Job Description
The Environmental Permitting Manager/Senior Manager is responsible for securing and managing local, state, and federal permits for utility-scale energy, storage, and data center projects across the U.S., supporting development, compliance, and stakeholder engagement to facilitate project execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and advance local, state, and federal permitting processes for energy and data center projects.
- Prepare and evaluate natural resource surveys, land use applications, and environmental impact reports.
- Develop permitting strategies based on existing permits and project requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external consultants to support permitting activities.
- Support project financing activities related to environmental permitting.
- Build and maintain relationships with permitting authorities, stakeholders, and community members.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, land use planning, ecology, geography, or another relevant field.
- At least 8 years of professional experience.
- At least 5 years of experience supporting environmental compliance and permitting issues in the United States for energy generation, energy storage, and/or data center projects, including their associated infrastructure such as interconnection collection substations, collector lines, generation lines, access roads, etc.
- Strong understanding of local, state, and federal discretionary permits and environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act (CWA), stormwater erosion prevention, WOTUS, Nationwide Permits (NWPs), Clean Air Act (CAA), GHG regulations, thermal generation air emissions, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), federal Rights-of-Way, Endangered Species Act (ESA) take permits, Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Environmental Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) Tier II reporting, and other relevant state environmental or permitting agencies such as CEQA, EFSEC, WISD, and OPSB.
- Experience obtaining discretionary land use permits and authorizations, including conditional use permits, special use permits, zone changes amendments, development agreements, general comprehensive plan amendments, BLM, BIA, DOE Rights-of-Way, tax abatements, and natural resource permits for energy generation, energy storage, and data center projects.
- Experience securing federal approvals.
- A thorough understanding of environmental and wildlife impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures.
- Ability to develop and implement permitting strategies based on understanding existing permits and regulations.
- Experience working with and developing relationships with permitting specialists, regulators, project managers, environmental lawyers, scientists, planners, engineers, and contractors.
- Expert communication and organization skills.
- Strong sense of ownership over individual contributions and team success.
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 30%.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: $140,000 - $170,000
Discretionary annual bonus
Long-term incentive plan
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance with 100% premium coverage for employees and dependents
Long-Term Disability (LTD), Life Insurance, AD&D, and Voluntary Legal Insurance
Competitive retirement benefits with 401(k) company match
Generous Paid Time Off and 11 Paid Company Holidays
Flexible working arrangements including hybrid work setup
12 weeks fully paid Parental Leave
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, and Transit with employer contributions
Mental Health Wellness offerings
Discounted Physical Wellness plan
Pet Insurance
Monthly reimbursement for Phone, Internet, Data, and Phone Equipment Purchase Benefits
Support for sustainability initiatives and diversity and inclusion programs
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