Planning and Natural Resources Program Lead
SWCA Environmental Consultants
Professional Area:
Planning Management, Budgeting and Finance
Location:
Las Vegas, NV
Do you thrive in the pursuit of ensuring excellence in environmental consulting services for your clients? SWCA Environmental Consultants is expanding their team and looking for dynamic individuals who are following their passion in delivering the highest-quality project work.
Our Las Vegas office offers a unique work environment and specializes in regulatory permitting and compliance for business sectors such as energy, transmission, mining, land development, water resources, and federal land management.
Your role will be to provide senior leadership and project management for environmental planning and natural resources projects. Along with a full-time work schedule, some weekends and extended hours may be necessary.
A core member of the Environmental Planning and Natural Resources Program, taking a lead and collaborative role in pursuing project opportunities, managing multiple, complex, high-priority projects with multi-discipline environmental challenges, supervising and mentoring staff, and upholding our standards of excellence. Lead all aspects of project implementation, including staffing, fieldwork, research, report writing, and QA/QC review. Collaborate with SWCA’s managers and directors on both technical and business development efforts throughout the company. Assist in the continuing development of SWCA’s Planning and Natural Resource Program and expand SWCA’s professional reputation in these service areas throughout Nevada and beyond.
The ideal candidate will possess a skillset that combines high-level technical expertise with business development and leadership acumen. The position will support projects throughout Nevada and clients representing diverse sectors including energy and transmission, mining, and local and federal governments. The ideal candidate will possess Nevada experience, preferably experience in desert and great basin environments, and be conversant in applicable state and federal regulations.
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning, biology, botany, wildlife management, or a closely related field required; Master’s degree preferred
- A minimum of eight (8) years of experience preparing NEPA documents and providing natural resources consulting for a variety of project types and sizes, regions, and agencies
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience managing projects, including developing and implementing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work
- At least 3 years’ experience working on projects with/for the BLM
- Prior experience managing at least 1 EIS
- Extensive experience with the natural resources of Nevada and natural resource management
- Experience with implementing ESA, CWA, NEPA, MBTA, and BGEPA permitting processes
- Prior primary report authorship in a planning and/or natural resources consulting context for a variety of project types and sizes, regions, and agencies
- Has completed all aspects of a project, from pre-field tasks (i.e. research design) to fieldwork (i.e. design implementation) to final report preparation for a variety of project types and sizes, regions, and agencies
- Experience of working with scientists, planners, engineers, contractors, and agency specialists
- Ability to promote SWCAs services internally and externally, and have the vision and ability to identify and expand new areas of business
SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms.
EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.