Senior Compliance Project Manager

4 weeks ago


Sheridan, Wyoming, United States SWCA Environmental Consultants Full time

About the Opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants, a leading environmental compliance firm, is seeking a highly skilled Senior Compliance Project Manager to join our team. As a key member of our Program Management team, you will play a critical role in supporting renewable energy generation, energy storage, and electric transmission projects across the western United States.

This is a full-time, regular position based in Colorado, Wyoming, or Utah, with the possibility of other locations. You will be responsible for leading and overseeing construction compliance teams and strategies for major transmission and renewable energy projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage environmental compliance programs for large-scale renewable energy and transmission projects, ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local regulations and permits.
  • Oversee the compliance monitoring team, including onsite compliance managers, environmental inspectors, and resource monitors.
  • Coordinate with third-party inspectors and agency representatives.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive change management system to track and manage deviations from established plans and permits.
  • Prepare and/or review detailed monitoring reports, weekly updates, and monthly summary reports to document compliance levels, variances, and corrective actions taken in response to compliance issues.
  • Facilitate effective communication within the compliance monitoring team and with external agencies and stakeholders, including the preparation of documents for discussions related to project compliance.
  • Implement and oversee environmental training programs, ensuring awareness and adherence to permit conditions.
  • Lead the response to non-compliance issues, including the coordination of corrective actions and documentation of issue resolution to regulatory agencies.
  • Demonstrate strong leadership and professionalism, providing guidance and mentorship to project team members.
  • Manage complex environmental compliance projects with responsibility to develop and manage large budgets, review and approve invoices, supervise project staff, and coordinate with project clients.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in anthropology, environmental planning, environmental science, biology, natural resource management, planning, or another science-related field.
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in environmental permitting and compliance, with three (3) years working on solar, wind, energy storage, and/or electric transmission facilities preferred.
  • Compliance leadership on other project types will also be considered.
  • Experience should include complex, multi-disciplinary projects; leading meetings with clients and agencies; directing project teams including subcontractors; preparing or directing staff; and setting and adhering to project budgets and delivery schedules.
  • Advanced knowledge of pertinent current and pending federal and state environmental regulations and the ability to develop project management plans to satisfy regulatory compliance.
  • A working understanding of agency internal processes and procedures and positive existing relationships with state and federal land management and regulatory agencies.
  • Proven experience with large energy development projects on public lands, natural resource issues, and/or solar, wind, energy storage, and electric transmission projects.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Masters Degree in anthropology, environmental planning, environmental science, biology, natural resource management, planning, or another science-related field.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence; attention to detail; and organization, schedule, and budget management skills.
  • Ability to be recognized by clients and agencies as a project manager that can lead a complex permitting and compliance effort.
  • Experience with compliance issues on western federal lands with experience working on BLM lands preferred.

About SWCA Environmental Consultants

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full spectrum of environmental services. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms.

We are committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all our employees. In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges in all our advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.

An employee in this Denver, CO based position can expect an annual salary of $99,372.00/year to $126,672.00/year. Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law.

Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses. Candidates are also encouraged to consider SWCA's Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive Benefits package, forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.

EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. At SWCA Environmental Consultants, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including those with diverse experiences and veterans, to apply. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce enhances creativity, innovation, and overall organizational success.

SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff.



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