Environmental Project Manager

The County of Riverside's Transportation and Land Management Agency (TLMA) has an excellent career opportunity for an Environmental Project Manager (EPM) to join the Transportation's Capital Project Development Division located in Riverside.

The Environmental Project Manager will play a key role in overseeing environmental compliance and documentation for transportation projects.

This position will be responsible for supervising professional and technical staff, preparing and managing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and contracts, and ensuring NEPA and CEQA environmental deliverables meet project timelines and regulatory standards.

The ideal candidate will possess comprehensive knowledge of the Caltrans environmental process for NEPA, and have demonstrated experience coordinating with regulatory agencies such as the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The selected candidate will have strong project management experience, the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, and expertise in environmental permitting and mitigation.

Additionally, the Environmental Project Manager will be responsible for managing and overseeing the work of environmental consultants, ensuring quality control and adherence to scope, budget, and schedule requirements.

This role requires excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills, as well as the ability to lead and mentor staff in a collaborative team environment.
Meet the Team!
The Transportation Department is responsible for planning, designing, funding, building, operating, and maintaining all roads, bridges, and transportation facilities within the unincorporated County territory.• Provide project management support on an array of technically complex projects related to transportation, drainage, biology, cultural resources, water ways, chemical management, geology, archaeology, air quality, stormwater quality, hazardous waste, spill prevention, hydrologic data collection, paleontology, and storm and wastewater.

• Plan, organize, direct, review, and evaluate the work of professional department staff and external consultants involved in the oversight of the environmental process for either land use planning or TIP, and other urban infrastructure projects or studies; engage and direct staff while coordinating with department project managers, planners, or development applicants during project planning, design and construction phases, or development land use review phases to ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations, and adherence to the County's General Plan and applicable ordinances.

• Direct and review the selection and design of techniques for the collection, coordination and development of methodologies for data applications and research in stormwater quality and conservation planning, studies of land use, environmental resources and stormwater/flood facilities, or patterns of enviro...