Job Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that's vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that's naturally committed to the environment.

Your Opportunity

Stantec's Environmental Services practice seeks a Project Manager (Utility and Renewable Energy) to provide project management, environmental regulatory and permitting services with a focus on renewable energy clients and their projects in the Upper Midwest focused on Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and the Dakotas.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Marketing and business development,
• Developing project proposals,
• Managing projects, schedules, staffing, and their budgets,
• Coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and internal project staff, and
• Performing, overseeing, and or QC of technical work. Environmental, regulatory, and permitting responsibilities include:
• Identifying project-specific environmental design and regulatory requirements (e.g., critical issues and permit matrices),
• Coordinating with agency personnel for consultations, data reviews, pre-permit meetings, etc.
• Writing and reviewing technical reports to support desktop assessments, field surveys,etc.,
• Preparing environmental permit applications,
• Presenting at public meetings, open houses, conferences, etc.,
• Facilitating successful environmental permitting of multiple and varied projects, and
• Additional responsibilities may include coordinating, conducting, and/or leading field work.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Experience managing renewable energy projects (wind, solar, battery, biogas, etc.),
• 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 Department of Natural Resources, and Public Service Commission of Wisconsin,
• Federal environmental regulation and permitting experience in the Upper Midwest region with various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts (St. Paul, Rock Island, Omaha, Louisville, etc.), USFWS field offices, and National Environmental Policy Act environmental review development experience,
• State permitting experience for Departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture, State Historic Preservation Offices, Departments of Health, Pollution Control Agencies, etc.
• Local permitting experience for Conditional Use/Special Use Permits, Highway Departments, Zoning and Planning Boards, Floodplain, Emergency Management, etc.,
• 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, and
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including technical writing as a subject matter expert.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in the natural sciences, environmental science, or related field; Master's preferred.
• Minimum 8 to 10 years of progressively responsible experience with technical specialization and expertise in the environmental compliance, natural resource assessments and studies, and permitting.
• Project and task management experience is required.

This position will be in a typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what's previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.

About the Team

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a 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 and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements