Senior Project Manager/Team Lead

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager/Team Lead specializing in the assessment and permitting of energy facilities, with a focus on renewable energy, electric transmission, and other energy facilities for immediate employment within Colorado.  The primary work location is Denver, CO, but with AECOM offices throughout the Rockies, we will consider excellent candidates interested in our other office locations (i.e., Fort Collins). The successful applicant will join a network of existing AECOM specialists across the US and will have the staff resources from across the Rockies and western US extending from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada available to assist in project delivery. 
 

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Manages portfolio of clients with multiple projects.
• Responsible for delivering revenues assigned from specific clients as a result of repeat business caused by flawless execution of projects.
• Consistently delivers profit margins planned.
• Consistently completes project without write-downs or multiplier erosion.
• Typically manages projects involving RTF (Risk Triggering Factors).
• Manages more complex clients and projects.
• Has decision-making authority and directs other Project Managers in recognizing risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate and eliminate such.
• Directs staff to operate and minimize exposure to claims.
• Supervises and mentors team members with multiple projects or programs assignments.

About AECOM’s Environment Business Line
Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it.  We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, Biology, Environmental Planning, Natural/Biological Resource Management or other related field experience.
• 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in successfully supporting permitting and environmental impact analysis documents and associated technical studies and oversight on Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance, Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in relevant field
• 10+ years full time work experience in related field, environmental permitting, NEPA compliance, natural resources management, and/or cultural resources management consulting industry.
• Strong, current and recent experience with federal agencies, energy development companies, electric transmission developers, utilities and other energy companies.
• Demonstrated leadership in proposal development and successful pursuit of competitive bids.
• Experience with environmental permitting, NEPA, relevant environmental regulations and processes, and the associated public engagement processes
• Experience managing a team and mentoring staff.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex interdisciplinary environmental planning p