Associate Project Manager - Honolulu, United States - SWCA

Description

About the opportunity
SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking an Associate Project Manager to join our Pacific Islands region team.

As a key member of SWCA's Natural Resources team, the selected candidate will be responsible for fostering and maintaining strong client relationships, developing proposals for diverse natural resource management projects across state, federal, and private sectors, and overseeing project management and contributing to project teams for small to medium-sized projects that are primarily located within Hawaii but may also extend to the wider Pacific and U.S.

mainland. Project management duties include client liaison, team management, budgeting, and invoicing. The Associate Project Manager will also play an important role in mentoring team members.

This is a regular, full-time, salaried position with the option of working remotely on any of the main islands of Hawaii.

This is a great career-growth opportunity for a natural resource management professional who has experience working in Hawaii and the broader Pacific region.

Application deadline:

Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis.

The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.
What you will accomplish
Client Relations

• Maintain strong relationships with existing clients while fostering connections with emerging clients.
• Network within industry organizations to establish and expand the regional client base and revenue in natural resource compliance and ecological restoration.
• Manage opportunities and make recommendations to the Natural Resources Team Lead and Pacific Islands Office Director.
• Support regional proposal efforts for environmental planning and ecological restoration opportunities.
• Organize and lead grant pursuits within Hawaii and the wider Pacific region.

Project Management and Business Operations

• Oversee the successful completion of grant pursuits within the Pacific region.
• Directly manage small to medium-sized projects throughout the project management life cycle, ensuring adherence to project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Contribute to projects within the Pacific Island office and Southern California subregion as a subject matter expert or technical writer.
• Ensure professional and technical excellence, and quality through project staffing and QA/QC assignments.
• Assist with business planning and long-term opportunity identification.

Leadership

• Guide team members within natural resource management projects.
• Manage individual projects.
• Communications with project team.
• Meet with managers regularly to discuss project specific tasks.
• Engage in business development initiatives.
• Mentor staff on proposal development, health and safety, fieldwork, report writing, and maintenance of quality standards.

Experience and qualifications for success

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science or related field of study.
• Five (5) years of relevant experience.
• Experience researching and tracking grant funded opportunities.
• Project management experience within the environmental and ecological restoration fields.
• Experience managing projects on time and within budget.
• Working knowledge of the environmental management agencies and private sector companies in Hawaii and the Pacific region.
• Experience working in an interdisciplinary team of subject matter experts.
• Experience managing and mentoring team members.
• Excellent technical writing skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes in project needs, client requests, and more.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a variety of colleagues, clients, and agency representatives.

Desired Skills:

• Excellent communicator.
• Ability to work remotely and independently.
• Superior writing skills.
• Well organized.
• Ability and willingness to lead proposals, pursuits, and meetings.
• Client management skills.
• Experience with Microsoft products (SharePoint, Excel, Word, Project).

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services.

With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms.

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All other inquiries will not receive a response.
SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees.

In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges on all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.

An employee in this Honolulu, HI-based position can expect a salary of $66,612k - $85,176k/year.

Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law.

Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses.

Candidates are also encouraged to consider SWCA's Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive Benefits package, forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.

EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

SWCA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.

At SWCA Environmental Consultants, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including those with diverse experiences and veterans, to apply. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce enhances creativity, innovation, and overall organizational success

SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff.

We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA's continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.

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