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SWCA Environmental Consultants · 14 hours ago

Principal Project Management Team Lead

Charlotte, NC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$110K/yr - $145K/yr

10+ years exp

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a Principal Project Management Team Lead for their national energy client programs, aiming to expand their operations across the central and eastern United States. The role involves overseeing project work, managing teams, ensuring quality assurance, and developing client relationships while providing senior-level technical leadership.

Environmental ConsultingNatural Resources

Responsibilities

Supervise and mentor project managers, technical staff, and field personnel, while promoting a culture of teamwork, engagement, quality service, and customer satisfaction

Work closely with the Program Management Director to hire or transfer staff in response to client (project and program) resourcing needs

Provide highly effective, dynamic management and leadership to SWCA’s program and staff. Help align employees to their annual career development goals and build teams to support program and individual employee development

Support building teams with deep knowledge of our client, and meet client needs by sharing knowledge and insights with the program team

Proactively monitor the productivity and development of your team, set clear expectations, and foster an environment of teamwork

Provide general support to the team relating to subject matter resources, training opportunities, regulatory and research updates

Support the strategic development of SWCA’s Program Management team, standard operation procedures and tools, communication pathways, and communication cadence

Support maintenance of positive relations between the Program and other operating units within SWCA

Drive compliance of safety policies and reporting requirements to ensure overall team safety

Lead, oversee, and execute the management of large-scale, complex permitting efforts for renewable energy and power delivery projects

Serve as subject matter expert in the areas of generation (wind and solar) and/or transmission project delivery

Provide technical oversight on client projects at a regional level. Provide senior level quality assurance/quality control reviews of deliverables prepared by other team members

Responsible for ensuring appropriate subject matter expert coverage on projects managed or managed by their team

Develop and maintain strong relationships with the client project managers or other client staff

Support mapping of client organizations and identify opportunities to expand or grow these relationships

Help identify client needs and goals, and provide client feedback to program management leaders

Manage the performance of individual projects, and effectively coordinate with clients and agencies, to produce technically excellent work that is on time and on budget

Engage with the client services and program management leaders to evaluate changing market conditions and strategic sales opportunities at a regional and sub-regional level

Lead proposal efforts and internal business development groups, drive accountability for participation in business development and help mentor seller-doer mentality in all employees

Qualification

Environmental ConsultingProject ManagementTechnical LeadershipBudget DevelopmentProposal WritingCommunication SkillsInterpersonal SkillsMentoring

Required

A minimum of a Bachelor's (B.A. or B.S.) degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology, archaeology, or related field

A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in environmental consulting

A minimum of five (5) years of generation (solar or wind) and/or transmission project management experience, including developing and implementing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work

Previous experience with federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations in West/Rocky Mountain/Midwest projects

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to foster a friendly, positive, and productive working relationship with team members

Minimal travel, as needed for client, project, and team development needs

Preferred

A minimum of twelve (12) years of progressively responsible experience in environmental consulting

A minimum of seven (7) years of generation (solar or wind) and/or transmission project management experience, including developing and implementing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work

Demonstrated experience in supervising, mentoring, and providing leadership for other professionals

Demonstrated consulting acumen, including established credibility with federal and state agencies

Proposal writing experience