Project Manager (Field Based)

ERM; San Francisco (CA); On-site; GBP 58,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

ERM is hiring a Project Manager in the San Francisco, CA area focusing on power-utility vegetation management to support our sustainability practice in Northern California. The role oversees tracking client vegetation projects from start to finish, coordinating across teams, and managing permit applications with tight deadlines.

This full-time, limited-term role lasts 12 months with a possibility of extension.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, or related field.
• 1-3 years experience in environmental or utility permitting and/or compliance.
• Familiarity with encroachment packages for Caltrans, State Parks, USFS, Local Water Districts and similar California agencies.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple permit streams to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with clients and regulatory personnel.
• Proficiency in data handling and analysis—Excel skills required; willingness to learn new software.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage environmental aspects of client vegetation management projects with regulatory compliance.
• Track and monitor project and related application progress; provide updates to internal teams and clients.
• Maintain workflows to meet deadlines.
• Coordinate with project managers and field teams to collect data for permits and internal reviews.
• Build relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, and stakeholders to support timely permit issuance.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to a collaborative work environment.
• Support program planning through research on regulatory changes and permit processes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication

Excel

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science / Natural Resource Management or related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

ERM is hiring a Project Manager in the San Francisco, CA area with a focus on power-utility vegetation management to support our sustainable operations practice throughout Northern California. The role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and excellent communication with clients and public agencies. You will oversee tracking of client vegetation management projects from start to finish under fast-approaching construction deadlines, managing project data, coordinating across teams, and tracking permit applications and evolving regulatory requirements. The role will include some client on-site work in northern California. This is a full-time (40+ hours/week), limited-term role with a duration of 12 months, with the possibility of extension.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all environmental aspects of client vegetation management project, ensuring full compliance with environmental and utility agency regulations.
• Track and monitor project and related application progress, providing timely updates and information to internal teams and client stakeholders.
• Maintaining workflows to meet deadlines.
• Engage and Coordinate with internal teams, including project managers and field teams to collect and verify necessary data for permits and internal client environmental reviews.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with clients, regulatory agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to support timely permit issuance, including transportation right-of-way encroachment permitting.
• Actively participate and engage in team meetings and contribute to a collaborative, supportive work environment.
• Support programmatic planning through research, staying current on regulatory changes, policy updates, and evolving permit processes.

Requirements

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience may substitute for education.
• 1-3 years experience of supporting environmental or utility permitting and/or compliance.
• Familiarity with encroachment packages for Agencies such as Caltrans, State Parks, USFS, Local Water Districts and similar California agencies.
• Exceptional attention to detail with strong organizational capabilities; able to manage multiple permit streams concurrently to meet tight deadlines and in a fast-paced setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with confidence interacting professionally with clients and regulatory personnel.
• Proficiency in data handling and analysis—Excel skills required, with a willingness to learn new management software.
• Adaptable, proactive, and solution-oriented approach when priorities shift or challenges arise.

Pay Transparency

For the Project Manager position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $78,333 – $97,429 or $37.66/hr – $46.84/hr USD, limited-term, non-exempt. An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible).

Benefits

• paid time off
• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)
• life & disability insurance to benefits eligible* employees.
• *Benefits Eligibility is limited to Regular employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week.
• Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package.
• Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible.

Who We Are

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations. At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues.We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Thank You

Thank you for your interest in ERM! At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.