Senior Environmental Project Manager-Energy

Environmental Science Associates is seeking a Senior Environmental Project Manager-Energy with 20+ years of experience. The role involves managing environmental compliance for renewable energy projects, requiring knowledge of CEQA and NEPA. The position is based in Northern California, allowing for remote work with occasional onsite visits. Candidates should have strong project management, business development, and analytical skills, as well as experience in mentoring and team collaboration.
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years strong in 21 offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States.


ESA is looking for a highly motivated Energy Planner and project Manager with 20+ years of related work experience, who can support various environmental compliance and regulatory processes for renewable energy and electrical infrastructure projects. This opportunity places a high value on collaboration, delivery, and quality work in a dynamic environment. We're looking for a candidate based out of Northern California who can work remotely and go onsite when needed.


Who You Are

You are a senior-level professional with a minimum of 20+ years of related professional experience, at least some of which working in a consulting environment, with responsibilities including conducting research, analyzing impacts, writing sections of reports, and overseeing quality assurance/quality control reviews of deliverables. Proficiency with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and experience with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and similar state/federal regulations is required. Successful proposal writing experience is a plus.
You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with major coursework in environmental science or a related interdisciplinary field.
You have strong project management, business development, writing and analytical skills, and effective oral presentation skills with the ability to convey complex information understandably to various audiences. You are known for building teams, mentoring staff, and effectively managing sub-consultants. You contribute constructively and cooperatively to solve project and team challenges, and you provide coaching to foster teamwork and elevate others.
You have led and directed marketing and business development pursuits including developing capture strategies and leading proposals, interviews, and presentations.
You ideally have experience preparing analyses and evaluations related to renewable energy and electrical infrastructure projects.
You are located in California, ideally in Northern California and can work remotely.

What You Will Do for ESA

You will serve as project manager, senior project manager, and/or contributing author for CEQA and NEPA documents for a variety of energy-related projects.
You will be responsible for managing tasks, project or task budgets and invoicing, and project delivery schedules; handling project logistics; disseminating and maintaining related information and resources; meeting with team members to gauge progress toward task completion; serving as the point person for team member or client questions; preparing or directing project research and analysis; supporting or leading public outreach efforts relating to environmental review; and delivering project assignments on time and within budget.
You will also consistently demonstrate your solid writing and attentive listening skills; participate in and/or lead client meetings; and present information understandably and speak persuasively about complex topics to clients, agency staff, teaming partners, other project stakeholders, and the general public.
You will lead marketing and business development pursuits for selected tasks and/or projects of moderate complexity. These efforts will include having the responsibility for preparing scopes of work, schedules, and budgets, providing technical input, and participating in interviews for new work.
You will provide mentorship and potentially supervise junior staff, including reviewing their work for accuracy and clarity and providing constructive feedback and career development guidance while working on projects together.
You will thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment and be able to manage multiple responsibilities and deadlines, while working on a team or independently.

What’s Special About ESA
Joining ESA means becoming part of a close-knit team of environmental professionals who contribute to outstanding projects, improve environmental stewardship, and advance a more sustainable and resilient future for our communities and wild places.


At ESA, we provide benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance (paid at 70% for you AND your family), annual allocations of company shares through our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), a 401(k) plan with company match, and paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays, to na