Senior Environmental Project Manager

Canacre USA, LLC • Spring, TX

1d • $75,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Environmental Project Manager manages environmental projects from planning and permitting through execution and completion. The role combines project management expertise with working knowledge of environmental regulations, permitting processes, and coordination with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. The successful candidate has experience with wetland delineations and permitting, threatened and endangered species, and cultural and historic resources, and understands how these resource areas intersect with environmental review, consultations, and permitting requirements.

The position is accountable for project scope, schedule, budget, quality assurance, risk management, forecasting, and client satisfaction. The manager serves as a primary client contact, leads internal project teams, anticipates regulatory and project risks, and ensures deliverables meet applicable requirements and client expectations. The role also coordinates technical specialists, clients, subcontractors, and agencies to advance projects efficiently and compliantly.

Canacre provides Environment and Land services throughout the project lifecycle and emphasizes continuous development, technical leadership, collaborative stakeholder relationships, honesty, integrity, trust, teamwork, diversity, and inclusivity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, or a related field.
• 10–15 years of experience in wetlands and threatened and endangered species, with understanding of cultural resources and how these relate to local, state, and federal environmental permitting.
• Experience managing wetland delineations.
• Experience with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
• Experience with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
• Experience applying for Nationwide Permits or Individual Permits with the USACE.
• Experience coordinating threatened and endangered species consultations with the USFWS.
• Experience with NEPA relating to the BLM.
• Demonstrated experience managing environmental permitting projects and coordinating technical specialists and subcontractors.

Nice To Haves

• A master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental projects from initiation through completion, ensuring deliverables meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations.
• Coordinate internal resources, set priorities and performance expectations, track milestones, and ensure timely delivery.
• Serve as a primary client contact and provide project updates, progress reports, recommendations, and solutions.
• Lead recurring client and internal meetings, address concerns, document decisions, and track action items.
• Monitor schedules, budgets, forecasts, expenses, and timesheets; identify variances and implement corrective actions.
• Identify project risks, manage scope changes, develop contingency plans, and escalate issues to senior management when appropriate.
• Identify and document change orders, prepare supporting documentation, and coordinate client negotiations.
• Review deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, quality, and contractual and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain project documentation and follow established project management procedures and best practices.
• Coordinate with Business Development to identify opportunities to expand services with existing and prospective clients.
• Ensure applicable safety, training, and project-specific requirements are met.
• Manage environmental permitting and compliance involving wetlands, waters of the United States, threatened and endangered species, cultural and historic resources, and other applicable resource areas.
• Coordinate wetland delineations, related field assessments, technical documentation, jurisdictional determinations, and permitting requirements.
• Manage or coordinate Section 404 Clean Water Act permit applications and supporting documentation, including Nationwide and Individual Permits issued by the USACE.
• Coordinate with USACE Districts, federal and state resource agencies, and local authorities to advance permitting, resolve issues, and secure approvals.
• Coordinate threatened and endangered species assessments and consultations with the USFWS and other applicable agencies.
• Oversee archaeological and cultural resources specialists and subcontractors in support of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and other applicable requirements.
• Manage NEPA environmental review and permitting activities, including projects involving the BLM, as applicable.
• Develop technically sound permitting strategies that account for project design, environmental constraints, agency requirements, and regulatory schedules.
• Advise clients and internal teams on environmental regulations, permitting pathways, consultation requirements, and permit conditions.
• Integrate findings and requirements from wetlands, biological resources, cultural resources, and other technical studies into project planning, environmental documentation, and permitting strategies.
• Coordinate technical specialists, subcontractors, clients, and agencies to resolve environmental issues and advance projects toward approval.
• Track permit conditions, regulatory commitments, agency correspondence, and approval milestones to support lifecycle compliance.
• Support stakeholder communications and project messaging, including communications involving landowners and local communities.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive health coverage with multiple medical, dental, and vision plans and 100% preventive care.
• 24/7 telehealth (Teladoc).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan.
• Education reimbursement and professional development.

What This Job Offers

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