For four decades, SWCA Environmental Consultants has provided comprehensive environmental planning, regulatory compliance, and natural and cultural resource management services to businesses and government clients across the United States. SWCA is an employee-owned firm of scientists, planners, and technical experts. We combine scientific expertise with sound technical skills to provide creative solutions to a full spectrum of environmental projects. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, SWCA has 30+ offices and over 1,650 employees throughout the United States to serve clients from primary business lines, including energy generation, oil and gas, mining, federal land management, transmission, and transportation. SWCA’s Honolulu-based Pacific Islands Office has served clients in the Pacific Islands for two decades.
SWCA is seeking a talented Natural Resources Team Lead for the Pacific Islands office to support office goals by pursuing project opportunities, managing projects and clients, directing biological field studies, and supervising and mentoring staff. SWCA offers an enthusiastic, supportive, and casual work environment with flexible schedules and a competitive total compensation and benefits package, including a stock ownership program. If you share in the passion in delivering the highest-quality project work to your customers, then this could be an excellent fit for you!
This is a regular, full time, salaried position based anywhere in the Hawaiian Islands that is eligible for a hybrid or distributed work schedule.
What you will accomplish
Manage client relationships and conduct business development with new and existing clients.
Network within agencies and industry organizations to establish and expand our state and regional client base and revenue in the areas of environmental planning, permitting, and broad-based natural resources services.
Identify and qualify sales opportunities (prospects and proposals), manage opportunities and make recommendations to the Pacific Islands Director.
Serve as a project manager for a variety of natural resource projects.
Supervise, instruct, mentor, and facilitate professional growth and development of natural resources personnel.
Work closely with SWCA’s other leads in planning, natural and cultural resources in the Southern California – Pacific Islands subregion and throughout the company to promote the Pacific Islands office by extension, and SWCA’s business interests in adherence to its mission, vision, and values.
Manage the technical execution and financial performance of individual natural resources projects and effectively coordinate with and manage clients and agencies.
Proactively manage projects (personal and within the team) to avoid overruns.
Prepare and provide technical oversight for biological resources reports, biological assessments, wetland reports, NEPA documentation, and other natural resources project deliverables related to Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and other regulatory/permitting/compliance requirements.
Prepare protocols and supervise surveys for sensitive habitats and species; including general surveys for report writing, focused or protocol-level surveys, and pre-construction surveys.
Develop recommendations for mitigation measures, monitoring, and permitting specific to biological resources.
Experience and qualifications for success
Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Management, Biology, Environmental Science, Fish and Wildlife Science, Ecology, or related field.
5 years of progressively responsible experience in business development, managing projects, QA/QC, developing and implementing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work from pre-field tasks to final report preparation.
Previous experience with environmental surveys, permitting, and field implementation on a variety of projects.
Demonstrated experience with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Strong business development skills as a “seller/doer” to develop productive business relationships with agency, client, and industry contacts.
Demonstrated experience in supervising, mentoring, and providing leadership for other natural resources professionals.
Preferred Qualifications:
Existing client base of established clients.
Prior related work experience in the state of Hawaii.
SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full spectrum of environmental services. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms.
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SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees. In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges on all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.
An employee in this position can expect a pay rate of $81,900.00/year to $107,016.00/year. Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law. Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses. Candidates are also encouraged to consider SWCA’s Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive Benefits package, forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.
EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.