Ecological Restoration Project Manager | $141K-$180K

Description

Ecological Restoration Project Manager | $141K-$180K
Tampa, FL | Onsite

Elizabeth Banzhaf, LPN
Co-Founder & COO | Heartline Staffing
Call or Text: 272-230-3157
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Prefer a confidential conversation instead of applying? Call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.

Heartline Staffing is recruiting an Ecological Restoration Project Manager for an onsite opportunity in Tampa, Florida. This senior-level position combines ecological restoration and mitigation design with comprehensive project management responsibilities across scope, schedule and budget.

The role has a strong emphasis on Florida projects while providing opportunities to contribute to projects across a broader geographic footprint. The Project Manager will lead technical resources, manage assigned project staff and subconsultants, coordinate with clients, and deliver ecological restoration projects involving streams, wetlands and other natural habitats and ecosystems.

COMPENSATION
• $141,000-$180,000
• Relocation Assistance: No
• Visa Sponsorship: No

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION & MITIGATION
• Lead ecological restoration and mitigation project design
• Perform stream and wetland assessment and design
• Perform wetland and forest stand delineation
• Conduct stream surveys and assessments
• Operate laser-level survey equipment and support sediment sampling procedures
• Coordinate Joint Permits and prepare permit applications
• Provide construction management and oversight

HYDROLOGIC & HYDRAULIC MODELING
• Perform hydrologic modeling using TR55, TR20 and Rational Methodologies
• Perform hydraulic modeling using HEC-RAS
• Apply technical modeling and engineering expertise to ecological restoration projects

DESIGN & TECHNICAL TOOLS
• Use AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or MicroStation for drafting
• Use ArcMap for GIS applications
• Coordinate technical resources across project teams
• Develop and maintain project-specific quality plans

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• Deliver assigned project objectives for scope, schedule and budget
• Develop project management plans
• Establish project pricing and budgets
• Create and maintain project schedules
• Develop and coordinate project scope
• Monitor schedules, budgets, accounts receivable and manpower requirements
• Prepare invoices
• Manage subconsultants
• Manage technical resources and assigned project staff
• Develop extra-work-order requests and open-end contract task proposals

CLIENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• Participate in client presentations
• Support community engagement and landowner interaction
• Collaborate with technical experts across natural and water-resource disciplines
• Assist leadership with marketing proposals
• Support client relationships and environmental-services growth

TRAVEL & FIELD WORK
• Ability to travel
• Occasional field work in outdoor conditions including heat, cold, wet, humid and dry/arid environments
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds as needed
• Approximately 90% of work is performed in a general office environment

BENEFITS
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid caregiver leave program
• 401(k) retirement plan with Traditional and Roth options
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Career development programs

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited engineering program REQUIRED
• 12+ years of experience designing ecological restoration / mitigation projects REQUIRED
• Professional Engineer license in Florida REQUIRED
• Rosgen Level 4 Certification or similar River Course accreditation REQUIRED
• Stream / wetland assessment and design experience REQUIRED
• Wetland and forest stand delineation experience REQUIRED
• Hydrologic modeling experience using TR55 / TR20 and Rational Methodologies REQUIRED
• Hydraulic modeling experience using HEC-RAS REQUIRED
• AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or MicroStation drafting experience REQUIRED
• GIS experience using ArcMap REQUIRED
• Community engagement and landowner interaction experience REQUIRED
• Stream survey and assessment experience, including laser-level survey equipment and sediment sampling procedures REQUIRED
• Joint Permit coordination and application-preparation experience REQUIRED
• Construction management / oversight experience REQUIRED
• Ability to travel REQUIRED

PREFERRED
• CAPM or PMP
• Experience working with local clients at the county and state level
• Project management and business development experience
• Experience with Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build and/or Full Delivery project delivery methods
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams
• ESC Certification
• Experience working in Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia
• Strong relationships with the regulatory community
• 2-D modeling experience
• Stormwater management design experience
• Erosion and sediment control design experience

Not ready to formally apply? That's completely fine. Many experienced ecological restoration professionals prefer a confidential conversation first.
Call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.