ESA seeks a Restoration Project Manager (Biologist) with 10+ years of relevant experience to oversee projects that are focused on compensatory mitigation and/or habitat restoration for sensitive natural communities and protected species.

Who You Are 

You are an effective team member who proactively identifies and contributes constructively to address project challenges. As a Restoration Project Manager you have demonstrated experience in successfully executing projects within scope, budget, and schedule. You are driven by delivering projects that benefit ecosystems and communities and demonstrate a commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. You work well independently and under the direction of a project director and are experienced in successfully delivering projects with competing deadlines.  

The majority of the projects you will manage will involve identifying, developing, and implementing mitigation solutions for projects in California. These mitigation solutions may have included one or more of: permittee-responsible mitigation solutions, turn-key solutions, mitigation/conservation banks, habitat conservation plans/natural community conservation plans, or in-lieu fee programs.  You are known for preparing documents that are clear, concise, well-written and supported, and for your ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of colleagues and stakeholders. You have experience with similar compensatory mitigation solutions and regulatory agency consultations for impacts to sensitive natural communities and protected species. You have a solid foundational knowledge of relevant environmental regulations and regulatory agency permitting processes in California. This includes experience with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries; California Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Regional Water Quality Control Boards. Experience in conservation planning, environmental science, regulatory permitting, restoration, wildlife biology, botany, or aquatic sciences is desirable to supplement technical mitigation knowledge. 

At minimum, you hold a Bachelor’s degree with major course work in environmental science, ecology, natural resources, biology, or a related interdisciplinary field.  

 

What You Will Do for ESA

As a Restoration Project Manager, you will oversee an expert team in identifying lands for conservation and restoration; working with landowners to implement mitigation projects on their property(s); developing mitigation documents; and coordinating regulatory approvals. This work will involve working closely with biologists, wetland scientists, engineers, hydrologists, planners, GIS professionals, and others. You may serve as lead author or analyst in developing Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans, market analyses, crediting proposals, mitigation bank entitlement documents, endowment cost estimates, Mitigation Credit Agreements, or other mitigation proposals or supporting documents.  

You will thrive in a fast-paced, challenging, and highly rewarding environment by managing multiple responsibilities and deadlines, while working on a team or independently. You will serve as the lead projects of moderate complexity, delegating assignments and mentoring less experienced associates. Working under the direction of a Senior Principal Ecologist on more complex projects, you will be responsible for coordinating across disciplines. You will use your strong writing skills and technical knowledge to prepare documents that are clear, concise, and well supported. You may also support field data collection and resource surveys.  

In all of your work, you will: demonstrate and perpetuate values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your interactions with other ESA employee-owners, clients, teaming partners, and vendors/contractors; treat others with respect, empathy, and dignity; continuously seek opportunities to increase personal awareness and deepen understanding and growth related to systemic inequities and the impact of biases and micro-aggressions in the work place; and commit to speaking up and/or addressing inappropriate or exclusionary behaviors.  

 

What’s Special About Our Team

Protecting the environment while supporting local community needs is more important and challenging than ever. Our Biological Resources and Land Management (BRLM) Team uniquely partners across all of ESA’s practices to deliver solutions to in the Natural Resources Management, Water, Transportation, Energy, Community Development and Airport sectors. Our biologists, botanists, wetland scientists, conservation planners, and regulatory specialists: 

  • survey landscapes to identify natural resources;  
  • inventory, research, and study species populations; 
  • identify ways to avoid, minimize, and mitigate project impacts;  
  • plan for regional conservation and restoration;  
  • help design and permit sustainable and resilient solutions;  
  • provide biological monitoring to protect sensitive resources during construction; and  
  • monitor the evolution of restored areas against site goals and objectives.  

Our services help improve habitat and species conservation throughout Northern California.  

We value creative thinking, teamwork, and multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary engagement and integration. To read about some of the exciting projects we have recently completed, check out ESA’s project page:   

In accordance with ESA’s duty and responsibility to provide and maintain a safe workplace that is free of known hazards and to minimize the exposure to potential hazards, any employee who works from an ESA office or conducts any other in-person ESA work-related activity is required to submit their proof of vaccination status or have received an approved exemption and accommodation. 

ESA has established multiple pay ranges tailored to the economic factors in the geographies in which ESA staff reside. For this position, the range is approximately as listed based on our anticipated hiring locations as noted in the above job details. Actual compensation is determined by several factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, skills, and the city in which the applicant lives.  

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$96,728—$164,167 USD

 

 

Who We Are 

We are a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm who values diversity and inclusion and celebrate the differences that make each of us unique. Our culture is built on mutual respect, recognizing that our variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives leads to better solutions, which fosters our continued success for our employee-owners and clients. 

In accordance with ESA’s duty and responsibility to provide and maintain a safe workplace that is free of known hazards and to minimize the exposure to potential hazards, any employee who works from an ESA office or conducts any other in-person ESA work-related activity is required to submit their proof of vaccination status or have received an approved exemption and accommodation in states which this applies. 

 

ESA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. (EOE M/V/F/D) 

 

 

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