Senior Technical Manager - Environmental Permitting & Compliance
WSP · New York City · $130,000–$165,000 (stated in the posting)
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Technical Manager – Environmental Permitting & Compliance to support our Earth & Environment Team in New York City. This position will support a diverse portfolio of energy, transportation, infrastructure, and development projects, with opportunities to work across environmental permitting, natural resources, and construction environmental compliance.
This leadership position will support a diverse portfolio of transportation, utility, energy, infrastructure, coastal, marine, and development projects throughout New York City, Long Island, and the broader Northeast region. The successful candidate will serve as both a senior technical leader and project manager, responsible for developing permitting strategies, leading environmental compliance programs, mentoring staff, managing client relationships, and supporting delivery of some of the region's most significant public and private infrastructure projects.
Your Impact
- Lead environmental permitting, natural resources, and environmental compliance efforts for complex transportation, transit, rail, utility, energy, infrastructure, coastal, marine, and development projects throughout the New York metropolitan area.
- Develop permitting strategies and serve as a senior technical advisor on environmental compliance, regulatory coordination, environmental risk management, and agency negotiations.
- Lead coordination with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and support major clients including transportation agencies, utilities, municipalities, and private developers.
- Oversee preparation and quality review of permit applications, environmental studies, technical reports, compliance documentation, and agency coordination materials.
- Manage construction-phase environmental compliance programs, including environmental inspections, contractor oversight, monitoring programs, regulatory reporting, and corrective actions.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams of environmental scientists, engineers, planners, construction managers, permitting specialists, and subcontractors to successfully deliver projects.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and client expectations across multiple concurrent assignments.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships while supporting business development, proposal preparation, strategic pursuits, and practice growth.
- Provide technical leadership, QA/QC oversight, mentoring, coaching, and career development for environmental staff and emerging leaders.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, safety, and exceptional client service.
- 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.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, Environmental Engineering, Planning, Geography, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in environmental consulting, environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, natural resource management, and/or construction environmental compliance.
- Demonstrated experience leading environmental permitting and compliance efforts for transportation, transit, rail, energy, utility, infrastructure, or development projects.
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations and permitting programs.
- Experience coordinating directly with regulatory agencies and leading environmental permitting strategies.
- Proven experience managing projects, budgets, schedules, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated experience supervising, mentoring, and developing technical staff.
- Experience preparing and reviewing permit applications, environmental studies, impact analyses, environmental compliance plans, and technical reports.
- Strong understanding of environmental commitment tracking, permit compliance, construction oversight, and environmental risk management.
- Ability to interpret permits, environmental requirements, technical specifications, and construction drawings.
- Strong client management, written communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to identify environmental risks and develop practical, defensible, and cost-effective solutions.
- Ability to work collaboratively with clients, contractors, regulators, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Ability and willingness to conduct occasional field work and site visits, including active construction sites, transportation facilities, utility corridors, marine environments, and other project locations throughout the region.
- Demonstrated commitment to workplace health, safety, and environmental stewardship
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology, Natural Resources, Environmental Engineering, Planning, or a related discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in environmental consulting, environmental permitting, regulatory compliance, natural resource management, and/or construction environmental compliance.
- Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS), AICP, CEP, PMP, or other applicable professional certification.
- Extensive experience working with NYSDEC, USACE, NYSDOS, USFWS, NMFS, MTA, PANYNJ, NYCDDC, NYCDEP, NYCDOT, NYSDOT, and other regional agencies.
- Strong understanding of wetland, coastal, marine, waterway, and natural resource permitting requirements applicable to New York and Long Island.
- Experience managing environmental programs for major transportation, transit, rail, utility, energy, coastal resilience, or infrastructure projects.
- Experience serving as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Deputy Program Manager, Contract Manager, Technical Manager, or Practice Lead.
- Experience supporting large-scale utility, transmission, pipeline, renewable energy, offshore wind, transportation, transit, or resiliency initiatives.
- Established relationships with regulatory agencies, transportation agencies, utility clients, and municipal stakeholders throughout the New York metropolitan area.
- Demonstrated success mentoring and developing environmental professionals and building high-performing project teams.
- Experience supporting business development, strategic pursuits, proposal preparation, and client account growth.
- Experience working within a large consulting organization and leading geographically dispersed teams.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $130,000 - $165,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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