Stantec

Project Manager, Electric Transmission / Renewable Energy

Stantec

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois, Iowa

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Salary

💰 $82,800 - $124,200 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, Stantec provides environmental consulting across transmission, wind, solar, and battery storage projects
  • Project Manager role to provide project management, environmental regulatory and permitting services focused on electric transmission and renewable energy projects in the Upper Midwest
  • Manage electric transmission projects through routing, siting, permitting with collaboration from subject matter experts; support renewable projects (wind, solar, battery, biogas)
  • Project management duties: marketing, business development, developing proposals, managing schedules/staff/budgets, coordinating with clients and stakeholders, representing clients at public hearings and regulatory meetings, performing/overseeing/QC of technical work
  • Environmental/regulatory duties: identify environmental constraints and permit requirements, coordinate with agencies, write and review technical reports, prepare permit applications, present at public meetings, facilitate successful permitting, and coordinate or lead field work

Requirements

  • Experience managing electric transmission and renewable energy projects (electric transmission, wind, solar, battery, biogas, etc.)
  • Experience providing guidance to clients regarding routing and siting of new or modified electric transmission lines
  • Experience in implementing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Wind Energy Guidelines tiered protocols for desktop reviews, environmental survey, consultations, permitting, and compliance
  • Working knowledge of environmental sciences, biology, wildlife science, wetlands, land use, environmental justice, cultural resources, etc.
  • Permitting experience for the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, North Dakota Public Service Commission, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, Illinois Commerce Commission, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Iowa Utilities Commission, Michigan Public Service Commission
  • Federal environmental regulation and permitting experience in the Upper Midwest with various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts, USFWS field offices, and NEPA environmental review development experience
  • State permitting experience for Departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture, State Historic Preservation Offices, Departments of Health, Pollution Control Agencies
  • Local permitting experience for Conditional Use/Special Use Permits, Highway Departments, Zoning and Planning Boards, Floodplain, Emergency Management
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 15% for agency meetings, open houses, public hearings, site visits, client events, and conferences
  • Strong work ethic, high ethical standards, and a desire for team success
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills, including technical writing as a subject matter expert
  • Bachelor’s degree in the natural sciences, environmental science; master’s preferred
  • Minimum 8 to 10 years of progressively responsible experience with technical specialization and expertise in electric transmission project management, environmental compliance, natural resource assessments and studies, and permitting
  • Project and task management experience is required