Senior Environmental Manager

NV5•Portland, OR

57d•$130,000 - $180,000

About The Position

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. We are seeking a Senior Environmental Manager to oversee obtaining regulatory and environmental approvals for constructing or repairing linear infrastructure projects across the Oregon region.

Requirements

BS in Environmental Sciences, Geology, or a similar related degree
8-10 years of direct experience
NEPA, SEPA, and land use planning Expertise in licensing of electric transmission projects
Working experience with the Oregon Public Utility Commission, the Oregon Department of Energy, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Tribal Integrated Resource Management Plans, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Nice To Haves

In addition, experience in Washington state, specifically with Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC), Bonneville Power Administration, Washington native American Tribes, Oregon and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Fish and Wildlife, Army Corps of Engineers, National Marine Fishery Service, Regional Water Quality Boards, is desired.

Responsibilities

Responsible for providing environmental documentation and regulatory permits to support large-scale utility capital improvements and daily operational maintenance activities.
Experience should include comprehensive management of teams that develop environmental products and obtain project permit approvals in disciplines such as biology, cultural resources, water quality, and other relevant environmental fields.
Responsible for overall performance, budgets, schedules, procedures, and systems relating to compliance service programs for federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations.
Requires project management experience managing entitlement for large-scale projects such as electric transmission, gas transmission, substations, and renewable production.
Requires advanced knowledge of SEPA, NEPA, and land use planning.
Responsible for compliance strategies and client interface, overall program goals, and conflict resolution.
Develops regulatory strategies for compliance with agencies such as Oregon Public Utility Commission, Oregon Department of Energy, Oregon Department Environmental Quality, Tribal Integrated Resource Management Plans, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Specific experience includes at least three years of experience in Oregon conducting land use permitting of high voltage transmission lines, including completing an Energy Facility Siting Council (“EFSC”) Application for a Site Certificate (“ASC”).
In addition, experience in Washington state, specifically with Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC), Bonneville Power Administration, Washington native American Tribes, Oregon and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Fish and Wildlife, Army Corps of Engineers, National Marine Fishery Service, Regional Water Quality Boards, is desired.
Experience to include management and production of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) documentation, wetland delineations, and habitat mitigation.
Performs in-depth analysis and strategies for environmental documentation and technical studies, develops compliance pathway recommendations, assesses project effects on numerous environmental resources, processes agency comments, and provides overall guidance to address complex resource assessment issues that can often lack precedent and require high-level technical and regulatory knowledge to resolve.
Performs QA/QC on all outgoing deliverables.