Senior Project Manager (Energy & Permitting – Rockies Region) Remote/Hybrid

Tetra Tech is an engineering and consulting company focused on water, environment, energy, and sustainable infrastructure. The Senior Project Manager will lead complex utility-scale energy, transmission, and infrastructure projects, overseeing siting, routing, environmental permitting, project finances, client relationships, business development, and multidisciplinary teams across the Rockies Region.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Senior Project Manager for complex utility-scale energy, transmission, and infrastructure projects
• Lead siting, routing, environmental permitting, and project development activities from project pursuit through completion
• Provide strategic oversight for multidisciplinary project teams to successfully deliver projects on schedule, within budget, and to the highest quality standards
• Develop project work plans, permitting strategies, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and project execution approaches
• Lead preparation and quality review of federal, state, and local environmental permit applications and technical deliverables
• Manage project financial performance, including budgets, forecasting, resource planning, invoicing, and profitability
• Ensure compliance with company quality, risk management, and health and safety requirements
• Develop, maintain, and expand strategic client relationships throughout the Rockies Region
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities with utilities, renewable energy developers, government agencies, and other energy clients
• Lead opportunity capture efforts, including client engagement, proposal strategy, interviews, contract negotiations, and project transitions
• Prepare and oversee proposals, scopes of work, staffing plans, schedules, and cost estimates
• Collaborate with regional leadership to support strategic growth initiatives and expand Tetra Tech's Energy Practice
• Mentor and develop project managers, environmental planners, and technical staff
• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for environmental permitting projects
• Support recruiting, onboarding, staff development, and succession planning
• Foster collaboration across offices and multidisciplinary technical teams
• Promote a culture focused on safety, quality, innovation, and exceptional client service
• Conduct activities in accordance with company procedures, legislation, and industry standards
• Pursue continuous professional development and maintain technical expertise in GIS technologies and applications
• Work safely at all times and report health and safety concerns
• Perform additional duties as assigned
• This position supports projects throughout the Rockies Region and may be based remotely, in a hybrid arrangement, or from a Tetra Tech office depending on the selected candidate's location
• Travel is required for client meetings, agency coordination, public outreach, field visits, business development activities, and project support

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Engineering, Land Use Planning, Project Management, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8–15+ years of environmental consulting experience supporting energy, utility, transmission, renewable energy, or infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated success managing complex environmental permitting and project development efforts
• Utility-scale energy siting and routing evaluations
• Environmental permitting and regulatory compliance
• Technical studies and permit application preparation
• Federal, state, and local permitting processes
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary consulting teams and multiple concurrent projects
• Proven success developing strategic client relationships and expanding business opportunities
• Experience managing project financial performance, including budgets, forecasting, and profitability
• Strong leadership, organizational, technical writing, presentation, and communication skills
• Ability to work independently while leading multidisciplinary project teams
• Must possess a valid driver's license with a clean driving record without restrictions
• Travel is required for client meetings, agency coordination, public outreach, field visits, business development activities, and project support
• Experience preparing and managing:
• Colorado 1041 permits
• Conditional Use Permits
• Special Use Permits
• Zone Change applications
• Site Plan Review applications
• Wyoming Industrial Siting Act permits
• Experience managing complex, multi-jurisdictional environmental permitting efforts requiring federal, state, and local approvals, including:
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
• State Public Utility/Public Service Commissions
• State Natural Resource and Fish & Wildlife Agencies
• County Planning Departments
• Existing relationships with utility companies, renewable energy developers, or regulatory agencies in Colorado and Wyoming
• Previous environmental consulting experience
• Familiarity with GIS and routing/siting software
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Preference for candidates located in the Denver metropolitan area