Environmental Project Manager
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Your Opportunity
Stantec’s Environmental Services team is seeking an enthusiastic and talented individual for an Environmental Project Manager position in our Roseville, CA office. The successful candidate will manage and implement due diligence and site assessment projects working closely with a small team of project professionals; provide due diligence technical support, project management, and staff mentorship and guidance; and actively support expansion of Stantec’s brownfield assessment practice in California. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of relevant experience including managing environmental and due diligence projects in California. We are seeking applicants who are self-motivated, organized, detail-oriented, able to perform under pressure of deadline, and who possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Support the Stantec environmental services team in managing brownfield grant implementation projects throughout California.
- Manage due diligence site assessment projects for a range of municipal and private clients throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona.
- Participate with local team members and practice leaders in targeted business development opportunities designed to grow the brownfields assessment practice in California.
- Provide technical oversight and professional mentorship for junior staff. This role may evolve into a supervisory position.
- Effectively manage projects throughout the project lifecycle in accordance with Stantec best practices and financial requirements.
- Frequently interact with clients to discuss and develop project scope, fee, and budget.
- Collaborate with colleagues to provide technical peer review of project deliverables.
- Perform routine project management activities such as reviewing and tracking all contracts, invoices, payments to subcontractors and vendors, and generating timely and accurate project invoices for our clients.
Your Capabilities
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, and ability to generate high-quality client deliverables.
- Track record of successful collaboration with peers and mentorship of junior staff.
- Conscientious, organized, and disciplined.
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
- Ability to work effectively with staff of diverse leadership styles and professional backgrounds.
- Significant experience with due diligence requirements under ASTM E1527-21 and ‘all appropriate inquiry’ standards.
- Previous project controls experience in the field of environmental consulting.
- Strong computer skills and experience and literacy in scheduling, project budgeting, and financial forecasting.
- Experience with USEPA grant-funded brownfield assessment projects is helpful but not required.
Experience, Education and Credentials
- College degree with a concentration in earth science, geology, natural or environmental science, or engineering from an accredited college preferred.
- 10+ years of experience
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to convey complex issues to a variety of audiences. Experience working with clients, project stakeholders, the environmental community, and the public.
- Experience communicating and working with local, state, and federal agency staff.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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