Hybrid Senior Environmental Permitting & Project Manager

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We deliver innovative solutions for some of the world's most complex infrastructure, energy, water, transportation, and environmental challenges. We're looking for an experienced environmental planning and permitting professional to join our team and lead high-profile projects throughout Wyoming and the Western United States.

As a Senior Environmental Project Manager, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to clients while leading multidisciplinary teams through complex environmental review, permitting, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery processes. You'll play a key role in helping clients navigate regulatory requirements, manage project risk, and advance critical infrastructure and energy projects from planning through implementation.

This position may be based in Denver, Colorado;
Wyoming;
Salt Lake City, Utah; or within a three-hour drive of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with flexibility to work in a hybrid environment.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will:

• Lead environmental permitting and planning efforts for complex infrastructure, energy, water, transportation, and community development projects.

• Manage multidisciplinary project teams and provide overall project delivery leadership, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk management.

• Prepare, review, and oversee complex federal, state, and local permitting packages and environmental documentation.

• Serve as a primary client interface, building strong relationships and helping clients develop practical and strategic solutions to regulatory challenges.

• Coordinate and negotiate with regulatory agencies, stakeholders, tribal organizations, community groups, and partner agencies.

• Lead stakeholder and community engagement activities, public meetings, workshops, and agency presentations.

• Manage projects to client schedules, permitting milestones, and business objectives.

• Conduct final QA/QC reviews to ensure deliverables align with regulatory requirements, client expectations, and Jacobs quality standards.

• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level staff while fostering collaboration across technical disciplines.

• Support business development initiatives, including proposal preparation, client account growth, and strategic pursuits.

• Provide expert regulatory and permitting guidance across project life cycles.

• Contribute innovative and creative approaches to solving complex client issues and advancing project objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Environmental permitting strategy and execution.

• Project and program management.

• Staff leadership and resource management.

• Regulatory coordination and agency consultation.

• Technical review and quality assurance.

• Public involvement and stakeholder engagement.

• Proposal development and business development support.

• Risk identification and mitigation planning.

Why Jacobs

At Jacobs, you'll work alongside industry-leading professionals on projects that make a meaningful impact in communities across the West and beyond. We foster a culture that values collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and professional growth. You'll have the opportunity to expand your expertise, mentor others, and help deliver sustainable solutions for our clients' most challenging projects.

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Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Planning, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, Political Science, Sociology, Economics, or a related…