What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Environmental Project Manager position at Pape-Dawson?
Overview
Job Description:
The Senior Environmental Project Manager provides strategic, technical, and managerial leadership for complex environmental projects across our aviation service areas. This role is responsible for client satisfaction, project performance, team leadership, and business development while maintaining hands-on involvement in key projects. Senior Environmental Project Managers manage multiple concurrent assignments and contribute to firmwide growth through mentoring, market engagement, and continuous improvement of standards and practices.
Responsibilities
All qualified applicants for Pape-Dawson Engineers will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Job Description:
The Senior Environmental Project Manager provides strategic, technical, and managerial leadership for complex environmental projects across our aviation service areas. This role is responsible for client satisfaction, project performance, team leadership, and business development while maintaining hands-on involvement in key projects. Senior Environmental Project Managers manage multiple concurrent assignments and contribute to firmwide growth through mentoring, market engagement, and continuous improvement of standards and practices.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a principal client contact, fostering strong relationships that support repeat work and long-term partnerships.
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple complex projects, ensuring quality, schedule, budget, and profitability objectives are met.
- Develop and negotiate project scopes, budgets, schedules, proposals, and contracts.
- Provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project teams, including mentoring and professional development of Project Managers and technical staff.
- Review and approve technical deliverables to ensure compliance with applicable standards, regulations, and client requirements.
- Perform or oversee QA/QC reviews, risk management, and issue resolution.
- Lead or support business development efforts, including pursuits, RFQs, proposals, interviews, and account growth.
- Represent the firm in meetings with clients, agencies, boards, and stakeholders, presenting technical and strategic information effectively.
- Contribute to firmwide initiatives related to design standards, best practices, staff development, and operational excellence.
- Balance client needs with internal priorities to maintain high levels of satisfaction, accountability, collaboration, and profitability.
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in environmental sciences, transportation planning, environmental planning or similar discipline.
- 7 years' experience with preparing environmental assessments for regulatory audiences (e.g., CWA Section 404, ESA Section 10, NEPA)
- Professional certification including AICP or GISP preferred
- Working knowledge of other environmental regulations
- Experience authoring environmental documents and permit applications
- Independent research and problem-solving skills within a work environment
- Exceptional technical writing skills**
- Exceptional oral and written interpersonal skills with all levels within an organization
- Must be proficient in MS Word and MS Excel
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
All qualified applicants for Pape-Dawson Engineers will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.