Senior/Principal Project Manager - Hydropower

About the opportunity SWCA Environmental Consultants seeks a Senior or Principal Project Manager – Hydropower to support our growing Hydropower and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing team, led out of Salt Lake City, UT.  This position is responsible for providing hydropower and FERC planning, technical expertise, and leadership within Salt Lake City’s (SLC) Planning Department. The successful individual will provide hydropower and project management expertise and QA/QC for SWCA projects, supervise and mentor staff, support business development efforts, and ensure the delivery of technically excellent work from the Salt Lake City office and nationwide. This is a regular (with benefits), full-time, salaried/exempt position reporting to our Salt Lake City, UT office. This position offers flexibility for either a hybrid or distributed (=remote) based work arrangement and candidates residing anywhere in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. This requisition can be hired at either level: Senior Project Manager – Eight (8) years of relevant industry experience and expertise, including four (4) years of managing projects and some experience managing others. Principal Project Manager -- Ten (10) years of relevant industry experience and expertise, including five (5) years of managing projects and some experience managing others. Please provide a cover letter along with your resume to be considered for this position . Application Deadline : Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be scheduled as qualified candidates are identified. This position may close without prior notice once a strong candidate pool is established. About SWCA SWCA Environmental Consultants is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm providing full spectrum environmental services across the United States. Our North Star is to be the best place to work and a leader in sustainability, delivering sound science and creative solutions to complex environmental challenges.  We are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers. What you will accomplish Strategic Project Leadership: Strategically consults on and leads complex projects in pursuit of client objectives, overseeing the technical approach and ensuring quality assurance and quality control. Exemplary Leadership: Leads by example in both technical and soft skills, navigating client and team priorities to deliver projects that meet professional and oversight agency standards. Technical Expertise & Innovation: Innovates standards and practices to enhance the quality and efficiency of client projects and outcomes, ensuring alignment with industry and regulatory standards. Serves as a go-to technical expert and consultant, providing novel project strategies and applying technical excellence that considers client needs to meet project requirements. Project Accountability: Continuously guides projects, executing accountability for the performance of projects or delegated tasks and ensuring that project milestones are met and outcomes align with SWCA’s values and client expectations. Assesses risks and implements strategies for problem-solving. Revises or suggests revisions to project scopes, schedules, and budgets as necessary to meet evolving project requirements and ensure successful outcomes. Business Growth & Innovation: Drives business growth and client success through technical excellence, innovation, and development of new methods and standards that advance SWCA's technical reputation. Contributes to SWCA's strategic planning. Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Champions cross-disciplinary collaboration, working closely with specialists to provide comprehensive technical support for projects. Mentorship & Team Development: Mentors staff for impactful influence, coaching others in technical excellence, leadership, and strategy, and also develops specialized programs and protocols. Fosters team development and cross-training, modeling and promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration among team members to enhance project outcomes, as well as team depth and redundancy. Relationship Management: Establishes and grows effective consultative relationships with external and internal clients and/or agency regulators and industry partners (if applicable) to support successful projects. Follows applicable federal, Tribal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, and specifications. Performs related work as assigned. Additional Job-Specific Responsibilities   Manage multidisciplinary teams in the preparation of licensing documents (e.g., FERC, BOR); environmental assessments; environmental impact statements; implementation plans, technical studies; and federal, state, and local permitting documentation. Maintain current knowledge of FERC, NEPA, and related hydropower regulatory frameworks and communicate relevant updates to staff and clients. Provide technical oversight for hydropower licensing and environmental compliance deliverables, including applications, implementation plans, and permitting documentation. Collaborate with the Team Lead and other Leadership on technical resource needs, emerging project risks, regulatory developments, and delivery constraints that may affect strategic priorities. Work closely with the Team Lead and other Leadership to strengthen cross-office and cross-regional collaboration on hydropower services Direct and contribute to pursuit strategies and proposals by developing staffing approaches and project execution methodologies aligned with team capabilities and market conditions. Identify opportunities for repeat work and expanded services and support national positioning through