Hybrid Manager, Environmental and Permitting – Land Use Permitting

at Treaty Oak Clean Energy

• Job title: Manager, Environmental and Permitting – Land Use Permitting
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• Manager of Environmental and Permitting supporting land use permitting efforts across the US for solar energy projects. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a deep understanding of discretionary permitting requirements for utility scale solar and battery energy storage projects in assigned region
• Working with the Project Development Lead, develop a customized permitting strategy including comprehensive schedule and budget for each project by considering local regional, state, and federal requirements, site constraints, bankability, and other risks
• Source and manage a team of external consultants including environmental, technical, public relations, local affairs, legal resources, etc
• Directly manage the permitting process throughout the project
• Regularly communicate and synchronize with internal stakeholders to minimize project risk
• Engage with and manage relationships with local, state and federal regulatory authorities for each Project
• Represent the project company at public hearings, community meetings, and other local events, and prepare high-quality presentation materials and documents to support project approval
• Negotiate with local officials regarding permit conditions
• Support transition to Construction, EPC and others to ensure a smooth handoff and compliance with issued permits and conditions of approval
• Advise on permitting risks, cost, and schedule for potential new sites, both greenfield and M&A
• Work collaboratively with and be responsive to requests from internal
• Develop and successfully deliver to meet project schedules
• Build effective relationships with regulators, service providers and other relevant
• Continue to support permitting and environmental compliance throughout the construction and operation phases
• Act as a trusted collaborator with the broader development team to support continuous improvement
• Travel nationally, as needed, to effectively carry out Treaty Oak’s business goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science/studies, land use planning, geography, political science, or other relevant field; master’s degree preferred
• A minimum of seven (7) to ten (10) years of experience obtaining discretionary land use permits (including conditional use permits, special use permits, zoning changes/amendments, and general/comprehensive plan amendments)
• Ability to manage multiple time-sensitive projects
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication
• Highly resourceful and able to navigate through key risks
• Ability to manage a large workload, often providing support to processes managed by colleagues, while prioritizing tasks and effectively juggling competing deadlines
• Detail-oriented with a strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership of work
• Excellent personal organizational, pattern recognition, and negotiation
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, analytical and planning abilities, and sound
• Ability to work as part of a team in a dynamic and fast-paced environment and field questions from internal team members on environmental and other topics pertaining to discretionary approvals.

Benefits

• unlimited paid time off
• paid holidays
• cell-phone stipend
• 401K
• Life Insurance
• fully paid health benefits plan for employees, including Medical, Dental, and Vision