Senior Project Manager - Natural Resource - Restoration

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Natural Resources/Environmental Project Manager. This position will focus on natural resources project management as well as managing projects and staff in Stantec’s restorations group. This position will be primarily located in our De Pere, Wisconsin office, but qualified candidates may also be located in our Mequon and Cottage Grove, Wisconsin office.

Your Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Grow and assist in leading our Wisconsin Environmental Services Program with a focus on US energy (oil and gas, electric transmission and distribution, renewable energy) and/or transportation (highways, bridges, and railroad) sector clients.
• Provide leadership and project management on a wide variety of environmental planning and permitting projects for energy, government, and private sector clients throughout the US, with particular focus on Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Midwest.
• Provide leadership, marketing and project management for Stantec’s regional restorations group conducting invasives species treatment, wetland and terrestrial restoration, large scale seeding and planting, open burning and restoration design, permitting and maintenance.
• Hire, train, develop, mentor, and retain junior staff as we grow our client base and workload.
• Assist in building our natural resources permitting staff, capabilities, and program in the US.
• Assist in building our Habitat Conservation Plan and NEPA permitting staff, capabilities, and program in the US.
• Participate in marketing and business development activities on a local, state, and regional level.

Business Development

• Assist with sustaining & growing regional and national clients & key accounts in the U.S. and Great Plain Region, with a focus on environmental services.
• Within the Region, identify U.S. energy and/or transportation related environmental permitting projects, programs and opportunities while leveraging Stantec relationships for ES with existing Federal, State, and private sector clients.
• Assist with building, growing, and developing a team of high performers; recruit & retain specialist staff within the practice.
• Develop in-house sector expertise, best practices, and research & development initiatives.
• Actively participate in regional and national industry groups to advance the Stantec brand within the US Energy and/or Transportation Sectors.