Environmental Project Manager – Electrical Transmission, Renewable Energy

Stantec

Environmental Project Manager providing regulatory and permitting services in electric transmission and renewable energy. Manage complex projects through assessments, compliance, and reporting activities.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeColumbus • Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage complex electric transmission and renewable energy projects through environmental assessments, permitting, agency coordination, compliance, and reporting with support and collaboration from a robust team of subject matter experts.
Exercise independent judgment, initiative, and in-depth evaluation of technical, regulatory, schedule, budget, and stakeholder factors to address unusual or complex issues.
Represent clients at public hearings, open houses, regulatory agency meetings, and other forums where technical information must be communicated clearly and confidently.
Performing, overseeing, and providing quality review of technical work, including work prepared by other staff and subject matter experts.
Developing project proposals, scopes of work, budgets, and delivery strategies for medium to complex environmental projects.
Facilitating successful environmental permitting and compliance for multiple and varied projects while maintaining quality, schedule, budget, and client service expectations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of ten years of related environmental consulting, permitting, regulatory, or project management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience
Demonstrated experience managing complex electric transmission and renewable energy projects, including electric transmission, wind, solar, battery energy storage, biogas, or related infrastructure projects
Recognized technical expertise in one or more areas of environmental science, permitting, regulatory strategy, natural resource assessments, routing and siting, environmental compliance, or related disciplines
Working knowledge of environmental sciences, biology, wildlife science, wetlands, land use, environmental justice, cultural resources, and related technical areas, with the ability to integrate information across disciplines
Permitting experience with one or more utility regulatory bodies, such as the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Ohio Power Siting Board, North Dakota Public Service Commission, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, Illinois Commerce Commission, Iowa Utilities Commission, or Michigan Public Service Commission
Federal environmental regulation and permitting experience in the Upper Midwest region with various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field offices, and National Environmental Policy Act environmental review processes
State permitting experience with Departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture, State Historic Preservation Offices, Departments of Health, Pollution Control Agencies, or comparable agencies
Local permitting experience for Conditional Use/Special Use Permits, highway departments, zoning and planning boards, floodplain administrators, emergency management agencies, or similar local authorities
Experience implementing or advising on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wind Energy Guidelines tiered protocols for desktop reviews, environmental surveys, consultations, permitting, and compliance
Ability to work under minimal supervision with broad guidelines, exercise independent judgment, and resolve unusual or complex technical, regulatory, project delivery, or client service issues
Ability to coach, mentor, advise, and review the work of others to improve project quality, consistency, and team effectiveness
Demonstrated commitment to health, safety, security, environment, sustainability, ethics, inclusion, accountability, and high-quality client service
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing as a subject matter expert and the ability to present information in public or client-facing forums
Willingness and ability to travel up to 15% for agency meetings, open houses, public hearings, site visits, client events, and conferences.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Environmental AssessmentsPermittingRegulatory StrategyNatural Resource AssessmentsEnvironmental ComplianceProject ManagementBudget DevelopmentQuality ReviewTechnical EvaluationEnvironmental Science

Soft Skills

Independent JudgmentCoaching and MentoringProblem SolvingInitiativeCommunication Skills