Senior Project Manager Energy Development Permitting

Dudek is seeking a project manager to lead multidisciplinary teams in securing approvals for energy generation and infrastructure projects. The role manages permitting strategies and environmental compliance documentation, coordinates with clients, regulators, specialists, and design teams, and supports business development and staff mentorship.

Responsibilities:

• Foster client connections through existing client relationships and proactive business development while working with others to anticipate and pursue work
• Promote a culture of teamwork, engagement, quality service, and customer satisfaction to our clients
• Enhance Dudek’s professional reputation and demonstrate the ability to be creative and innovative with these tasks while representing Dudek in a professional manner
• Provides QA/QC of Dudek prepared work products and associated mentorship on methods and means to improve work products
• Manage projects that are fast-paced with changing requirements
• Ability to work with large project teams for a public regulated utility
• Lead permitting strategies by taking initiative to assure client expectations are being met
• Lead the preparation, organization, and production of environmental compliance management plans, permit applications, and other environmental documents to guide compliance implementation during the project lifecycle
• Work with project team members to track environmental commitments to support the implementation of permit conditions on a variety of projects
• Coordinate with client, field personnel, and environmental resource specialists to ensure permit conditions are implemented during construction
• Provides mentorship to all team members to foster career growth opportunities
• Mentor staff in the development of the skills in permitting and document preparation

Requirements:

• 10+ years' experience
• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, or a related field or equivalent work experience
• Experience with proactive business development
• Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment
• Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by the first day of employment
• All positions are based in the United States and require U.S. work authorization
• Candidates that have a demonstrated track record working on linear projects and with public regulated utilities is preferred
• Experience with leading stakeholder outreach programs for energy projects
• Experience developing projects on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands
• Experience with linear energy infrastructure projects being developed by publicly regulated utilities
• Strong technical writing and research skills as well as solid written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Customarily and regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment
• Self-motivated with an interest to learn and grow as a project team
• Five (5) or more years' experience managing the permitting process for energy project teams and mentorship of team members
• Experience with managing environmental resource specialists and managing large project teams