Project Manager Renewable Permitting & Planning

Montrose Environmental Group is seeking a Project Manager for Renewable Permitting & Planning in Arvada, CO. The role requires at least 8 years of experience in renewable permitting and planning, focusing on energy projects like wind and solar. Responsibilities include managing biological resource projects, technical writing, and overseeing natural resource surveys. The position may require travel and occasional overnight stays.
About the position

Are you passionate about the environment and ready to join an inclusive workplace, committed to leading new ideas and pathways, and to delivering value? If the answer is, “Yes!” then we have an exciting career opportunity for you. Who are we? We are Montrose, a global environmental services provider offering environmental planning and permitting, measurement and analytical services, and environmental resiliency and sustainability solutions. Our qualified engineers, scientists, technicians, associates, and policy experts are proud of our collective expertise and the collaborative nature of our approach to helping clients. We strive to optimize environmental resiliency in a way that effectively complements our clients' decision-making and operations and efficiently fulfills their project requirements. We have over 90 offices across the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia and are approaching 3500 employees - all ready to provide solutions for environmental needs. Two Dot Consulting (2DOT), an affiliate of Montrose Environmental Group, is an interdisciplinary Environmental and Engineering firm based in downtown Arvada, Colorado. We have offices throughout CO + WY and over 25 scientists, biologists, and engineers with a combined 230 years of experience. We focus on equal pay, company culture, environmental engineering, natural resource management, environmental permitting + compliance, remediation, reclamation, soil, water, and technology to serve our clients. Our Arvada, CO office is currently seeking a Project Manager with a minimum of 8 years of meaningful renewable permitting + planning experience. The ideal candidate will have a strong science background to support a variety of energy projects in CO, WY, NE, UT, NM, AZ, GA, MS, and TX. This position would help clients with planning and managing permit requirements for wind, and solar, hydrogen, electric power generation, and other related energy projects. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced leader with a minimum of 8 years managing all components of siting, permitting, and development of energy projects, regulatory knowledge and agency coordination. As a key member of the 2DOT team, this role will be responsible for a full range of activities including managing the full-life cycle of biological resources of small to large-scale projects, technical writing including proposals, technical reports, permits & permit-related documents, and senior level reviews of peer prepared reports. The position may require travel and an occasional overnight stay.

Responsibilities
• Manage full-life cycle of biological resources of small to large-scale projects.
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• Technical writing including proposals, technical reports, permits & permit-related documents, and senior level reviews of peer prepared reports.
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• Costing biological resource tasks for a range of projects.
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• Proven track record of providing quality, on-time products for clients, both internal and external within the Energy Sector.
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• Ability to work concurrently on several projects, each at different phases.
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• Oversee natural resource surveys (e.g., wetland, wildlife, raptor, vegetation, reclamation) and management per SOW.
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• Oversee natural resource survey reports (e.g., wetland, wildlife, raptor, vegetation, reclamation) and management per SOW.
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• Travel to 2DOT offices, project sites and project meetings on an as-needed basis.
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• Coordinate and train 2DOT staff to perform natural resource and compliance surveys.
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• Maintain and track progress for professional and personal goals with team members.
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• Maintain and oversee project budgets and schedules; prepare work scopes, survey plans and budgets to support project proposals.
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• Effectively communicate with team members on project status & staffing needs.
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• Maintain and support 2DOT's data collection, and database management in support of 2DOT clients and internal use.
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• Coordinate and maintain efforts and oversee quality of work for 2DOT projects, project schedule, scope of work, budgets, and client relations associated with 2DOT clients.
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• Maintain and oversee multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.

Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Natural Resources, or similar degree.
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• Minimum of 8 years of managing renewable projects.
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• Demonstrated ability to perform data analyses, compile data, and write technical documents.
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• Experience with electronic data collection (e.g. tablet).
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• Experience and knowledge with permitting process for renewable energy development projects.
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• Expertise in leading a team for the entire project life cycle.
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• Knowledge and understanding of federal, state, and county regulations pertaining to state and federally- listed species.
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• Knowledge and understanding of federal, state, and county regulations pertaining to wetlands and other biological resources.
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• Experience and a strong ability to effectively communicate with regulatory agencies and clients.
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• Experience writing proposals, estimating costs, and project management.
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• Proficient in technical writing, study plan compilation, describing baseline conditions, and impact analyses.
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• Researching and interpreting federal, state, and local regulations on a project-specific basis to assess project permitting feasibility and requirements; and interface with regulatory agencies.
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• Attention to detail, ability to work independently, willingness to work as part of team, and the ability to stay positive and effective during long days in the field are critical.
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• Willing to work in sometimes difficult conditions and often miles from a vehicle.
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• Physical ability to perform outdoor field work (e.g., hiking, digging, driving UTV).
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• Ability to lift/carry up to 50 lbs.

Nice-to-haves
• Wetland delineation experience preferred.
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• Wetland delineation training certification and PWS preferred.
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• Strong understanding of renewable and/or upstream/downstream energy sector & related permits.
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• Strong understanding of western United States wildlife and vegetation.
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• Migratory bird and T&E species/habitat assessments.

Benefits
• Paid parental leave
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• Health insurance
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• Dental insurance
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• 401(k) 4% Match
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• Vision insurance
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• 401(k) matching