Environmental Permitting Lead — Electric Transmission

Jacobs; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

Jacobs seeks an Environmental Permitting Professional to support planning, permitting, and delivery of electric transmission projects. You will secure environmental approvals and ensure regulatory compliance across project phases, from routing through closeout.

The role requires leading permit submissions, coordinating consultants, and managing agency interactions while mentoring junior analysts and reporting risks and schedules to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental planning, natural resources, geology, biology, engineering, planning, public policy, or a related field.
• 4–8 years of progressive environmental consulting, regulatory, planning, engineering, construction, or infrastructure experience.
• Experience leading environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, environmental review, and linear infrastructure project delivery.
• Advanced ability to interpret complex regulations, permit conditions, technical studies, and agency correspondence.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to agencies, project leadership, or public stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage complex project priorities, schedules, documentation, and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation and submission of complex federal, state, and local environmental permit applications.
• Develop permitting strategies, schedules, agency outreach plans, and risk-management approaches.
• Coordinate consultants producing environmental studies, field assessments, and application materials.
• Manage agency comments, information requests, permit revisions, commitments, and approval tracking.
• Facilitate coordination among engineering, land, construction, environmental, legal, external affairs, and project-management teams.
• Participate in negotiations with regulators, municipalities, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Permitting

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Written and verbal communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science or related field

Tools

GIS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Jacobs seeks an Environmental Permitting Professional to support planning, permitting, and delivery of electric transmission projects. You will secure environmental approvals and ensure regulatory compliance across project phases, from routing through closeout.

The role requires leading permit submissions, coordinating consultants, and managing agency interactions while mentoring junior analysts and reporting risks and schedules to leadership.