Assistant Project Manager – Environmental

Assistant Project Manager – Environmental

Location: Sacramento, CA (Remote Optional – Must Work Pacific Time Hours)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Compensation: $110,000 – $205,000 per year
Travel: Occasional

About the Company

A long-established professional services organization supporting large public infrastructure programs across the United States. For more than 35 years, the company has specialized in project management, information management, project controls, and technology services for complex capital projects. Teams support government agencies and engineering partners by implementing efficient systems, managing large-scale documentation, improving workflows, and ensuring compliance across all phases of project delivery.

Job Summary

The Assistant Project Manager – Environmental will support environmental clearance and compliance activities for a major infrastructure program in California. This role assists the Project Manager with consultant oversight, document tracking, multi-agency coordination, and ensuring timely delivery of CEQA/NEPA environmental documentation. Remote work is allowed, but the position must operate on Pacific Time hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Support leadership with consultant oversight, including tracking scope, schedule, and budget.

• Coordinate CEQA/NEPA deliverables, reviews, comment resolution, and approvals.

• Manage document reviews, tracking deliverables, approvals, and compliance milestones.

• Prepare and maintain environmental documents, memos, legal trackers, and post-ROD tasks.

• Coordinate interdisciplinary and multi-agency communications.

• Support EIR/EIS documentation and related tracking through preliminary engineering.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant environmental or infrastructure-related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coordinating interdisciplinary teams and multi-agency partners.

• Familiarity with transportation or rail project development phases.

• Knowledge of federal and state contracting regulations.

• Experience with environmental policy implementation and post-ROD compliance.

• Strong understanding of CEQA/NEPA processes, including RODs and NODs.

Additional Information

• Occasional travel may be required.

• Compensation is based on experience, qualifications, and location.

• Sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran status. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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