Senior Project Manager - Transmission Siting

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a self-motivated Senior Project Manager - Transmission Siting with strong interpersonal skills and significant experience in electric transmission siting. This role involves leading electric transmission siting projects, managing client relationships, and overseeing quality assurance and control for siting deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Advise, Lead, oversee, and/or execute the management of siting and routing efforts for transmission projects of all sizes and levels of complexity
• Foster a positive, collaborative working environment among project team members
• Work closely with project teams across all SWCA offices to navigate transmission project challenges and meet client needs
• Take the initiative and resolve issues to assure the client’s needs are met effectively
• Lead and advise on the development of siting and routing strategies, provide QA/QC of work processes and deliverables, and lead teams completing technical studies that support permitting efforts
• Annual planning and alignment of transmission business lines with overall corporate growth goals
• Develop teaming partners - both prime and sub - to meet pursuit goals
• Identify, lead, and support initiatives for enhanced business development performance and efficiencies for continued growth. This includes marketing and branding activities, pursuit tracking, and increased sales efficiency
• Mentor and provide project-specific technical support to junior staff
• Implement and administer SWCA’s safety procedures and standards of scientific and professional ethics
• Enhance SWCA’s relationship with Midwestern, Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic utilities and transmission developers
• Drive compliance of safety policies and reporting requirements to ensure overall team safety

Requirements:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in planning, environmental science, natural resources management, law, geology, engineering or a related field
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant industry experience, including at least four (4) years of transmission siting experience
• A minimum of four (4) years of project management experience
• Demonstrated experience leading or support proposal and business development activities in the Electrical Transmission market
• Demonstrated ability to write compelling, legally defensible siting studies for regulated Public Utility transmission filing and FERC 1000 siting applications
• A working knowledge of federal (e.g., NEPA, National Historic Preservation Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act) and state laws governing resource management
• Demonstrated experience with transmission projects and with federal agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and/or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and with state and local agencies. Experience with public utilities commissions desired
• Experience with supervising staff and/or project/proposal teams
• Experience and ability to manage complex transmission projects in diverse settings and with changing requirements
• Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced work environment and desire to work in a highly collaborative team atmosphere
• Experience siting at least 25 transmission lines in varying geographic settings
• Demonstrated experience with Public Utility Commission filings in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
• A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant industry experience
• A minimum of five (5) years of project management experience
• Expert Witness testimony experience strongly preferred