AECOM is seeking a talented Senior Regulatory Specialist and Project Manager to join our Northern California Natural Resources Group. This hybrid opportunity can be based out of our Oakland or Sacramento, CA offices.The Natural Resources Group employs a staff of over 40 wildlife biologists, botanists, wetland specialists, and permitting specialists, and the team primarily supports transportation, utilities, infrastructure, and restoration projects. Depending on the project assignment, the candidate could serve as a project manager, deputy project manager, task manager, or technical specialist for services involving site selection and linear routing, feasibility studies, regulatory permitting, and environmental compliance. Technical responsibilities of this position would include providing planning assistance to design teams for project development and strategizing permitting and environmental compliance approaches and solutions. Work will include collaboration with senior project managers and task leaders; client staff; and representatives from cities, counties, and local, regional, state, and federal agencies. The selected candidate will also function as a mentor to staff and manage client relationships.Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:<ul><li>Lead and support project and program efforts related to project siting, feasibility studies, regulatory permitting, and/or environmental compliance.</li><li>Independently manage multi-disciplinary project teams to prepare studies and reports in support of project planning, environmental review, and permitting, such as Critical Issues Analysis, discipline-specific (e.g., biological, cultural) technical reports, and permit applications and documents pursuant to the Clean Water Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Endangered Species, and California Fish and Game Code. Provide document review and staff oversight and may act as primary author on select documents.</li><li>Maintain and share up-to-date information on current regulations.</li><li>Manage large-scale field efforts or compliance projects requiring adherence to permit conditions.</li><li>Perform project management duties such as scope and cost estimate preparation, forecasting, tracking, accounting updates, invoicing, progress reports, and scheduling.</li><li>Operate as primary point of contact for clients and resource agencies on projects.</li><li>Perform client management duties such as recurring status meetings, milestone check ins, and day-to-day interfacing.</li><li>Contribute to growth of practice through business development. Prepares or contributes to competitive proposals and participates in interviews for a variety of clients.</li><li>Focuses on supporting career development of early career staff in the practice.</li></ul>About AECOM’s Environment Business Line Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it.  We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative. AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.

AECOM is the world&rsquo;s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle &ndash; from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Senior Regulatory Specialist and Project Manager

AECOM is seeking a talented Senior Regulatory Specialist and Project Manager to join our Northern California Natural Resources Group. This hybrid opportunity can be based out of our Oakland or Sacramento, CA offices.The Natural Resources Group employs a staff of over 40 wildlife biologists, botanists, wetland specialists, and permitting specialists, and the team primarily supports transportation, utilities, infrastructure, and restoration projects. Depending on the project assignment, the candidate could serve as a project manager, deputy project manager, task manager, or technical specialist for services involving site selection and linear routing, feasibility studies, regulatory permitting, and environmental compliance. Technical responsibilities of this position would include providing planning assistance to design teams for project development and strategizing permitting and environmental compliance approaches and solutions. Work will include collaboration with senior project managers and task leaders; client staff; and representatives from cities, counties, and local, regional, state, and federal agencies. The selected candidate will also function as a mentor to staff and manage client relationships.Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:<ul><li>Lead and support project and program efforts related to project siting, feasibility studies, regulatory permitting, and/or environmental compliance.</li><li>Independently manage multi-disciplinary project teams to prepare studies and reports in support of project planning, environmental review, and permitting, such as Critical Issues Analysis, discipline-specific (e.g., biological, cultural) technical reports, and permit applications and documents pursuant to the Clean Water Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Endangered Species, and California Fish and Game Code. Provide document review and staff oversight and may act as primary author on select documents.</li><li>Maintain and share up-to-date information on current regulations.</li><li>Manage large-scale field efforts or compliance projects requiring adherence to permit conditions.</li><li>Perform project management duties such as scope and cost estimate preparation, forecasting, tracking, accounting updates, invoicing, progress reports, and scheduling.</li><li>Operate as primary point of contact for clients and resource agencies on projects.</li><li>Perform client management duties such as recurring status meetings, milestone check ins, and day-to-day interfacing.</li><li>Contribute to growth of practice through business development. Prepares or contributes to competitive proposals and participates in interviews for a variety of clients.</li><li>Focuses on supporting career development of early career staff in the practice.</li></ul>About AECOM’s Environment Business Line Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. &nbsp;We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative. AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues.&nbsp;Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.

Senior Regulatory Specialist and Project Manager

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