Sr Regulatory Permitting Specialist
The Senior Regulatory Permitting Specialist is responsible for the oversight, management, and preparation of local, state and federal permit applications for infrastructure projects, with a focus on renewable energy and water related projects. Advanced knowledge of regulatory requirements, permitting, and project implementation compliance. Preference to candidates with FERC hydroelectric license project acquisition, surrender and implementation, watershed management, and restoration. Camas is leading several key dam removal and rehabilitation regulatory processes, including the Klamath Dam Removal.
The job location is in the beautiful southern Oregon Rogue River Valley or Hood River, Oregon. We have many exciting watershed projects throughout Washington, Oregon, and California. Work could be a hybrid position with the appropriate candidate demonstrating advanced experience and established regulatory agency contacts. Candidate preference will be in our office, unless candidate has remote work experience, exceptional communication skills, developed organizational systems for remote work, and demonstrates a business case for remote work.
Candidate will provide strategy development, preparation, and acquisition of necessary permits from the applicable resource agencies. Candidate will interact with client staff, environmental and engineering consultants, legal counsel, and local, state or federal agencies to successfully accomplish project goals.
Candidate must have experience in developing permit applications and overseeing CEQA/SEPA and/or NEPA preparation. Permits included, but not limited to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Clean Water Act Permits (401/402/404/408), CA Regional and State Water Quality Control Board, Oregon State Lands, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other natural resources agencies.
Candidate will have excellent writing skills, advanced use of Microsoft applications, organizational skills, capacity to manage several client deliverables at one time, ability to speak as if they are right and listen as if they are wrong. The job requires a candidate to be able to see a strategic pathway to solution.
At Camas clients come to use to assist them in finding a pathway through what seems like an impossible regulatory or scientific barrier. We seek new creative non-traditional solutions. We take on the impossible and find possibility. Therefore, the work environment is for those that thrive in being asked to rise to a challenge and confidence doing complex projects for the first time.
Preferred candidates will have experience in FERC hydroelectric regulatory processing to include relicensing, new licenses, license amendments, surrenders, dam safety, and compliance.