Air Permitting | Natural Gas | Environmental Permitting Project Manager

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AES has been ranked #1 by BloombergNEF in renewable energy sales to corporations in the US and Americas for five consecutive years, providing electricity for millions of people worldwide.

Our spirit of innovation continues to earn industry recognition. AES is the only seven-time winner of the Edison Electric Institute’s Edison Awards in the twenty-first century, a distinction honoring global leadership in advancing the electric power industry.

If you're ready to be part of a company that's not just adapting to change, but driving it, AES is the place for you. We're not just building a more sustainable future , we're powering it.

The Permitting Project Manager leads permitting and environmental development activities for projects across the MISO, SPP, and ERCOT regions. This role supports renewable energy, powered land, natural gas generation, data center, and related energy infrastructure projects from early-stage site screening through permit acquisition, construction handoff, and ongoing execution support.

Working at the intersection of project development, environmental stewardship, and infrastructure delivery, this role offers the opportunity to help shape critical energy projects that support a more reliable and sustainable energy future.

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with development, real estate, engineering, interconnection, commercial, community relations, construction, and operations teams, as well as local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. This is an excellent opportunity for a permitting professional who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex challenges, and is motivated by the opportunity to influence project outcomes from concept through execution.

This position requires a practical understanding of environmental permitting, natural gas and renewable energy infrastructure, water and wastewater permitting, industrial NPDES requirements, land use approvals, and environmental due diligence. The ideal candidate is skilled at managing multiple priorities, identifying permitting and scheduling risks early, guiding technical consultants, and translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable development strategies.

Play a critical role in developing and delivering large-scale energy and infrastructure projects across key U.Work on a diverse portfolio that includes renewable energy, powered land, natural gas generation, and emerging energy solutions.

Gain exposure to projects across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks.

Contribute to innovative projects that help meet growing energy and infrastructure demands while supporting responsible environmental development.

In this role, you will lead complex permitting initiatives, influence strategic project decisions, and provide environmental and regulatory guidance throughout the project lifecycle. Lead permitting and land use entitlement for new and acquired energy facilities across local, state and federal jurisdictions within MISO, SPP and ERCOT.

• Support powered land and data center development by evaluating site readiness, permitting pathways, environmental constraints, utility and infrastructure dependencies, and development sequencing.
• Manage permitting for natural gas-fired generation and related equipment, including combustion turbines, reciprocating internal combustion engines, fuel cells, emergency generators, boilers, cooling systems, fuel gas infrastructure and ancillary emission units, as applicable.
• Develop and execute project-specific permitting strategies, responsibility matrices, budgets and integrated schedules aligned with development gates, equipment procurement, construction and commercial-operation targets.
• Lead early-stage environmental due diligence and fatal-flaw screening, including review of air quality, water supply, wastewater discharge, wetlands and waters, threatened and endangered species, cultural resources, land use, zoning and community considerations.
• Direct air permitting strategy and application development, including emissions inventories and potential-to-emit calculations;
  Coordinate with engineering and equipment vendors to obtain and validate permitting inputs such as equipment configuration, fuel specifications, heat input, operating hours, startup and shutdown profiles, emission factors or guarantees, stack parameters, control technologies,…