Environmental Project Manager

NV5•Portland, OR

15d•$100,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Overview NV5 is a leading provider of tech-enabled engineering, testing, inspection, and consulting solutions for the built environment. We specialize in engineering design, asset management, and geospatial data analytics to support infrastructure resilience and building systems performance throughout the entire asset lifecycle. We resolve complex regulatory, environmental, and safety compliance challenges on behalf of our clients to protect people, property, and natural resources. Nearly every project carries an environmental footprint that necessitates regulatory permit compliance. At NV5, we collaborate closely with clients to identify focused and effective regulatory strategies to achieve project objectives. Our goal is to highlight the environmental constraints, schedule consequences, and cost implications associated with project implementation. NV5 provides expert assistance with regulatory compliance matters, which can often be complicated and time-consuming. We deliver solutions to the most challenging regulatory compliance processes. The Environmental Project Manager is responsible for obtaining regulatory and environmental approvals necessary to construct or repair linear infrastructure for the Oregon and Washington Region.

Requirements

BS in Environmental Science, Geology, or a similar degree
5-8 years of environmental project management experience
Requires knowledge of Oregon Public Utility Commission, Oregon Department of Energy, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Tribal Integrated Resource Management Plans, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Requires knowledge of Washington state, specifically with Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC), Bonneville Power Administration, Washington native American Tribes, Washington and Oregon State Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Fish and Wildlife, Army Corps of Engineers, National Marine Fishery Service, and Regional Water Quality Boards.
Experience to include management and production of State Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, wetland delineations, and habitat mitigation.

Responsibilities

As the Project Manager, you will primarily interface with clients regarding communications and issues associated with the overall project.
Responsible for the overall technical quality of project deliverables.
Provides day-to-day oversight of the budget, schedule, work assignments, client communications, coordinating the QA/QC process, and fulfilling all contracted requirements.
Performs environmental resource analyses and provides strategies for environmental documentation and technical studies, develops compliance pathway recommendations, assesses project effects on numerous environmental resources, and provides input to address complex resource assessment issues that require technical or regulatory knowledge to resolve.
Independently authors environmental documents and technical memos.
Reviews all project team deliverables, including environmental documentation, permit applications, technical memorandum, technical study reports, GIS products, and other related deliverables.