Principal Project Manager - Mining

About the opportunity

SWCA is currently seeking a Principal Project Manager – Mining to join our nationwide Mining Team. Our ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in supporting environmental opportunities within the precious, base, industrial and rare earths markets.

SWCA provides flexible work schedules, telecommuting options, continuing education opportunities, and a spot bonus program. We offer an extremely varied and interesting diversity of clients and projects with an opportunity to learn new things every day. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated, and collaborative professionals.

This is a full time, salaried position, eligible for distributed work in the US.

Why Work at SWCA?

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services.  Our Vision (the North Star) is to make SWCA the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee-ownership. We live our core values: we collaborate as #OneSWCA; we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack.

We are 100% employee-owned, and we build our success together. 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. We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).

At SWCA, we are always learning.  Our employees have the ability to develop and guide their careers to make them leaders in the industry. Our Career Landscape is a unique and interactive program that allows you to develop professionally and chart your career path for a rewarding career at SWCA. We encourage professional conference attendance, internal and external professional development and training programs, education reimbursement, a Science and Leadership Program, and bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria.

If you are seeking an opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled and diverse professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions, then SWCA will be a great fit for you!

What you will accomplish

• Serve as a subject matter expert in mining and related environmental services (e.g., studies, permitting, NEPA, operation support, and closure).
• Manage large and/or complex mine permitting, owner’s environmental, NEPA and closure/reclamation support projects, providing senior oversight and quality control for project deliverables.
• Offer technical, planning, and permitting expertise and guidance to SWCA staff in the southeast and across the U.S.
• Serve as client technical manager for key clients, taking a lead and collaborative role in pursuing project opportunities across the region.
• Assist with development of key, high growth/high value mining opportunity and sales within the Central/East Region and market development.
• Foster, expand, and leverage a network of excellent client and stakeholder relationships with a focused set of mining industry organizations consistent with our growth strategy and trajectory.
• Further advance our reputation for supporting mining projects which are some of the world’s most challenging and complex projects.
• Drive innovation within the sector and track developments in the mining industry to stay to differentiate SWCA in the market.
• Meet business overall project budgets and schedules, client satisfaction/expectations, and internal risk management and contractual requirements.

Experience and qualifications for success

• Bachelor’s degree in Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 12 years of project management experience in the mining industry.
• Strong computer skills for database work and proficiency in MS Office.
• A working understanding of agency internal processes and procedures and with federal land management and regulatory agencies, such as the BLM, USFS, NPS, BOR, DOE, DOT, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), and/or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
• Strong business development skills as a “seller/doer” to develop productive business relationships with agency, client, and industry contacts.

Additional Information:

• Flexible to work outside normal business hours as required; may include weekend and nighttime work.

If you would like to contact SWCA regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please email accommodations_@swca.com_ or call 480-581-5378. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees.  In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges in all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.

An employee in this Raleigh-based position can expect a salary of $105,000–$138,000/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.

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