Natural Resources Project Manager

Role Description

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a highly experienced, dynamic, self-motivated Natural Resources Project Manager with strong interpersonal skills and experience in natural resources management and biological studies. This individual will successfully drive our projects through all phases from early planning and permitting to construction.

• Serve as a project manager or task lead on projects of varying size and complexity, ensuring budgets, schedules, safety, and quality standards are met.
• Coordinate and support multidisciplinary teams providing natural resources, cultural resources, and permitting services to clients.
• Supervise, mentor, and provide technical support to staff-level biologists and field teams.
• Lead biological field assessments, wetland delineations, and regulatory permit applications for federal, state, and local agencies.
• Manage and lead project teams supporting energy, infrastructure, land development, and other client projects, including FERC-regulated projects and third-party NEPA documentation.
• Act as the regulatory and permit compliance liaison between agencies and clients, proactively addressing compliance issues.
• Work closely with corporate accounting to review invoices, expenditures, and project audits.
• Provide peer review for technical reports and environmental permits, ensuring scientific and professional integrity.
• Implement and enforce SWCA's safety procedures and ethical standards.
• Communicate effectively with diverse project stakeholders, including regulatory agencies, field crews, trade workers, clients, and third parties.
• Support business development by building client relationships, identifying opportunities, and contributing to capture plans and proposals.
• Utilize strong organizational, verbal, written, and graphic communication skills in project execution and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an environmental-related field, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• Four years of relevant, progressively responsible experience in natural resources, permitting, environmental consulting, or related.
• Two years of experience managing projects and/or providing natural resources, cultural resources, and permitting services to clients.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite products (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Word).
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local permitting laws and processes.

Requirements

• Seven years of experience is highly preferred.
• Experience supporting energy development projects, including generation, transmission, renewable energy, and/or oil and gas.
• Experience managing or coordinating multidisciplinary teams providing natural resources, cultural resources, and permitting services.
• FERC-related infrastructure project experience.
• Experience supporting solar generation projects in the Southeast.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, including a salary range of $73,710.00 to $95,550.00 /year.
• Performance bonuses for regular-status employees.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, wellness, life, and disability coverage.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Participation in SWCA’s 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.
• 100% employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
• Support for career development through conference attendance, training, and education reimbursement.

Company Description

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing, 100% employee-owned company that offers a full range of environmental services. Our North Star is to be the best place to work and a leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges, all while staying true to our commitment to employee ownership.

• We live our core values every day: we collaborate as #OneSWCA, we’re #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities.
• We’re proud to be one of the largest environmental compliance firms in the U.S. and to rank among Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms.
• SWCA is committed to salary equity and transparency.