Aquatic Resources Project Manager

Dudek•, CA

1d•$110,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Dudek is seeking a full-time Aquatic Resources Project Manager to join our biological resources team. The successful candidate will support and manage projects involving aquatic resource management, water quality, invasive species, environmental compliance, and permitting. The role emphasizes preparation and quality control of regulatory documents, management of project scope, schedule, and budget, and responsive coordination with clients, agencies, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary technical teams. This position will combine office-based project delivery with periodic meetings and field or facility visits. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with staff throughout Dudek’s California offices and will help strengthen long-term relationships with water agencies, irrigation and flood-control districts, utilities, and other public-sector clients.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in biology, environmental science, ecology, animal sciences, water resources, chemistry, environmental engineering, or a related natural-resources field.
8+ years of progressively responsible experience in environmental consulting, water quality, aquatic resources, environmental compliance, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience preparing or managing regulatory documents, permit applications, compliance reports, technical memoranda, work plans, or standard operating procedures.
Demonstrated experience coordinating projects, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality control, and client communication.
Strong knowledge or experience with equipment and procedures for environmental field sampling.
Ability to operate and trailer watercraft.
Strong technical writing, editing, organization, and oral communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, document decisions, and follow assignments through completion.
Working knowledge of California’s environmental and water-quality regulatory setting.
Willingness to travel for meetings and project work, including occasional overnight stays.
Valid driver’s license and active personal automobile liability insurance by the first day of employment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s or PhD degree in biology, ecology, botany, limnology, environmental science or related natural resources field;
Pest Control Adviser certification and Qualified Industrial Stormwater Practitioner qualification, or comparable relevant credentials.
Experience preparing NPDES aquatic pesticide permit documents, Aquatic Pesticide Application Plans, water-quality compliance reports, or aquatic invasive species management documents.
Experience supporting public water agencies, irrigation districts, flood-control districts, utilities, or other public-sector clients.
Experience coordinating directly with California regulatory agencies and navigating electronic permit or reporting systems.
Experience with implementation of Industrial General Permit (for stormwater)
Experience with aquatic toxicity testing, analytical laboratory quality assurance, stormwater or surface-water sampling, and aquatic ecology.
Strong client service emphasis and a practical, solution-oriented project delivery approach.
Conscientious and detail-oriented, with demonstrated accuracy, sound judgment, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

Prepare, coordinate, and quality-control regulatory documents, including permit applications, permit enrollment packages, Aquatic Pesticide Application Plans, monitoring plans, quality assurance and quality control plans, annual and periodic compliance reports, technical memoranda, standard operating procedures, and agency correspondence.
Review permit conditions and regulatory requirements and translate them into clear project tasks, schedules, monitoring requirements, and deliverables.
Coordinate document review, comment resolution, drafts revisions, and submittal with clients, technical staff, and regulatory agencies.
Support environmental documentation and permitting efforts under applicable state and federal water-quality, aquatic-resource, and biological-resource requirements.
Maintain organized, traceable project records and confirm that deliverables are complete, accurate, internally consistent, and responsive to client and agency comments.
Track relevant regulatory changes and communicate potential effects to clients and internal project personnel.
Manage technical projects or defined project tasks from authorization through closeout, with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and deliverables.
Prepare scopes of work, assumptions, fee estimates, schedules, work plans, and task assignments for aquatic-resource, water-quality, permitting, and compliance projects.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and outside laboratories, vendors, and subcontractors.
Coordinate and/or lead internal project meetings, maintain action-item tracking, and provide concise progress reporting to project teams and clients.
Support invoice review, change management, contract compliance, and documentation of work completed.
Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for assigned clients and develop a clear understanding of each client’s operational, regulatory, and decision-making needs.
Build and maintain productive working relationships with clients, potential clients, regulatory agencies, and project partners.
Communicate complex technical and regulatory information clearly in written, oral, and graphical formats.
Anticipate client needs, follow through on commitments, and elevate scope, schedule, budget, or compliance concerns promptly.
Support proposal production, recommending follow-on work, and other business-development activities.
Provide technical support for aquatic resource management, invasive species response, water-quality monitoring, aquatic pesticide permitting, and environmental compliance programs.
Coordinate field and laboratory activities to support regulatory compliance and project activities.
Provide quality assurance and quality control review of data summaries, technical reports, permit documents, and client deliverables.
Mentor junior staff in technical writing, document organization, project coordination, data quality, and client service.