Staff Regulatory Consultant

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Staff Regulatory Consultant

Seeking a highly motivated and self-directed Staff Regulatory Consultant with 3 + years of experience to join our Regulatory and Natural Resources practice. Primary responsibilities include regulatory and natural resources support for a variety of water resources projects in the Pacific NW and Alaska, from project inception through regulatory approvals to construction permitting services and operational compliance. This position will provide regulatory document development, project support, and documentation support for multidisciplinary teams working on water resources, natural resources, and environmental compliance projects.

Responsibilities:

• Assist clients with project management, strategy development, stakeholder outreach and consultation processes, technical workgroup support, management of technical consultants, license and permit application management, negotiated settlement efforts, and meeting facilitation.
• Prepare and manage well-written regulatory documents and environmental permit applications that adhere to the requisite state and federal requirements.
• Demonstrate the ability to synthesize a wide variety of scientific, technical, and policy information and develop clear, well organized written information for broad audiences.
• Research and interpret environmental regulations and policies to support permitting and compliance strategies.
• Provide quality assurance reviews of technical and regulatory documentation, including environmental assessments, permit applications, and study plans.
• Work effectively both as part of a team and independently, and have good problem-solving skills.
• Successfully balance multiple tasks and projects in a deadline-driven work environment.
• Exhibit excellent verbal communication and writing skills.
• Provide client and stakeholder meeting support including preparation of meeting agendas, materials, and summaries.
• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively to meet shared objectives.
• Ability to work independently from an office perspective and communicate effectively with team members via phone, email, remote meeting platforms, etc.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in hydropower related consulting or industry positions with federal (FERC), tribal, and state regulatory processes, familiarity with natural resources (aquatics or terrestrial) related work is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in related technical discipline of Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Hydrology, Public/Environmental Policy or other Natural Science is required, Masters' degree is preferred.

Compensation Package:

• Pay Range: $70,675 - $102,785 (DOE)
• Benefits: McMillen provides a full Benefits Program consisting of Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA, EAP, 401(k) and match, 9 Paid Holidays, generous PTO, opportunity for Stock Ownership and Wellness Reimbursement.

Who We Are: McMillen, Inc. (McMillen) is an engineering, environmental, and construction firm providing scalable, multi-disciplinary capabilities. We are a design and build firm providing clients with balanced perspective and realistic solutions. With experts in the United States, Canada, Australia, and France, our staff bring best practices from the water resources, energy, dams, infrastructure, fisheries, aquaculture, and restricted access markets.

We balance technical precision with collaborative delivery throughout all project phases. We have the resources and expertise to contribute to a project at the feasibility and planning stage, navigate the regulatory and permitting requirements, develop detailed designs, self-perform construction, and participate in startup, testing, and commissioning. We offer strategic planning, technical expertise, comprehensive project management, and integration of multi-disciplinary studies for traditional and alternative project delivery methods.

We want our employees to make a career doing what they love to do. We aren't looking for the complacent or the comfortable. We are looking for the highly technical, the creators, the manic obsessives, the outliers who know being the best is a journey, not a finish line. We support our employees' efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technology while fostering a great work-life balance.

EEO: McMillen, Inc. is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment related decisions without race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Visa sponsorship, including renewal during employment, will not be provided for this position.

No recruiters, please.