Senior Environmental Permitting Project Lead

Quanta Government Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 75,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Teladoc telehealth

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401(k) Retirement Plan

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Canacre is seeking an Environmental Project Manager to lead projects from planning to completion, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.

The role emphasizes coordinating with clients, regulatory agencies, and internal teams to advance permitting, manage scope, and deliver high-quality results. A strong background in wetlands and endangered species is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, or a related field.
• Master’s degree is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental projects from initiation through completion, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations.
• Coordinate internal resources, establish priorities and performance expectations, track milestones, and ensure timely completion of project deliverables.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, provide regular project updates, progress reports, recommendations, and solutions.
• Lead recurring client and internal project meetings to communicate progress, address concerns, document decisions, and track action items.
• Monitor project schedules, budgets, forecasts, expenses, and timesheets; identify variances and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Identify project risks, manage scope changes, develop contingency plans, and elevate issues to senior management when appropriate.
• Identify and document change orders, prepare supporting documentation, and coordinate negotiations with clients.
• Review project deliverables for technical accuracy, completeness, quality, and compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain project documentation and follow Canacre’s established project management procedures and best practices.
• Coordinate with Business Development to identify opportunities to expand services with existing and prospective clients.
• Ensure applicable safety, training, and project-specific requirements are met.
• Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Compliance
• Manage environmental permitting and compliance activities involving wetlands, waters of the United States, threatened and endangered species, cultural and historic resources, and other applicable environmental resource areas.
• Coordinate wetland delineations and related field assessments, technical documentation, jurisdictional determinations, and permitting requirements.
• Manage or coordinate applications and supporting documentation for permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, including Nationwide Permits and Individual Permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

Skills

Project management

Client management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder coordination

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Biology or Environmental sciences

Master’s degree (asset)

Job description

Canacre is seeking an Environmental Project Manager to lead projects from planning to completion, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.

The role emphasizes coordinating with clients, regulatory agencies, and internal teams to advance permitting, manage scope, and deliver high-quality results. A strong background in wetlands and endangered species is preferred.