Electric Transmission​/Renewable Energy Project Manager

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Environmental Services practice seeks a Project Manager (Electric Transmission and Renewable Energy) to provide project management, environmental regulatory and permitting services with a focus on electric transmission clients and their projects, particularly in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.

The main focus of this position is to manage electric transmission projects through routing, siting and permitting with support and collaboration from a robust team of subject matter experts. Project management may also involve renewable energy clients by supporting wind, solar, battery, and biogas projects. Technical expertise related to routing and siting, regulatory matters, environmental science, data management, and reporting is critical to the role to ensure high-quality deliverables to Stantec’s clients.

• Marketing and business development

• Developing project proposals

• Managing projects, schedules, staffing, and their budgets

• Coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and internal project staff

• Representing clients at public hearings and regulatory agency meetings, and

• Performing, overseeing, and/or QC of technical work

• Identifying project-specific environmental constraints, engineering design, and regulatory requirements (e.g., critical issues and permit matrices)

• Coordinating with agency personnel for consultations, data reviews, pre-permit meetings, etc.

• Writing and reviewing technical reports to support desktop assessments, field surveys, etc.

• Preparing environmental permit applications

• Presenting at public meetings, hearings, open houses, conferences, etc.

• Facilitating successful environmental permitting of multiple and varied projects, and

• Additional responsibilities may include coordinating, conducting, and/or leading field work

• Experience managing electric transmission and renewable energy projects (electric transmission, wind, solar, battery, biogas, etc.)

• Experience providing guidance to clients regarding routing and siting of new or modified electric transmission lines

• Experience in implementing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Wind Energy Guidelines tiered protocols for desktop reviews, environmental survey, consultations, permitting, and compliance

• Working knowledge of environmental sciences, biology, wildlife science, wetlands, land use, environmental justice, cultural resources, etc.

• Permitting experience for the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, North Dakota Public Service Commission, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, Illinois Commerce Commission, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Iowa Utilities Commission, Michigan Public Service Commission

• Federal environmental regulation and permitting experience in the Upper Midwest region with various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts (St. Paul, Rock Island, Omaha, Louisville, etc.), USFWS field offices, and National Environmental Policy Act environmental review development experience

• State permitting experience for Departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture, State Historic Preservation Offices, Departments of Health, Pollution Control Agencies, etc.

• Local permitting experience for Conditional Use/Special Use Permits, Highway Departments, Zoning and Planning Boards, Floodplain, Emergency Management, etc.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 15% for agency meetings, open houses, public hearings, site visits, client events, and conferences

• Strong work ethic, high ethical standards, and a desire for team success, and

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing as a subject matter expert

• Bachelor’s degree in the natural sciences, environmental science; master’s in environmental/natural resources law or related field; master’s preferred

• Minimum 8 to 10 years of progressively responsible experience with technical specialization and expertise in electric transmission project management, environmental compliance, natural resource assessments and…