Senior Climate Project Manager

Rincon Consultants, Inc • Los Angeles, CA

4d • $110,000 - $140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Rincon Consultants is seeking a Senior Climate Project Manager to support its Sustainability, Climate, and Resilience (SCR+) Practice. The role involves engaging clients to develop climate action plans, facilitating regional climate partnerships, managing complex projects, and implementing decarbonization strategies. The practice works with cities, counties, special agencies, and businesses across California on topics including carbon neutrality, electrification, water and waste, urban planning, carbon intensity analysis, low-carbon fuels, and greenhouse gas verification.

The successful candidate will manage multi-task and multi-year workplans and budgets, guide technical analysis, and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders. The role calls for a strategic, facilitative approach and sensitivity to the human and social dimensions of climate policy. The project manager will help partners with different priorities and technical backgrounds move from discussion to shared priorities and coordinated action.

The role may offer a hybrid work setup, combining office and remote work as business needs evolve. Eligible office locations are Carlsbad, Fresno, Los Angeles, Monterey, Oakland, Palm Springs, Riverside, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. Candidates living within 50 miles of a Rincon office may be prioritized.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex, multi-year projects, including scope, budget, schedule, and quality.
• At least 6 years of professional experience in climate action and resilience.
• Strong facilitation and meeting leadership skills, with comfort working with groups holding diverse perspectives.
• Strong interest in climate science, problem solving, and strategic thinking across topic areas.
• Excellent communication, planning, budgeting, and organizational skills.
• Strong writing skills.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, varied work.
• Positive attitude and eagerness to streamline and improve processes and workflows.
• Motivation, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Organization, attention to detail, resourcefulness, strong time management, and innovation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data management and analysis.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel or an equivalent tool.
• Demonstrated experience in energy, climate, or a related field.
• Familiarity with greenhouse gas calculations or modeling.
• Familiarity with climate hazards and related adaptation strategies.
• Strong interest in evolving science and strategies related to decarbonization and climate resilience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact, conduct regular check-ins, provide monthly progress reports, and communicate clearly about scope, schedule, and budget.
• Scope, assign, and oversee work across Rincon staff and subconsultants; set expectations, review deliverables for quality, and keep budgets and schedules on track.
• Manage multi-task, multi-year workplans, budgets, invoicing, and contract compliance.
• Guide technical work with leads for greenhouse gas inventories, adaptation and vulnerability analysis, electrification, transportation, and fleet resilience.
• Develop work scopes, ask effective questions, and review deliverables.
• Research and develop strategies to help communities mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through renewable energy and storage, building and transportation electrification, vehicle-miles-traveled reduction, organic waste diversion, and other strategies.
• Facilitate groups and develop engagement strategies with partners such as nonprofits, municipal governments, and other agencies.
• Prepare drafts of technical memoranda, reports, presentations, and other written materials.
• Assist in preparing and designing climate action plans, building decarbonization plans, sustainability plans, and other documents.
• Communicate complex scientific and climate-related topics to diverse communities and stakeholders.
• Integrate climate mitigation, resilience, and environmental justice policies through policy development.
• Work independently and collaboratively to develop solutions to quantitative and qualitative problems.
• Interact with public agency and private client staff on sustainability and climate action matters.
• Collaborate with public agency staff and community members to design and implement regional climate programs.
• Promote ownership, teamwork, engagement, quality service, and client satisfaction.
• Enhance Rincon’s professional reputation and represent the company professionally, creatively, and innovatively.
• Work with Rincon Principals and Managers to advance business interests in alignment with the company’s mission, vision, and values.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisors.
• Engage diverse communities and stakeholders and communicate complex scientific and climate-related topics.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program, including health coverage options, employer-sponsored insurance, retirement benefits, generous time off, and programs supporting learning, growth, and community engagement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior