California Environmental Quality Act Project Manager

California Environmental Quality Act Project Manager Classification

PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST III

$7,980.00 - $9,994.00

• Effective July 1, 2025, CalHR launched the Personal Leave Program (PLP) 2025 with Pay Differential 386. PLP 2025 temporarily reduces state employee pay in exchange for leave hours to help address budget shortfalls. Salary ranges in this posting exclude the temporary reduction. For details, visit CalHR’s Personnel Leave Program (PLP) page.
• New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

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Hybrid

Permanent, Full Time

9/28/2026

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Under general direction of the section Program and Project Supervisor, the Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst III (PURA III) will act as a mid-level CEQA Project Manager responsible for completing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review for infrastructure projects, such as electrical and natural gas and telecommunications infrastructure projects. The Project Manager will have lead responsibility in conducting complex technical, policy, and/or economic analyses and research to support Administrative Law Judges (ALJ), Commissioners, and Advisors in the permitting of utility infrastructure projects including electric transmission infrastructure (such as transmission lines and substations), and natural gas infrastructure (such as compressor stations and pipelines) and/or in conducting environmental review of these projects under CEQA (such as last-mile broadband projects).

Job duties include managing the development of CEQA and other environmental review documents and leading permitting for certain development of utility infrastructure projects.

The Project Manager will also oversee the construction compliance of utility infrastructure projects. The CEQA Project Manager will advise and consult with ALJs regarding rulings and proposed decisions, provide technical support for ALJs in formal proceedings before the Commission, prepare briefings, and perform policy research. The CEQA Project Manager is responsible for requesting proposals for consultant services, managing the selection process and acting as contract manager overseeing the development of CEQA documents and other environmental documentation.

The Project Manager will facilitate workshops and/or stakeholder meetings as needed.

This job posting may be used to fill vacancies within the CEQA and FERC Branch, including, but not limited to, the following sections:
Infrastructure Planning & CEQA, CEQA and Energy Permitting, CEQA Broadband, and FERC Cost Recovery.

Please note, your STD 678 (application form) will be used to determine your qualifications in order to meet the minimum qualification requirements for the advertised classification(s). Please clearly describe all of your experience related to public utilities and/or transportation in the areas of economics, finance, or policy in the job description field(s) of your STD 678 form, along with the years and months of service.

Failure to do so may result in not qualifying for the minimum qualifications for the advertised classification(s).

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

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