPA requirements and processes, mitigation measures, and related implementation.
• Demonstrated experience managing FERC-regulated projects, including 7(b)/ 7(c) applications and prior notice/blanket authorization projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing resource report development for FERC-regulated projects
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and to prioritize and balance sometimes heavy workloads to achieve goals while keeping up with a highly mobile and changing environment.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills, and be customer focused to understand and appropriately respond to client's business needs.
• Demonstrated ability to foster and grow strong client relationships
• Working understanding of policies and procedures for HSSE, including client-specific training (as required).
• Project and task management experience with strong attention to detail.
• Builds and maintains productive professional and personal networking relationships within their technical team and Business Center.
• Good driving record and valid driver's license required.
• Where lawful and at Stantec's discretion, your passing post-employment drug and alcohol testing based on client needs.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's or higher (preferred) in Environmental Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 or more years work experience in a similar position.
• Minimum of 5 years direct experience preparing, managing and authoring FERC permit applications where required by federal, state or local environmental regulatory agencies.
• Direct experience preparing and managing permit applications and agency coordination related to Threatened and Endangered Species, Sections 404/10, Coastal Zone Management Act, and/or Section 106 Cultural Resources.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About the Team

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements