# Senior Environmental Project Manager and Technical Lead

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Merrimack, NH
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,900 - $126,600
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Join WSP's New England Environmental Planning and Permitting team as a senior environmental project manager and technical lead.

You will manage environmental permitting and planning projects from pursuit through delivery, develop winning proposals, develop and maintain client relationships, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients navigating complex regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience developing scopes and budgets, managing multidisciplinary proposal and project teams, preparing high-quality technical deliverables, and leading agency coordination efforts.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead NEPA, environmental permitting, and planning projects for transportation, infrastructure, resilience, energy, and public-sector clients.

- Develop and manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, client communications and relationships, and overall project delivery.

- Develop permitting and regulatory compliance strategies involving agencies such as USACE, FHWA, state DOTs, coastal management agencies, and environmental resource agencies.

- Prepare and oversee high-quality technical reports, permit applications, environmental assessments, environmental impact evaluations, and regulatory correspondence.

- Lead proposal efforts, including capture planning, technical approach development, scope and fee preparation, interviews, and client presentations.

- Build and maintain relationships with existing and prospective clients, teaming partners, and regulatory agencies.

- Identify and pursue new business opportunities aligned with WSP's environmental planning and permitting services.

- Mentor environmental planners, permitting specialists, and early-career staff while helping grow the Planning, Permitting, and Licensing practice in New England.

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning, Urban Planning, Geography, Environmental Science and Policy, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

- 8+ years of experience managing environmental planning, permitting, and regulatory compliance projects.

- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and managing client relationships.

- Strong understanding of federal and state (VT, NH, ME) environmental review and permitting requirements, including NEPA, USACE Section 404/10 permitting, Coastal Zone Management Act consistency, ESA, NHPA, and related regulations.

- Experience supporting FHWA, state DOT, transit, municipal, private, coastal, waterfront, resilience, or infrastructure projects.

- Existing relationships with transportation agencies, coastal and environmental regulators, municipalities, or private-sector clients in New England.

- Exceptional technical writing skills, including preparation of environmental documents, permit applications, technical memoranda, and regulatory correspondence.

- Proven success developing proposals, scopes of work, fee estimates, and project work plans.

- Ability to identify opportunities, support business development efforts, and contribute to growth of an environmental planning and permitting practice.

- Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and problem-solving skills.

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.

- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

**Benefits:**

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

**Compensation:**

- Expected Salary: $86,900 - $126,600

## Skills

### Required
- Environmental Planning
- Permitting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Project Management
- Technical Writing
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-solving

### Nice to have
- Master’s Degree
- AICP certification
- PMP certification

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