Project Manager - Environmental Permitting

Overview

TRC is seeking a Project Manager to join its growing Planning, Permitting, and Licensing practice in Massachusetts and other New England states. The position requires a well‑rounded, interdisciplinary technical and regulatory professional who will provide environmental permitting project leadership for public and private sector energy and transportation clients and projects. Typical work includes business development, professional networking, proposal development, project management, and providing environmental permitting technical services.

The successful candidate will manage projects and conduct studies related to their technical discipline to meet federal, state, and local environmental permitting requirements.

The successful individual will be a client‑facing technical professional with knowledge of permitting energy and transportation infrastructure projects and advance such projects through local, state, and federal approvals for large, complex projects. They should demonstrate experience managing permitting work scopes for energy and/or transportation infrastructure projects and guide the agencies and project partners through environmental processes to meet applicable laws and regulations to achieve project design goals.

They can work from TRC offices in Lowell, MA;
Waltham, MA;
Boston, MA; or a surrounding state near a TRC office.

• Engage as a client‑facing technical professional with knowledge of permitting energy and/or transportation infrastructure projects and advance projects through local, state, and federal approval processes as TRC’s environmental project manager.
• Provide environmental permitting expertise for federal, state, and local permitting for multidisciplinary energy and transportation infrastructure projects.
• Support marketing and business development efforts and represent TRC at industry functions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including subconsultants, to complete environmental reviews for small, medium, and large‑scale projects.
• Manage preparation of project‑related environmental documentation (e.g., initial studies, environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, ENFs, EIRs, categorical exclusions and exemptions, and negative declarations).
• Maintain understanding of emerging regulations and industry requirements.

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in environmental science/engineering, environmental permitting, environmental policy, natural resources, or related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in environmental permitting specific to energy and/or transportation infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing environmental permitting projects and developing scopes of work for energy and/or transportation infrastructure projects, guiding agencies/clients through environmental processes to meet compliance and permitting laws.
• Ability to apply environmental permitting in support of applicable state and federal regulatory agencies for clients that may include State DOTs, State DEPs, EPA, FERC, BOEM, USDOT, USACE, and USFWS.
• Experience preparing technical documents to advance NEPA compliance (EAs, FONSIs, scoping letters, Section 7/Section 106 consultation letters, schedules).
• Knowledge of local, regional, and state/local permitting and zoning processes (Massachusetts experience preferred).
• Experience managing scopes, schedules, and budgets for a variety of project types with emphasis on energy and/or transportation.
• Strong technical/scientific report writing, with documentation of field data, and clarification of findings in reports, memos, and emails; writing samples requested.
• Excellent analytical reasoning, technical writing, communication, managerial, and Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude during demanding client engagements.
• Ability to manage multiple projects of different magnitudes concurrently.

• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) package with traditional and Roth IRA options and company match.
• Paid time off contingent upon full‑time or part‑time status and seniority (15 to 25 days per year).
• All full‑time employees enjoy a minimum of eight paid holidays…