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Environmental Project Manager roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, making it a practical path for Australian professionals targeting U.S. environmental consulting, infrastructure, or remediation firms.
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Get Access To All JobsBe involved in projects with our Earth & Environment Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
WSP is seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Environmental Project Manager in any of our offices within Ohio where you will be involved in projects within our Earth & Environment Team and be a part of a growing organization that solves our clients’ challenges.
We’re looking for a leader with a strong track record in managing environmental projects and a proven ability to collaborate with regulatory agencies plus a thorough understanding of the Midwest energy landscape.
To support our expanding portfolio, this role will be focused on Siting and Routing and Natural Resources within the energy market. You’ll be part of our interdisciplinary Midwest team and collaborate with planners, scientists, and engineers across WSP to deliver impactful results for our clients. Come join us and help shape the future!
Your Impact
- Project Leadership: Lead multidisciplinary teams across complex energy projects, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and on budget.
- Siting and Routing: Direct and manage site selection and route evaluation processes for transmission, distribution, and generation facilities, balancing environmental, technical, and stakeholder requirements.
- Permitting Expertise: Oversee all aspects of project permitting, including preparation of applications, coordination with local, state, and federal agencies, and management of public hearings and community engagement initiatives.
- Regulatory Engagement: Foster productive relationships with regulatory agencies and authorities, ensuring projects adhere to all applicable laws, standards, and best practices, including providing strategic advice and direction on state filing requirements. Expert witness testimony experience is a plus.
- Market Analysis: Monitor trends, policy changes, and emerging technologies in the Midwest’s energy landscape; advise on project strategy and business development opportunities.
- Stakeholder Management: Serve as primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including clients, government officials, landowners, and the public.
- Documentation & Reporting: Ensure thorough project documentation, compliance records, and transparent reporting for all phases of the project lifecycle.
- Continuous Improvement: Advocate for innovation and process enhancements, driving operational excellence across all projects.
- Growth and Business Development: Lead/contribute to development of proposals, including scope of work/technical approach, budget, and schedule. Developing and maintaining client relationships.
- Willing to travel within the Midwest for site visits and attend public open house meetings.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Engineering, Environmental Science, Project Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience, including project management, preferably within the energy sector, with a track record of success in both large-scale and smaller energy projects (electric transmission, distribution, generation, renewables, or gas pipeline).
- Familiarity with energy market dynamics in the Midwest, including regulatory structures, permitting pathways, and regional infrastructure challenges.
- Ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes and build consensus among diverse groups.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and a commitment to high-quality outcomes.
- Innovative mindset with a passion for operational efficiency, sustainability, and process improvement.
- Ability to anticipate regulatory or market shifts and adapt strategies accordingly.
- Experience with renewable energy projects or emerging technologies is highly valued.
- Demonstrated success in growing client portfolios, recruiting, and engaging with a dynamic team.
- Demonstrated expertise in permitting, routing/siting studies, analyses, and associated report writing for energy projects in the Midwest region.
- Experience planning, attending, and participating in open houses and public meetings.
- Familiarity and experience managing preparation of public utility commission applications within the Midwest, including expert witness testimony.
- Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory requirements affecting energy infrastructure, especially within the Midwest market.
- Proven ability to manage teams, budgets, schedules, and contractors during all phases of project execution.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated experience in development of successful proposals and presentations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, defining and understanding client requirements, managing expectations, communicating with clients and project staff.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
Be involved in projects with our Earth & Environment Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
WSP is seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Environmental Project Manager in any of our offices within Ohio where you will be involved in projects within our Earth & Environment Team and be a part of a growing organization that solves our clients’ challenges.
We’re looking for a leader with a strong track record in managing environmental projects and a proven ability to collaborate with regulatory agencies plus a thorough understanding of the Midwest energy landscape.
To support our expanding portfolio, this role will be focused on Siting and Routing and Natural Resources within the energy market. You’ll be part of our interdisciplinary Midwest team and collaborate with planners, scientists, and engineers across WSP to deliver impactful results for our clients. Come join us and help shape the future!
Your Impact
- Project Leadership: Lead multidisciplinary teams across complex energy projects, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and on budget.
- Siting and Routing: Direct and manage site selection and route evaluation processes for transmission, distribution, and generation facilities, balancing environmental, technical, and stakeholder requirements.
- Permitting Expertise: Oversee all aspects of project permitting, including preparation of applications, coordination with local, state, and federal agencies, and management of public hearings and community engagement initiatives.
- Regulatory Engagement: Foster productive relationships with regulatory agencies and authorities, ensuring projects adhere to all applicable laws, standards, and best practices, including providing strategic advice and direction on state filing requirements. Expert witness testimony experience is a plus.
- Market Analysis: Monitor trends, policy changes, and emerging technologies in the Midwest’s energy landscape; advise on project strategy and business development opportunities.
- Stakeholder Management: Serve as primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including clients, government officials, landowners, and the public.
- Documentation & Reporting: Ensure thorough project documentation, compliance records, and transparent reporting for all phases of the project lifecycle.
- Continuous Improvement: Advocate for innovation and process enhancements, driving operational excellence across all projects.
- Growth and Business Development: Lead/contribute to development of proposals, including scope of work/technical approach, budget, and schedule. Developing and maintaining client relationships.
- Willing to travel within the Midwest for site visits and attend public open house meetings.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Engineering, Environmental Science, Project Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience, including project management, preferably within the energy sector, with a track record of success in both large-scale and smaller energy projects (electric transmission, distribution, generation, renewables, or gas pipeline).
- Familiarity with energy market dynamics in the Midwest, including regulatory structures, permitting pathways, and regional infrastructure challenges.
- Ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes and build consensus among diverse groups.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and a commitment to high-quality outcomes.
- Innovative mindset with a passion for operational efficiency, sustainability, and process improvement.
- Ability to anticipate regulatory or market shifts and adapt strategies accordingly.
- Experience with renewable energy projects or emerging technologies is highly valued.
- Demonstrated success in growing client portfolios, recruiting, and engaging with a dynamic team.
- Demonstrated expertise in permitting, routing/siting studies, analyses, and associated report writing for energy projects in the Midwest region.
- Experience planning, attending, and participating in open houses and public meetings.
- Familiarity and experience managing preparation of public utility commission applications within the Midwest, including expert witness testimony.
- Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory requirements affecting energy infrastructure, especially within the Midwest market.
- Proven ability to manage teams, budgets, schedules, and contractors during all phases of project execution.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated experience in development of successful proposals and presentations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, defining and understanding client requirements, managing expectations, communicating with clients and project staff.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as an Environmental Project Manager
Align your credentials to U.S. specialty occupation standards
Your Australian bachelor's degree in environmental science or engineering is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree. Get a credential evaluation from a DOL-recognized service before applying so employers can confirm your qualifications without delay.
Target firms with active federal environmental contracts
Environmental consulting firms holding EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, or state environmental agency contracts are experienced with foreign national sponsorship. Search DOL's FLAG portal for Labor Condition Applications filed under environmental or project management job titles to identify active sponsors.
Clarify your PE licensure status early in conversations
Many U.S. environmental project manager roles require a Professional Engineer license or expect one within a defined timeframe. Confirm with each employer whether your Australian engineering registration satisfies their requirements or whether you'll need to pursue a state PE exam after arrival.
Use Migrate Mate to file your LCA and visa paperwork
Once you have an offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork end-to-end. This covers the DOL Labor Condition Application, DS-160, and consulate preparation so your employer isn't managing unfamiliar filing steps.
Negotiate offer timing around LCA certification windows
The DOL typically certifies an LCA within seven business days of submission. Build that window into your start date conversation with the employer so the certified LCA is ready before you schedule your consulate appointment.
Prepare a project portfolio that maps to U.S. regulatory frameworks
U.S. employers expect familiarity with EPA regulations, NEPA processes, and state environmental permitting. Reframe your Australian project experience in terms of comparable regulatory scope and remediation standards to make the specialty occupation connection concrete for interviewers and USCIS reviewers.
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Find Environmental Project Manager JobsEnvironmental Project Manager E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Environmental Project Manager jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Environmental Project Manager roles filtered specifically for E-3 visa sponsorship, so you're only seeing employers who have already indicated willingness to sponsor Australian nationals. This saves significant time compared to applying broadly and discovering late in the process that a company won't support the E-3.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does Environmental Project Manager qualify as an E-3 specialty occupation?
Yes. Environmental Project Manager meets the E-3 specialty occupation definition because the role typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, civil engineering, or a closely related field. USCIS evaluates specialty occupation status on a case-by-case basis, so the job description must reflect that a specific degree is required, not merely preferred.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Environmental Project Manager roles?
The E-3 is available only to Australian citizens but has no annual lottery and no cap, so you can apply any time of year once you have a job offer. The H-1B has an annual cap of 85,000 and requires lottery selection, with results in April for an October start. For Australians, the E-3 is the more predictable and faster path to U.S. employment.
Can I change employers or projects after arriving on an E-3?
You can change employers on an E-3, but each new employer must file a new Labor Condition Application with the DOL and you'll need a new visa stamp if yours lists the previous employer. There's no grace period built into the E-3 for between-employer gaps, so timing your transition carefully and having the new LCA certified before you leave your current role is important.
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