Project Task Manager
About The Position
Arcadis is seeking a Project Task Manager to join its west coast Environmental Team. This full-time role supports planning, coordination, and execution of environmental, biological, and cultural surveys and monitoring. The Project Task Manager serves as a key link between project managers, field personnel, subcontractors, Tribal representatives, clients, and other stakeholders. Work is primarily office-based, with potential site field visits throughout California and the west coast. The role supports multiple projects and project managers, helping ensure field operations are appropriately staffed, compliant, organized, safe, and efficiently executed. It offers opportunities to build project management capabilities in project controls, resource planning, stakeholder coordination, regulatory compliance, subcontractor management, field logistics, and client communication.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of experience in the environmental industry.
- Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Previous experience coordinating environmental, cultural resource, biological, construction, or utility-related field programs.
- Strong focus on health and safety.
- Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with Tribal representatives, government agencies, landowners, and other external stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple simultaneous field activities and competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, and field personnel in a dynamic project environment.
- Prior experience supporting utility, environmental, cultural resource, or infrastructure projects; coordinating Tribal monitoring programs; working with government agencies and external stakeholders; and maintaining project tracking and reporting systems.
- Experience managing field logistics, workforce scheduling, permit compliance, and subcontractor coordination.
Responsibilities
- Ensure field activities comply with applicable Environmental Release to Construction (ERTC) measures, permit conditions, client requirements, and regulatory commitments.
- Coordinate with Tribal representatives, Tribal Monitors, local stakeholders, and property owners to meet biological and cultural resource protection requirements and stakeholder commitments.
- Develop and manage field schedules for Arcadis staff, subcontractors, cultural and biological monitors, surveyors, and other project resources.
- Act as a communication liaison among project management, field teams, subcontractors, clients, and stakeholders.
- Identify, evaluate, and resolve field-related challenges, including access constraints, permitting issues, scheduling conflicts, resource availability, and stakeholder concerns.
- Maintain project information and progress tracking in internal and client-facing SharePoint systems.
- Prepare status updates, progress reports, action item logs, and project documentation.
- Monitor project activities to ensure work meets project requirements, scope, schedules, safety expectations, and quality standards.
- Coordinate field activities, staffing plans, permits, land access requirements, project progress, and documentation across multiple projects.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401(k)
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- AD&D insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Reward and recognition program
- Optional wellbeing benefits
- Adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Nine paid holidays
- 15 days of PTO accrued per year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
