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Senior Environmental Planner & Project Manager - Energy
San Diego, CA or Southern CA Remote
We are the Environment & Planning Division of ICF. We are passionate about doing what’s right for our clients, our people, the communities where we live and work, and the environment. We are planners, scientists, program managers, communicators, economists, technologists, and strategists. We are collaborative, curious, and committed to excellence—these are qualities we value that make us who we are and inspire us to grow. If you perform well in a fast-paced, engaging, and collaborative environment, and would like to work with a diverse team of industry professionals, we encourage you to learn more about ICF (www.icf.com) and consider applying to join our team.
ICF is seeking an experienced Project Manager and Environmental Planner with consulting experience to play a key role in our growing energy business in California. The ideal candidate will have electrical transmission or energy project and client management experience with technical expertise leading environmental permitting, state entitlement process, construction compliance support and associated regulations.
Job Description :
The primary duty of this role is to lead the development and implementation of environmental and regulatory compliance documents for renewable energy and transmission projects. This person will work directly with clients, and sometimes engineers, and construction team members, to support environmental assessments, regulatory permitting, construction compliance, and construction implementation activities.
A strong working knowledge of environmental compliance processes and experience working directly with utilities, as well as private sector clients such as renewable energy developers is preferred. At a minimum, the position requires experience preparing environmental or local development related permit applications, drafting technical reports and deliverables, managing, and tracking multiple projects concurrently, and working effectively with external clients. You will lead business development activities and then manage these projects with support from a team to successful completion. You will assist in growing renewables and transmission environmental services and manage client relationships.
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Key Responsibilities :
- Serve as a project manager or task manager as appropriate for environmental compliance for renewable energy projects, overseeing the preparation of documents, reports, presentations, technical memoranda, forms, and other work products. Manage field teams and subconsultants as necessary.
- Conduct research; write proficiently; and manage multiple project schedules with competing deadlines and budget constraints.
- Build relationships with clients and substantially contribute to business development throughout Southern California. Support business development activities including proposal preparation, interview participation, and strategic business planning.
- Manage and author deliverables.
- Be a collaborative member of an integrated project team of engineers, scientists, planners, regulators, and other stakeholders.
- Clearly communicate timelines and gather data from individuals across multiple lines of business and departments and follow up, as necessary.
- Professionally manage relations and expectations with clients while identifying new opportunities for business development.
- Participate in regular team meetings with the potential for occasional travel to client offices and remote project sites.
- A desire to lead internal teams of staff and subconsultants to exceed client expectations in an environment that fosters growth, collaboration, and clear communication in a fast-paced setting with competing demands.
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This is an outstanding opportunity to work with talented and passionate individuals and to grow with a firm that believes in nurturing talent and developing long-term career success. ICF is a purpose driven company with a strong culture and underlying values that prize diversity, opportunity, equality, and respect. Our core values include Embracing Differences, and we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces and hires dimensions of differences.
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