Climate Resilience Project Lead

Weston & Sampson Engineers Inc; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Weston & Sampson Engineers Inc is seeking a senior professional to lead and support climate resilience initiatives in the Fort Myers area. The role emphasizes collaboration across technical teams and engagement with public and governmental stakeholders to advance site-specific and regional resilience projects.

You'll work with our 1,000+ employee-owners to deliver risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and implementation plans while mentoring teams and contributing to proposals and marketing

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of professional experience in resiliency, planning, coastal management, engineering, or public engagement.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Planning, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Architecture, Geology, Climate Science, Environmental Studies, or related field
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work across multiple technical teams and regions.
• Public speaking experience and ability to represent the company at public hearings, workshops, and seminars.
• Ability to handle flexible workload and multiple staff.
• Experience with project, financial and client management, scheduling and meeting facilitation.

Responsibilities

• Support/lead client development and business development activities, focusing on government clients.
• Manage projects and tasks for climate resilience plans at site, regional scales.
• Coordinate across technical teams to deliver risk assessments, solution development, and implementation planning.
• Support public outreach and engagement initiatives including partnerships and consensus-building.
• Facilitate project team meetings and track progress and budgets.
• Participate in client and project development opportunities, assist with proposals and marketing materials.
• Complete other research and writing tasks to support mitigation and resilience planning.

Skills

Resiliency planning

Client development

Public engagement

Leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor/Master degree

Job description

Weston & Sampson Engineers Inc is seeking a senior professional to lead and support climate resilience initiatives in the Fort Myers area. The role emphasizes collaboration across technical teams and engagement with public and governmental stakeholders to advance site-specific and regional resilience projects.

You'll work with our 1,000+ employee-owners to deliver risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and implementation plans while mentoring teams and contributing to proposals and marketing