Senior Environmental Project Lead: Permitting & Compliance

Canacre; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) Retirement Plan

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Canacre seeks an Environmental Project Manager to lead environmental projects from planning through completion, coordinating wetlands, permitting, and regulatory compliance at federal, state, and local levels. You will manage scope, schedule, and budget while guiding clients and internal teams.

The role requires extensive experience with NEPA, USACE permitting, and coordination with USFWS and other agencies, ensuring timely, compliant project delivery and stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, or related field.
• 10–15 years experience in wetlands, threatened and endangered species, understands cultural resources and how they relate to environmental permitting.
• Experience with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
• Experience coordinating threatened and endangered species consultations with US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental projects from initiation through completion, meeting 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, providing 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 escalate 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).
• Coordinate with applicable USACE Districts, federal and state resource agencies, and local authorities to advance permitting, resolve regulatory issues, and secure necessary approvals.
• Coordinate threatened and endangered species assessments and consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and other applicable agencies.
• Oversee coordination with archaeological and cultural resources subcontractors and specialists to support compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and other applicable cultural resource requirements.
• Manage environmental review and permitting activities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including projects involving the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as applicable.
• Develop and implement technically sound permitting strategies that account for project design, environmental constraints, agency requirements, and regulatory schedules.
• Advise clients and internal teams on applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations, permitting pathways, consultation requirements, and permit conditions.
• Integrate findings and requirements from wetlands, biological resources, cultural resources, and other technical studies into project planning, environmental documentation, and permitting strategies.
• Coordinate technical specialists, subcontractors, clients, and regulatory agencies to resolve environmental issues and keep projects moving toward approval.
• Track permit conditions, regulatory commitments, agency correspondence, and approval milestones to support compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support the development of stakeholder communications and project messaging, including communications involving landowners and local communities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, or a related field

Master’s degree is an asset

Job description

Canacre seeks an Environmental Project Manager to lead environmental projects from planning through completion, coordinating wetlands, permitting, and regulatory compliance at federal, state, and local levels. You will manage scope, schedule, and budget while guiding clients and internal teams.

The role requires extensive experience with NEPA, USACE permitting, and coordination with USFWS and other agencies, ensuring timely, compliant project delivery and stakeholder communications.