Senior Director, Head of Feasibility
BeOne Medicines
Director, Environmental Permitting
TerraGen Solar
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Oversee environmental permitting and manage tasks delegated to internal team and external consultants for projects in the development and pre-construction phase.
- Identify and communicate project needs, schedules, and risks across project support teams.
- Work collaboratively and efficiently with internal teams and external parties (e.g., consultants, legal counsel, agencies) to execute project work on schedule, and develop strategies to address environmental-related issues.
- Make and/or guide important environmental-related project decisions.
- Provide insight into project design in collaboration with development and engineering to ensure compatibility with project commitments/requirements.
- Maintain complete and organized project records and paperwork.
- Conduct environmental due diligence for development and acquisition opportunities.
- Manage consultants providing environmental survey support, which includes reviewing proposals, scheduling survey timelines, and ensuring survey methodologies follow agency input and satisfy permit conditions/project needs.
- Review technical reports provided by consultants. Reports typically include but are not limited to: desktop environmental screenings/habitat assessments, biological surveys, wetland delineations, avian and bat use surveys, other analyses prepared for environmental review purposes such as cultural, air quality, traffic, etc.
- Review/build permitting application submittals to guide permit issuance from external stakeholders such as local, state/federal resource agencies
- Manage relationships with stakeholders including federal, state and local agencies.
- Represent Terra-Gen and project in external engagements as a subject matter expert for environmental impact assessment and permitting in public meetings, pre-application meetings, networking events, industry groups.
- Knowledge of environmental policy, regulation and compliance that affect permitting and impacts on project siting and compliance.
- Support preparation of longer-term plans and annual budget.
- Lead safe work practices by example and foster a culture of compliance consistent with company polices including Code of Ethics and Employee Handbook.
Requirements
- 8+ years in renewable energy permitting or 10+ years in a similar industry with experience managing responsibilities like those listed above.
- Experience and expertise interpreting federal and state environmental laws (ESA, CEQA, NEPA, FEMA, CWA, Porter Cologne, ORES 94-c), guidelines, and policies, and developing utility scale renewable project strategies for compliance with the same.
- Established relationships with agencies and positive reputation with key resource agency regulators.
- Solid grasp of the key environmental impact assessment and management issues within the energy sector (California, Texas and/or New York) as well as a high degree of technical competence and broad knowledge of environmental impact assessment best practices.
- Must be self-directed and detail oriented, with the ability and desire to work effectively as a leader with positive people skills and in a team environment.
- Strong attention to detail, assuring documents and written communications are concise and accurate.
- Excellent verbal communication skills and presentation clarity and confidence
- Able to act and adapt to a fast-paced business environment with competing deadlines, and quickly learn and implement internal processes.
- Ability to navigate web-based mapping platforms (i.e., Google Earth) to interpret environmental spatial data and identify potential project risks and siting opportunities for facilities.
- Must have substantial experience with the energy sector (California, Texas and/or New York).
- Working knowledge of the USFWS Wind Energy Guidelines, Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance, Section 10 HCPs, USACE Individual Permits (Preferred).
- Associates, bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in planning, environmental science, or related field.
- Preference given to advanced degree in biological science/natural resources/environmental policy or environmental law degree
- Employees must be authorized to work in the US and employment is contingent upon presentation of acceptable documents as evidence of identity and employment authorization, as detailed on Form I-9.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- short and long-term disability
- life insurance
- employee assistance program
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
environmental permittingenvironmental due diligenceenvironmental impact assessmentfederal and state environmental lawsutility scale renewable project strategiesenvironmental survey methodologiestechnical report reviewweb-based mapping platformsbiological surveyswetland delineations
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationattention to detailself-directedteam collaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityorganizational skillspresentation skillsrelationship management
Certifications
bachelor’s degree in environmental scienceadvanced degree in biological scienceenvironmental policy degreeenvironmental law degreecertification in environmental managementprofessional engineer license (if applicable)project management certification (if applicable)certification in renewable energycertification in environmental assessmentcertification in ecological restoration
