Environmental Manager

Join us in our mission to develop next-generation energy infrastructure to power our future. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive and diverse environment for all of our employees. By joining Grid United you will be part of a dynamic, growing company that is founded on mutual respect, collaborative relationships, and teamwork.

Grid United is a mission driven company aiming to solve the largest barrier to a cleaner, more reliable grid by developing new long haul transmission lines in the United States. Established in 2021 by proven leaders in the power and renewables industry, Grid United is developing utility-scale electric multi-state transmission projects that will provide long-term economic benefits to communities across the country, provide Americans with improved grid resiliency for our homes and businesses, and cost savings for electricity consumers.

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Grid United has numerous large scale transmissions projects underway and is currently identifying and studying additional prospective projects across North America. These projects often necessitate complex and interdependent environmental permitting processes. In addition, Grid United is committed to tiered resource assessment and application of the mitigation hierarchy during the siting, design, and permitting stages of its projects. This approach may involve novel and/or groundbreaking methods to environmental planning and skillful execution during permitting.

As a result, the Company seeks to expand its Environmental Team with an energetic and experienced
Environmental Manager / Senior Environmental Manager
to support multiple large scale linear infrastructure projects in active development.

Working out of the company’s office in downtown Houston, Texas, the Environmental Manager or Senior Environmental Manager will collaborate with a team of talented experts. Reporting to the VP Environmental, John Kuba, and working closely with representatives from development and functional teams, the successful candidate will support routing and siting decisions, execute permitting strategy, manage external consultants, and coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies and Native American Tribes.

Manage and progress environmental compliance and permitting for multiple major infrastructure projects and collaborate internally on a wide array of environmental technical and policy matters. More detailed responsibilities include:

• Plan, manage, and monitor environmental aspects of large, multidisciplinary transmission projects with high degree of technical complexity and often novel permitting issues including permit applications, siting, layout planning, scoping and review of environmental studies, State and Federal agency consultations, tribal meetings, and stakeholder engagement.
• Support transmission line routing with subject matter expertise related to environmental sensitivities, policy and permitting requirements, and defensible linear siting best practices
• Manage third party technical and environmental consultants including scoping, directing and reviewing work products
• Conduct and/or oversee environmental due diligence efforts to support project identification and development plans, define permitting strategy, and navigate emerging policy
• Support schedule and budget development, and track project performance toward meeting established project goals
• Determine technical and environmental study needs, oversee performance of studies and preparation of reports, and interpret and disseminate study results for a wide variety of environmental topics including biological, aquatic, cultural, and other environmental resources
• Effectively interpret, summarize, discuss and implement environmental policies and regulations, and coordinate strategic environmental compliance approaches with internal and external teams
• Coordinate the timely completion of federal and state agency environmental compliance documentation supporting permit decisions including but not limited to major environmental actions subject to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state environmental policy, as well as compliance with various federal or state natural and cultural resource laws
• Support successful execution through management and preparation of construction and operation environmental compliance, management, or mitigation documentation, such as Environmental Management Plans, Avian Protection Plans and Transmission Vegetation Management Plans
• Facilitate/lead meetings with a variety of stakeholders including contractors, third parties, regulatory agency staff, Native American Tribes, and Grid United staff for a range of environmental and development matters

The ideal candidate will be proven in successful management of environmental issues and permitting of large-scale, complex energy projects. They will have experience and competence navigating federal, state, and local permitting…