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The primary duties of the Environmental Project Manager/Team Lead include serving as an environmental subject matter expert on regulatory issues. This individual will work on and managing a wide variety of environmental evaluations, regulatory permit consultations, and National Environmental Policy (NEPA) documents for private and public clients.

In the role of Environmental Project Manager/Team Lead, we'll count on you to:

• Work as a member of our NTX/OK/AK environmental sciences and planning section and regional environmental team

• Provide technical expertise at project level and assist with growing HDR's environmental program through development of client relationships and identification of opportunities for expansion of our environmental services

• Assist in the responsibility for operations of production section including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support

• May function as a Project Manager or Assistant Project Manager and assist in responsibility for production on projects in addition to management responsibilities

• Take responsibility for project and staff management, such as tracking project deliverables, schedules, workload, reviewing invoices, and managing subconsultants

• Establish sequencing of environmental tasks/projects, from financial management through successful completion of the project, utilizing our technology, standards, and project delivery practices

• Plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity

• Produce high-quality project deliverables and coordinate several projects concurrently

• Participate in schematic design reviews and work sessions at project sites in conjunction with Project Engineers, Planners, and other disciplines

• Coordinate workload with project team throughout entire project development to complete documents on schedule

• Assist in the selection, training, development and management of technical personnel

• Supervise and mentor project teams and act as mentor for less-experienced environmental staff

• Provide regulatory (Section 10/401/404/408 & NEPA) guidance to internal and external clients.

• Be an effective written and oral communicator through reports, memos, emails, and in person and virtual meetings with clients and agencies.

• Work cooperatively with regional leadership and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts

• Create proposals with scopes of work and labor / fee estimates, create qualifications response packages, and work with marketing staff to review environmental and regulatory opportunities.

• Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production and related issues

• Implement, monitor and support company policy

• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Ecology, or closely related field (equivalent to 2 years of work experience)

• At least 8 years of experience in environmental planning, impact assessment, environmental permitting, and/or NEPA (or similar studies)

• Proven experience managing the environmental investigations, Section 10/404 permit coordination, impact evaluation, and mitigation planning activities for infrastructure projects

• Experienced in MS Office Suite and ArcGIS.

• Self-starter with excellent writing and communication skills, with ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem-solving, and research skills

• Minimum 5 experience working in NTX/OK/AR ecosystems

• Established relationships with state and federal regulators and stakeholders responsible for project reviews on the NTX/OK/AR

• Demonstrated ability to manage financial and technical aspects of environmental projects and tasks

• Excellent marketing and business development skills in addition to contacts/relationships

• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams to successfully complete environmental tasks

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