Environmental Manager

Company Overview

Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence.

Our approach begins and ends with establishing trust, accountability, and transparency. Our company values of creative spirit, pride of ownership, follow-through, and a team-first attitude drive us to pursue our mission every day. Our culture supports our values by fostering innovative and critical thinking and a deep belief in living up to our promises.

Headquartered in the United States, Pattern has a global portfolio of more than 46 power facilities and transmission assets, serving various customers that provide low-cost clean energy to millions of consumers.

The Environmental Manager provides environmental and permitting support for Pattern’s wind, solar, storage, and transmission development projects. This role assesses environmental risk, manages that risk throughout the development lifecycle, obtains required environmental permits and clearances, and supports environmental policy work as appropriate.

• Manage environmental studies and permitting for wind, solar, storage, and transmission development projects, including coordination of regulatory strategies, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Assess environmental risks for development projects and communicate key risks, constraints, and mitigation recommendations to project teams and management.
• Obtain required environmental permits, approvals, and clearances from local, state, and federal agencies to support project development timelines.
• Supervise project environmental consultants, including managing scopes of work, task orders, schedules, budgets, work quality, and invoice review and approval.
• Conduct environmental due diligence for potential acquisitions and evaluate permitting, environmental, and regulatory considerations that may affect project value or development feasibility.
• Track pending local, state, and federal environmental regulations and policy developments that may impact Pattern’s business and development portfolio.
• Represent Pattern in industry conferences, working groups, and presentations to local organizations, agencies, and governments.
• Support broader project development activities as needed, including interconnection, land acquisition, stakeholder engagement, design and E&C planning, asset monetization, project planning, and budgeting.

• Minimum of seven years of relevant work experience in environmental permitting, project management, business development, or a related field.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously across different stages of development and adapting to shifting priorities, timelines, and resource constraints.
• Background in environmental and permitting matters, including familiarity with regulatory regimes across varied project locations.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with project developers, management, subject matter experts, consultants, agencies, and external stakeholders.
• Strong communication, organization, critical thinking, and time management skills, with a team-first approach.

• Technical undergraduate degree in environmental science, engineering, natural resources, planning, or a related discipline; an advanced degree may be considered in lieu of a portion of the required experience.

• Ability to travel to project locations, agency meetings,…