Permitting Manager

Integral Consulting•San Francisco, CA

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Integral Consulting Inc. is seeking a senior-level botanist and/or wetlands ecologist to join and help lead their botany group in their San Francisco Bay Area office (Los Gatos, Santa Clara County). This full-time managerial role combines fieldwork, technical expertise, project management, and client coordination across a variety of biological resource and environmental permitting projects. The role involves both field and office work, with opportunities for in-office, remote, or hybrid arrangements. Responsibilities include leading projects, managing budgets and schedules, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring high-quality technical work. The position offers opportunities to lead projects and collaborate within multidisciplinary teams.

Requirements

Master's degree or equivalent when combined with sufficient directly relevant experience.
Prior experience in ecological consulting or a closely related field.
Strong scientific background with emphasis in botany and/or plant ecology.
Exceptional and demonstrated technical writing ability.
Experience in some or most of the following areas: California flora and plant identification, quantitative field surveys, plant community/association mapping, wetland delineation, environmental impact analysis, regulatory permit preparation, GPS operation, and general GIS, Google Earth, and/or ArcMap familiarity.
Completion of, or interest in taking, a 40-hour wetland delineation course or equivalent experience.
Understanding of CEQA/National Environmental Policy Act and regulatory agency permitting.
Experience and/or ability to conduct formal U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetland delineations and regulated habitats mapping for Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and California Coastal Commission.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
A desire to grow both intellectually and professionally.
Strong organizational abilities.
Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers.
Experience leading biological resource, regulatory mapping, and environmental permitting projects from planning through completion.
Experience conducting or managing at least several of the following: plant community mapping; rare plant surveys; wetland assessments and delineations; assessment of impacted resources in relation to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Clean Water Act, or other such acts; prescribing appropriate mitigation for protected resources; and habitat restoration planning.
Solid foundation in plant ecology, which may include specialization in taxonomy, population ecology, pollination studies, soil science, plant physiology or pathology, and/or community ecology.
Experience coordinating with clients to advance projects through the permitting process and develop practical solutions to environmental challenges.
Experience with regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, and/or state wildlife agencies.
Comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously, overseeing budgets and schedules, mentoring, directing, and supervising junior staff, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical work.
Quality management and integrity are among your strongest principles.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, and/or state wildlife agencies.
Specialization in taxonomy, population ecology, pollination studies, soil science, plant physiology or pathology, and/or community ecology.

Responsibilities

Providing botany expertise to large-scale conservation projects, including in the Santa Cruz Mountains, San Francisco Bay marshes, and the Coyote Valley.
Performing rare plant work in serpentine habitats, grasslands, oak woodlands, riparian corridors, and the marshlands of the San Francisco Bay. Rare plant surveys opportunities may also occur further afield, such as in deserts or montane ecosystems.
Assisting with complex ecological restoration projects along the San Francisco Bay shoreline and throughout the region.
Contributing to open space, park, trail, and campus habitat planning.
Minimizing ecological impact of redevelopment projects and creating new habitats to support native species.
Assisting with the preparation of invasive species management plans.
Supporting renewable energy projects.
Conducting or managing plant community mapping.
Conducting or managing rare plant surveys.
Conducting or managing wetland assessments and delineations.
Assessing impacted resources in relation to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Clean Water Act, or other such acts.
Prescribing appropriate mitigation for protected resources.
Habitat restoration planning.
Leading mitigation monitoring programs for wetlands, riparian habitats, rare plant populations, preserves, or other managed natural resources.
Preparing biological resource reports and other technical report sections.
Preparing regulatory application packages.
Preparing mitigation and monitoring plans.
Preparing habitat restoration plans.
Coordinating with clients to advance projects through the permitting process.
Developing practical solutions to environmental challenges.
Managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Overseeing budgets and schedules.
Mentoring, directing, and supervising junior staff.
Ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical work.
Collaborating with colleagues with diverse expertise.
Working independently.
Coordinating with clients and regulatory agencies.
Stewardship of acquisition of regulatory permits.
Managing project staff and budgets.