Environmental Project Manager

Insight Global (United States); Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an environmental professional to lead projects supporting a major California utility. The role focuses on permitting, compliance, planning, and coordination across teams and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has experience in environmental studies or related services, with a strong background in construction-related environmental work and the ability to manage schedules, budgets, and client communications.

Qualifications

• Experience in environmental permitting and compliance.
• Proven ability to lead projects or teams.
• Onsite work in Sacramento 3 days per week and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate environmental permitting, compliance, planning, and related activities for construction and infrastructure projects.
• Manage environmental requirements, project schedules, deliverables, risks, milestones, and stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate across environmental specialists, construction teams, field personnel, contractors, clients, and other project stakeholders.
• Support environmental studies, permitting processes, compliance requirements, and project documentation.
• Lead projects, workstreams, or teams to meet scope, schedule, and quality.
• Manage budgets, forecasting, and contract administration.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Develop client updates, KPI reports, and status communications.
• Build client relationships and address issues or escalations as needed.
• Support safe and compliant field execution and site visits.

Skills

Environmental permitting

Environmental compliance

Environmental planning

Environmental studies

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Onsite coordination

Education

PMP or similar project-management certification

Job description

Salary - 95-115k annually with 2.5k quarterly bonuses and up to an additional 52k for new business wins

About the Role

IG Consulting is seeking an experienced environmental professional with project or team leadership experience to join our growing consulting delivery organization supporting a major California utility.

This role will support environmental work associated with construction and infrastructure projects, with responsibility for coordinating permitting/compliance activities, project delivery, teams, stakeholders, budgets, risk, and client communication.

We are looking for someone with a strong background in environmental permitting, environmental compliance, environmental planning, environmental studies, or related environmental services supporting construction, civil infrastructure, land development, or field-based projects.

Experience within electric, gas, water/wastewater, wet utilities, or telecom is strongly preferred, but not required.

This is a full-time position with IG Consulting requiring a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week onsite in Sacramento, CA, along with client and job-site visits as needed.

What You'll Do

• Lead and coordinate environmental permitting, compliance, planning, and related activities for construction and infrastructure projects.
• Manage environmental requirements, project schedules, deliverables, risks, milestones, and stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate across environmental specialists, construction teams, field personnel, contractors, clients, and other project stakeholders.
• Support environmental studies, permitting processes, compliance requirements, and documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead projects, workstreams, or teams and ensure work is completed according to scope, schedule, quality, and client expectations.
• Manage or support project budgets, forecasting, financial tracking, and contract administration.
• Identify project and environmental risks and develop mitigation or corrective-action plans.
• Develop client-facing project updates, reports, KPIs, and status communications.
• Build strong client relationships and manage issues or escalations as they arise.
• Support safe and compliant field execution, including job-site visits when required.
• Partner with IG Consulting delivery and account leadership to continuously improve project delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Professional experience in environmental permitting, environmental compliance, environmental planning, environmental studies, or a closely related environmental discipline.
• Experience supporting environmental activities associated with construction, civil infrastructure, land development, or other field-based projects.
• Experience leading a project, team, workstream, program, or environmental initiative.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Sacramento approximately 3 days per week.
• Ability to travel to client and job sites as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting electric, gas, water/wastewater, wet utility, or telecom infrastructure.
• Utility environmental permitting or compliance experience.
• Formal Project Manager or Program Manager experience.
• Environmental consulting experience.
• Vegetation management, work-readiness planning, or biological services experience.
• Experience managing project budgets, estimates, forecasts, or contracts.
• Experience with T&M, fixed-fee, or per-unit delivery models.
• Experience with civil construction, subdivisions, land development, or large infrastructure projects.
• PMP or similar project-management certification.