Stantec Consulting International Ltd.
Location
Plymouth, Devon | United Kingdom
Job description
Senior Renewable Energy Project Manager - ( 240000XN )
Description
Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.
Stantec is one of the most respected environmental consulting firms in North America, with an outstanding record and an extensive nationwide portfolio of wind, solar, and battery energy storage projects that we have helped to bring online. Our team specializes in environmental services and engineering with staff located throughout the country. Stantec has a team of over 2,800 environmental professionals located in over 130 offices throughout the US. We have a team of recognized experts who have dedicated their careers to renewable energy project development, and we are known and trusted as credible experts. We leverage this diverse team of experienced staff to successfully support renewable energy projects that include diverse ecosystems, stakeholders, and design requirements.
Stantec has the capacity and experience to execute utility-scale renewable energy projects throughout their lifecycle. With a corporate history dating more than 60 years, and over 25 years providing environmental and engineering services for developing and operating renewable energy projects, we use this knowledge of planning, construction, and operation of projects to advance yours. Stantec has amassed tens of thousands of megawatts of renewable energy experience that spans the North American and international renewable energy markets.
We have provided services to our clients on over 2,800 renewable energy projects throughout the US since 2010. Our staff includes Certified Wildlife Biologists, Professional Wetland Scientists, Professional Engineers, and subject matter experts with extensive prior experience working with state, local, and federal agencies. Effective environmental analysis, assessment, and design also requires multiple capabilities such as project management, technical writing skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with agencies and interested stakeholders. The Stantec team brings these skills together to guide our clients’ projects to market.
Stantec’s Environmental Services practice seeks a Senior Project Manager (Renewables) to provide project management, environmental regulatory and permitting services with a focus on renewable energy clients and their projects in the Upper Midwest focused on Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and the Dakotas.
Your Key Responsibilities
The main focus of this position is to manage renewable energy projects including but not limited to wind, solar, battery, transmission, and biogas projects in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and the Dakotas. Technical expertise related to regulatory matters, environmental science, data management, and reporting is critical to the role to ensure high-quality deliverables to Stantec’s clients.
Project Management responsibilities include:
Marketing and business development,
Developing project proposals,
Managing projects and their budgets,
Coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and internal project staff, and
Performing, overseeing, and or QC of technical work.
Environmental, regulatory, and permitting responsibilities include:
Identifying project-specific environmental design and regulatory requirements (e.g., critical issues and permit matrices),
Coordinating with agency personnel for consultations, data reviews, pre-permit meetings, etc.
Writing and reviewing technical reports to support desktop assessments, field surveys, etc.,
Preparing environmental permit applications,
Presenting at public meetings, open houses, conferences, etc.,
Facilitating successful environmental permitting of multiple and varied projects, and
Additional responsibilities may include coordinating, conducting, and/or leading field work.
Qualifications
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Experience managing renewable energy projects (wind, solar, battery, biogas, etc.),
Experience in implementing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Wind Energy Guidelines tiered protocols for desktop reviews, environmental survey, consultations, permitting, and compliance,
Working knowledge of environmental sciences, biology, wildlife science, wetlands, land use, environmental justice, cultural resources, etc.,
Permitting experience for the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, North Dakota Public Service Commission, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and Public Service Commission of Wisconsin,
Federal environmental regulation and permitting experience in the Upper Midwest region with various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts (St. Paul, Rock Island, Louisville, etc.), USFWS field offices, and National Environmental Policy Act environmental review development experience,
State permitting experience for Departments of Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Offices, Departments of Health, Pollution Control Agencies, etc.
Local permitting experience for Conditional Use/Special Use Permits, Highway Departments, Zoning and Planning Boards, etc.,
Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% for agency meetings, open houses, public hearings, site visits, client events, and conferences,
Strong work ethic, high ethical standards, and a desire for team success, and
Strong written and verbal communications skills, including technical writing as a subject matter expert.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in the natural sciences, environmental science, or related field; Master’s preferred.
Minimum 12 years of progressively responsible experience with technical specialization and expertise in the environmental compliance, natural resource assessments and studies, and permitting.
Project and task management experience is required.
This position will be in a typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
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.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s’ talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Primary Location : United States-Minnesota-Plymouth
Other Locations : United States-Minnesota-Minneapolis
Work Locations :
Minneapolis MN
Employee Status : Regular
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time
Schedule : Full-time
Job Posting : Feb 27, 2024, 11:30:01 AM
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans
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