Natural Resources Scientist – Project Manager

Stantec

Natural Resources Scientist/Project Manager leading environmental planning and assessment projects for power, transportation, and community development sectors. Building client relationships and managing opportunities in the environmental services sector.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeAlpharetta • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide technical leadership and project management support on a wide variety of environmental planning, assessment, and permitting projects for clients in the power, transportation, oil and gas, government, and community development sectors
Project management responsibilities include managing all stages of a project from conception to completion including cost estimates/proposals, financial tracking, and budgeting, technical understanding of work scopes, and task coordination and scheduling; coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and internal project staff; and performing or overseeing project technical work
Develop and maintain positive client relationships, including seeking opportunities for new business
Technical responsibilities include coordination of environmental field surveys including wetland and water delineations and assessments, vegetation inventories/monitoring, wildlife surveys and habitat assessments, and species-specific terrestrial and aquatic assessments
Coordination and review of technical documents that support regulatory submittals related to NEPA, Clean Water Act Sections 404/401/408, Endangered Species Act, and environmental and state-level permitting in Georgia and throughout the southeast
Support and ensure implementation of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work and coordinate with HSE professionals during execution of all phases of project planning and implementation
Complete applicable company and client-required health & safety training (including OSHA required training as necessary)
Coordinate, mentor and train team members
Ensure that projects are assigned the required technical oversight
Provide technical leadership and act as a technical resource to the team for natural resource projects as well as build and maintain productive professional and personal networking relationships within their technical team and multiple Stantec Business Centers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated technical and project management experience on natural resource assessment and permitting projects in the state of Georgia and throughout the Southeast
Strong technical writing and quality reviewing skills are a must for this position
Experienced in natural resource field surveys and assessments such as wetland and stream delineations, vegetation inventories/monitoring, wildlife surveys and habitat assessments, and species specific terrestrial and aquatic assessments
Comfortable with field-based electronic data collection using tablets and survey grade hand-held GPS units or other similar GPS based survey equipment
Demonstrated experience working on and managing transportation, oil and gas, power, and/or community development projects
Strong attention to detail
Must have strong oral and written communication skills, and be customer focused to understand and appropriately respond to client’s business needs
Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and to prioritize and balance sometimes heavy workloads to achieve goals while keeping up with a changing project environment
Demonstrated leadership skills and experience leading a team of professionals in a consulting environment
Must demonstrate the ability to integrate work across relevant areas, manage risks and safety appropriately, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external customers
Must demonstrate strong ethics, leadership, the ability to effectively manage stress, and engage in continuous learning
Willingness to travel and conduct field work in potentially remote areas including overnight travel for approximately 25% of the time for this position
Where lawful, may require post-employment drug testing based on client needs and requirements
B.S. or M.S, in an environmental discipline (biology, ecology, natural resources, soil science or related natural resources field)
Experience of 15-20 years of experience with biological surveys and project management in the southeastern United States
Professional Wetland Scientists (PWS), Certified Wildlife Biologist (CWB), Certified Ecologist, Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), or Certified Fisheries Professional (CFP). Tennessee Qualified Hydrologic Professional (TN QHP), or Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans
Wellness program
Health saving accounts
Flexible spending accounts
401(k) plan
Employee stock purchase program
Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
Short-term/long-term disability plans
Emergency travel benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Professional membership fee coverage
Paid family leave
Ten paid holidays in each calendar year
Eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
Eligible for paid sick leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

Environmental Field SurveysWetland DelineationWildlife SurveysTechnical Document ReviewBudgetingFinancial TrackingData Collection Using GPSSpecies-Specific AssessmentsRegulatory ComplianceQuality Reviewing

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationCustomer FocusStress Management

Certifications

Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS)Certified Wildlife Biologist (CWB)Certified EcologistCertified Environmental Professional (CEP)Certified Fisheries Professional (CFP)Tennessee Qualified Hydrologic Professional (TN QHP)Project Management Professional (PMP)