Sr Hydroelectric Licensing/Environmental Planner

Stantec's Environmental Services team is seeking a full-time Senior Hydroelectric Licensing/ Environmental Planner for a variety of hydroelectric relicensing, compliance, and decommissioning projects; and water infrastructure projects in Central and Northern California. You will work with a multidisciplinary team of accomplished senior technical specialists, environmental planners, and project managers on a variety of complex water-related projects. You will be responsible for participating in and leading multi-disciplinary groups to successfully and efficiently execute projects and consulting services resulting in client satisfaction and on-time delivery. You will present project work in client meetings, cultivate relationships with client organizations, provide work leadership and training to more junior professional and technical staff, and provide technical guidance to less experienced professionals or technicians assigned to work on hydroelectric and water resources planning projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

Technical Consulting

• Manage and contribute to hydroelectric licensing and/or water resources planning projects with complex teams consisting of in-house professional scientists and engineers and strategic teaming partners and subconsultants
  
  • Day-to-day project oversight and communication with the client and project team.
  • Primary point of contact and representative to internal partners and clients.
  • Oversee projects within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
  • Collaborate with other senior technical specialists and planners to address environmental problems.
  • Provide senior oversight, strategic support, and threatened and endangered species expertise for hydroelectric licensing and water resources planning projects.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders in client project meetings and with internal and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors in preparation and coordination of project work.
  • Manage client services to increase opportunities to receive follow on work with quality technical work products, routine correspondence/meetings, opportunity capitalization, negotiation of contract agreement terms.
  • Work closely with financial project manager to prepare client and Stantec project status reports on a regular basis, and review and approval all invoices and change orders associated with the project.
  • Provide leadership in managing project related staff performance, and mentoring personnel for overall success of practice team.
  • Assist in developing new work opportunities and building client relationships.
• Leadership
  
  • Help develop and mentor a team of high performers through hiring, coaching, and training staff to expand understanding of technical reports, FERC licensing, threatened and endangered species, CEQA/NEPA planning, and project delivery/management
  • Identify opportunities for junior and mid-level staff that complement their professional development
• Client Development
  
  • Provide technical expertise and guidance to support business development opportunities including the development and implementation of "win" strategies, including client contact, proposal preparation, and preparation of and participation in client interviews.
  • Build and maintain productive relationships across all stakeholder groups including regulators.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstrated experience with managing and technical lead on FERC hydroelectric licensing projects, FERC amendment projects, and/or FERC hydroelectric compliance programs from start to finish.
• Demonstrated experience with FERC and NEPA requirements and processes, mitigation measures, and related implementation.
• Demonstrated experience with managing and/or technical lead for permit applications and agency coordination related to threatened and endangered species, Section 404/10, Coastal Zone Management Act, and Section 106 cultural resources.
• Ability to plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of large, multi-discipline projects and programs, medium-sized projects with a high degree of technical complexity, and small projects with minimal environmental constraints
• A leader and mentor who can apply their skills to complex problems.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously
• Ability to check own work for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule, and recognize when technical problems are developing and initiates appropriate corrective actions.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Detail-oriented; organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Desire to learn and ability to adapt to changing needs
• Self-starter
• Ability to work with staff of diverse leadership styles and professional backgrounds
• Ability to operate in a fast-changing environment

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in environmental planning, environmental science, engineering, or a related field, with 7+ years of project management experience on similar types of projects
• At least 7+ years of experience in a management and/or technical lead role on hydroelectric relicensing, FERC amendments, and/or FERC license compliance projects and/or managing CEQA/NEPA water infrastructure projects.
• At least 7+ years managing permit applications and agency coordination related to threatened and endangered species.
• Strong computer skills and experience and literacy in scheduling and project budgeting, and financial forecasting
• Expertise in using Microsoft Office suite of tools (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and Adobe Acrobat
• Experience working with collaborative platforms such as SharePoint is desired

This position has the flexibility of working in a hybrid work environment with a mix of remote work and in office work. Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.

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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