Senior Environmental Project Manager/Team Leader

Job Description

AECOM is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Environmental Project Manager / Team Leader specializing in the assessment and permitting of energy facilities, with a focus on renewable energy, hydrogen, electric transmission, and other energy facilities for immediate employment within Colorado.

The primary work location is Denver, CO, but with AECOM offices throughout the Rockies, we will consider excellent candidates interested in our other office locations (i.

e., Fort Collins). The successful applicant will join a network of existing AECOM specialists across the US and will have the staff resources from across the Rockies and western US extending from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada available to assist in project delivery.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to :

• Manages portfolio of clients with multiple projects.
• Responsible for delivering revenues assigned from specific clients as a result of repeat business caused by flawless execution of projects.
• Consistently delivers profit margins planned.
• Consistently completes project without write-downs or multiplier erosion.
• Typically manages projects involving RTF (Risk Triggering Factors).
• Manages more complex clients and projects.
• Has decision-making authority and directs other Project Managers in recognizing risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate and eliminate such.
• Directs staff to operate and minimize exposure to claims.
• Supervises and mentors team members with multiple projects or programs assignments.

About AECOM’s Environment Business Line

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world.

AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues.

Our global clients and their projects are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work.

We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, biology, environmental planning, natural / biological resource management or other related fields.
• 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and / or education in successfully supporting permitting and environmental impact analysis documents and associated technical studies and oversight on Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance, Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting.
• Position requires that the candidate must be able to travel for agency / client meetings as well as field work kick-off and auditing as required.
• Valid U.S Driver's license is required for this role.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Master’s degree in relevant field
• 10+ years full time work experience in related field, environmental permitting, NEPA compliance, natural resources management, and / or cultural resources management consulting industry.
• Strong current and recent experience with federal agencies, energy development companies, electric transmission developers, utilities and other energy companies.
• Demonstrated leadership in proposal development and successful pursuit of competitive bids.
• Experience with environmental permitting, NEPA, relevant environmental regulations and processes, and the associated public engagement processes
• Experience managing a team and mentoring staff.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex interdisciplinary environmental planning projects, including client interaction, schedule and budget controls, and invoicing.
• Strong experience with client relationship building and leading and delivering environmental permitting services, including ability to manage projects, interdisciplinary teams, and workload, as well as interface with clients.
• Established agency and client relationships with ability to market and win work successfully and effectively for the team, office and region as related to the energy, electric transmission, utility, and other industrial sectors (e.

g., mining, high-tech).

• Experience working in a fast-paced consulting environment, managing and mentoring staff.
• High degree of self-motivation and the ability to work independently with limited supervision, as well as in a collaborative team environment
• Organizational management skills and ability to delegate, multi-task and perform detail-oriented work.

Additional Information

Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.

S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.

Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.

We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.