Remote Manager, Permitting

Summary

Join our team as the Environmental and Permitting Manager, where you will assist with environmental diligence, discretionary permit processing, and pre-construction permit implementation for gigawatt-scale greenfield and M&A renewable energy projects. This role provides an opportunity to work cross-disciplinarily across various specialties and report directly to the Director or Senior Director of Environmental and Permitting.

Responsibilities

• Perform critical environmental and permitting due diligence on potential M&A projects, and make informed and strategic recommendations to the M&A team on environmental and permitting risks and opportunities
• Prepare, submit, and coordinate discretionary permit applications and other entitlements critical to project viability and success
• Manage a network of external consultants in the scoping of biological, cultural, and other resource surveys and the preparation of diligence documents necessary for environmental permitting and financing processes
• Manage and keep up to date project permitting schedules and budgets
• Review draft permit requirements, maintain project obligation tracker, and complete permitting exhibits for contracts with project engineering, procurement, construction contractors
• Coordinate with and solicit feedback from a network of geographically dispersed internal colleagues in the preparation of land use permit applications and environmental documents
• Review zoning, floodplain, biological resources, wetlands, cultural resources, permitting fees, entitlement processes, design requirements, community attributes and other site-specific considerations to support project development
• Attend site visits in the field related to site assessment, community engagement, agency review, and construction
• Research and clearly/comprehensively summarize land, environmental review, and permitting opportunities, risks, and requirements for early stage project jurisdictions
• Attend local, state, federal land use planning and zoning meetings and industry association discussions
• Prepare presentation materials for, and participate in meetings with, key external stakeholders including local, state, and federal agencies, elected officials, project communities, environmental NGOs, and Native American tribes
• Prepare and provide permit implementation documentation to regulatory agencies, and prosecute permit approvals in compliance with the law
• Develop internal presentation, communication, and approval materials for executive management and other internal stakeholders
• Conduct careful review of documents critical to a successful permitting and financing process