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When it comes to environmental consulting, we’re focused on advancing our clients’ bold environmental stewardship. We’re seeking a Senior Environmental Specialist/Biologist to lead siting, permitting, and planning for critical energy infrastructure, renewable energy, and/or energy transformation projects. We support clients to adapt and thrive - both today and into tomorrow as the world changes and we face unprecedented challenges. You’ll apply and grow your technical experience in leading environmental planning and permitting projects and executing a permitting strategy.

Aligned with our Boston, Massachusetts office, this is a hybrid position where you can work remotely and in the office.  You will be a seller-doer, developing relationships with our clients, leading proposal efforts, and collaborating on overall client strategy with our sales teams. As an Environmental Permitting and Planning Specialist, you will lead environmental permitting and related efforts to support project development and meeting client objectives and project-specific internal financial goals. Your biology expertise will support delivery of planning and permitting projects and bolster strategies to grow the business in the region. You will have the opportunity to contribute to and manage projects and programs to avoid and minimize environmental impact while accelerating change through important energy infrastructure and energy transformation projects. Your analytical and writing skills will be called upon as you lead development of quality client deliverables. Your consulting leadership will include permitting strategy, impact avoidance and minimization, permit application review and development support, and client communication. You will provide motivation and direction to project teams while you are partnered with experienced project delivery and technical leaders and mentors to facilitate your project and career priorities. Our global team provides you with the tools to keep your career growing as well as those around you.

At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

• Bachelor’s degree in natural resources, environmental science, environmental planning, or other related technical degree

• At least ten years of industry experience

• Project management/task lead experience with a work history of increasing responsibility for resource planning and/or environmental permitting in New England.

• Familiarity with state and federal regulations; knowledge of environmental regulatory processes and permit compliance.

• Ability to charter and lead a project or task team with a focus on safety, client service and internal delivery goals.

• Ability to foster relationships with large project teams, clients, client contractor staff, and third-party consultants.

• Ability to travel occasionally to a client office, and travel to project sites.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have:

• Master’s degree in natural resources, environmental science, environmental planning, or other related technical degree

• Experience with the environmental consulting industry managing energy or power infrastructure, renewable energy, linear infrastructure, or other related projects.

• Experience managing projects regulated by federal agencies like US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Army Corps of Engineers.

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