Senior Environmental Project Manager

Location:

Remote - Preference for Texas or surrounding states

ICF is growing in the south-central United States, and we need more leaders to share in this growth!

ICF’s Texas-based environmental team is seeking a motivated and growth-focused Senior Environmental Project Manager to lead sales and delivery of environmental services in Texas and surrounding states. Experience in high-growth sectors including utilities, transmission, and water is a plus, but not required.

Level: Senior Project Manager / Seller-Doer / Principal

Focus: Permitting & compliance for infrastructure (energy, utilities, transmission, water, transportation)

Territory: Primary focus on Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana

Travel: typical range 10–20%

Responsibilities: win work, lead projects, provide expertise, mentor staff

You might be at an engineering firm with a culture built around licensed engineers. At ICF you are our raison d'être, a team of environmental experts prizing scientific rigor, regulatory insight, work-life balance, and a commitment to integrity. Or you might be at a government agency craving the fast pace of consulting. You will enjoy the diversity of work, entrepreneurial opportunities, and mission of building a more prosperous and resilient world.

Whatever you seek, there is a reason so many of our people have stayed with ICF for over 20 years.

• Drive growth and sales with clients developing infrastructure projects in the south-central U.S. (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana)
• Build and nurture your client relationships, identify and develop opportunities, and prepare winning proposals (scopes, budgets, and schedules)
• Lead interdisciplinary teams in delivering technical field studies, analyses, and regulatory and permitting tasks, to help our clients get projects built fast and right
• Leverage your project management skills to manage budget, schedule, and technical delivery
• Collaborate with clients and industry experts—developers, engineers, planners, biologists, and technologists—to develop innovative solutions to achieve project compliance
• Provide senior-level expertise and writing to support complex projects involving the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and other federal and state laws
• Lead and participate in agency consultations to determine and advise on efficient and effective permitting strategies
• Mentor, train, and guide junior and mid-level staff
• Think strategically to solve client challenges, act with humility to facilitate continual learning and growth
• Apply your ingenuity and curiosity to tackle today’s challenges while positioning for tomorrow’s opportunities

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, Environmental Sciences, Biology/Ecology/Marine Sciences, or related fields
• 12+ years of experience in environmental consulting or applicable fields (industry, government, academia)
• Demonstrated success developing, winning, and managing environmental planning/permitting projects in the states described above
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including technical writing skills and ability to QA/QC deliverables and provide feedback to staff
• Ability to travel to clients or projects in the region described above in reasonable time and cost

• Master’s degree in applicable fields (noted above)
• Experience and relationships with transmission, utility, or water-sector clients is a plus
• Business mindset with an eye toward client engagement and financial growth
• Desire to lead, mentor, and train technical specialists
• Ability to develop and present clear solutions to complex problems to…