Environmental Project Manager Jobs in Colorado
Environmental Project Manager jobs in Colorado are concentrated in Denver, Fort Collins, and Colorado Springs, where remediation, water resources, and energy transition projects generate consistent demand at levels from entry associate to senior program lead. Anchor employers with lasting Colorado footprints include CH2M Hill (now Jacobs), AECOM, and Stantec, all of which maintain regional offices and regularly hire project management talent. The most in-demand specialties are CERCLA site remediation, stormwater compliance, and environmental permitting tied to oil and gas and renewable energy development. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Date: Sep 16, 2026
Location(s): Denver, CO, US, 80201
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97483
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Specific Description
A Project Manager provides advanced environmental support including due diligence, permitting, regulatory interpretation and compliance, and interface with federal, state, and regional agencies. This position is in the Environmental Licensing and Permitting Section of the Corporate Environmental Services Department. Remote. Regionally appropriate locations may be considered. Specifically, this position will:
Support new and existing corporate development opportunities for NextEra Energy Resources and other NextEra Energy affiliates in the Central Region with potential focus in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas.
Manage multiple, multifaceted environmental issues, licensing and permitting processes, legislative development, and related activities to provide management support to NextEra Energy, Inc. departments.
Support environmental due diligence, siting, and acquiring federal, state, regional, and local environmental approvals/permits for energy development, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and divestitures of assets, including but not limited to, wind, solar, battery storage, gas, data centers and transmission.
Serve as the subject matter expert resolving complex environmental matters and providing specialized expertise and technical support to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations, and permit conditions.
Demonstrate strong experience in permitting (e.g., NEPA, utility siting, endangered species, Waters of the U.S.), risk diligence and mitigation, project management with ability to lead projects and consultants with limited direction, leadership, and communication.
Maintain current knowledge of pertinent national, state, local, and company level environmental policies and regulations.
Effectively interface with internal and external customers, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders, including regulatory agencies.
Travel is required to support corporate development, and regional and departmental functions.
Essential Job Functions
Assess and communicate environmental risk
Environmental due diligence, siting, permitting/approvals
Strategic management, oversight, and knowledge of aquatic, biological, and cultural resource consultants, studies, and technical reports
Provide guidance on alternatives to minimize environmental impacts
Provide specialized expertise to ensure cost effective environmental solutions that maximize operational flexibility, maximize environmental benefits for costs incurred, and contribute to improved system reliability and customer satisfaction
Project management: planning, budget, and schedule
Translate regulatory authorities into actionable tasks
Negotiate with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies
Develop and manage vendor contracts / purchase orders / invoices
Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
Assist with development of strategy and communicate environmental requirements to management
Review, monitor, and comment on emerging environmental legislation and regulations
Travel and work extended hours, when applicable
Other job-related duties as assigned
- Bachelor's degree - Science
- 10 years of expeirence with atleast 7 years of permitting renewable projects
- Knowledge of applicable environmental regulations
Preferred Qualifications
Master's
Effective written and verbal communications
Environmental laws and regulations
Environmental negotiations
Environmental science and engineering
Environmental issues/compliance
Performance consulting
Job Overview
Employees in this job provide specialized environmental expertise and environmental technical support to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations and permits.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Leads environmental programs that provide specialized expertise to ensure cost effective environmental solutions
- Maximizes operational flexibility and environmental benefits for costs incurred
- Contributes to improved system reliability and customer satisfaction
- Translates regulations and permits into actionable tasks
- Provides guidance on alternatives to minimize environmental impacts
- Identifies, tracks, and analyzes environmental performance metrics
- Reviews, monitors, and comments on emerging environmental legislation and regulations
- Assists with development of strategy and communicate environmental requirements to management
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience: 6+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- None
The base pay range for this position is $109,600.00 to $164,400.00 per year. This range represents the expected base pay for a successful candidate and is based on a variety of factors, including skills, experience, and internal equity.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Environmental/Chemistry/Rad Protection
Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC
Relocation Provided: No
This position is eligible for Company sponsored benefits.
In order to apply to this position, please visit jobs.nexteraenergy.com or follow the instructions for the job site on which this appears.
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
Nearest Major Market: Denver
Date: Sep 16, 2026
Location(s): Denver, CO, US, 80201
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97483
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Specific Description
A Project Manager provides advanced environmental support including due diligence, permitting, regulatory interpretation and compliance, and interface with federal, state, and regional agencies. This position is in the Environmental Licensing and Permitting Section of the Corporate Environmental Services Department. Remote. Regionally appropriate locations may be considered. Specifically, this position will:
Support new and existing corporate development opportunities for NextEra Energy Resources and other NextEra Energy affiliates in the Central Region with potential focus in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas.
Manage multiple, multifaceted environmental issues, licensing and permitting processes, legislative development, and related activities to provide management support to NextEra Energy, Inc. departments.
Support environmental due diligence, siting, and acquiring federal, state, regional, and local environmental approvals/permits for energy development, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and divestitures of assets, including but not limited to, wind, solar, battery storage, gas, data centers and transmission.
Serve as the subject matter expert resolving complex environmental matters and providing specialized expertise and technical support to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations, and permit conditions.
Demonstrate strong experience in permitting (e.g., NEPA, utility siting, endangered species, Waters of the U.S.), risk diligence and mitigation, project management with ability to lead projects and consultants with limited direction, leadership, and communication.
Maintain current knowledge of pertinent national, state, local, and company level environmental policies and regulations.
Effectively interface with internal and external customers, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders, including regulatory agencies.
Travel is required to support corporate development, and regional and departmental functions.
Essential Job Functions
Assess and communicate environmental risk
Environmental due diligence, siting, permitting/approvals
Strategic management, oversight, and knowledge of aquatic, biological, and cultural resource consultants, studies, and technical reports
Provide guidance on alternatives to minimize environmental impacts
Provide specialized expertise to ensure cost effective environmental solutions that maximize operational flexibility, maximize environmental benefits for costs incurred, and contribute to improved system reliability and customer satisfaction
Project management: planning, budget, and schedule
Translate regulatory authorities into actionable tasks
Negotiate with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies
Develop and manage vendor contracts / purchase orders / invoices
Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
Assist with development of strategy and communicate environmental requirements to management
Review, monitor, and comment on emerging environmental legislation and regulations
Travel and work extended hours, when applicable
Other job-related duties as assigned
- Bachelor's degree - Science
- 10 years of expeirence with atleast 7 years of permitting renewable projects
- Knowledge of applicable environmental regulations
Preferred Qualifications
Master's
Effective written and verbal communications
Environmental laws and regulations
Environmental negotiations
Environmental science and engineering
Environmental issues/compliance
Performance consulting
Job Overview
Employees in this job provide specialized environmental expertise and environmental technical support to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations and permits.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Leads environmental programs that provide specialized expertise to ensure cost effective environmental solutions
- Maximizes operational flexibility and environmental benefits for costs incurred
- Contributes to improved system reliability and customer satisfaction
- Translates regulations and permits into actionable tasks
- Provides guidance on alternatives to minimize environmental impacts
- Identifies, tracks, and analyzes environmental performance metrics
- Reviews, monitors, and comments on emerging environmental legislation and regulations
- Assists with development of strategy and communicate environmental requirements to management
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience: 6+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- None
The base pay range for this position is $109,600.00 to $164,400.00 per year. This range represents the expected base pay for a successful candidate and is based on a variety of factors, including skills, experience, and internal equity.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Environmental/Chemistry/Rad Protection
Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC
Relocation Provided: No
This position is eligible for Company sponsored benefits.
In order to apply to this position, please visit jobs.nexteraenergy.com or follow the instructions for the job site on which this appears.
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
Nearest Major Market: Denver
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What Colorado Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in environmental project manager jobs across Colorado.
- Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, or a closely related field required
- Professional Engineer or Professional Geologist license recognized in Colorado preferred for senior roles
- Minimum four years of environmental project management experience including budget and schedule oversight
- Demonstrated experience with Colorado CDPHE permitting processes and regulatory compliance requirements
- Project Management Professional certification or equivalent credential strongly preferred by most employers
- Proficiency with ArcGIS, environmental data management systems, and federal and state reporting platforms
Environmental Project Manager Jobs in Colorado: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a environmental project manager in Colorado?
Most Colorado employers require a bachelor's degree in environmental science, geology, civil engineering, or a related field as the foundation. From there, candidates build field and regulatory experience, often pursuing a Professional Geologist or Professional Engineer license through the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, which requires passing a state-recognized exam and meeting experience thresholds. A Project Management Professional credential strengthens competitiveness for mid-level and senior roles. Many Colorado practitioners also pursue certifications in HAZWOPER or stormwater management to specialize.
How much do environmental project managers make in Colorado?
Environmental project managers in Colorado earn a median of about $152,730 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $89,900 for the lowest 10% to over $289,970 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire environmental project managers in Colorado?
Companies currently hiring environmental project managers in Colorado include Burns & McDonnell, AECOM, and Jacobs, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Colorado's mix of federal land management, oil and gas operations, and active remediation sites means demand is spread across large engineering consultancies, energy companies, and state agency contractors throughout the Front Range.
Which Colorado cities have the most environmental project manager jobs?
Denver, Littleton, and Lone Tree have the most environmental project manager openings in Colorado. Denver anchors the market as home to the region's largest engineering consultancies and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment offices, while Fort Collins benefits from Colorado State University research partnerships and water resources work, and Colorado Springs draws demand from defense installations and adjacent land remediation projects.
Are there remote environmental project manager jobs in Colorado?
Yes, but they're limited. Environmental project management involves significant site visits, field oversight, and in-person regulatory meetings that make fully remote arrangements uncommon. About 71% of environmental project manager openings tied to Colorado are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting the field's hands-on nature. The portions of the role most suited to remote work are report writing, data analysis, and stakeholder coordination, which some employers accommodate on a hybrid schedule.
How can I get hired as a environmental project manager in Colorado with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is landing an environmental scientist or project coordinator role at a Colorado consultancy and building toward project management from within. Large firms like Jacobs, AECOM, and Stantec hire environmental technicians and staff scientists in their Denver and Fort Collins offices specifically as development-track positions. Completing a HAZWOPER certification and gaining exposure to CDPHE reporting processes signals readiness to employers. Colorado State University and the University of Colorado also have internship pipelines with regional consultancies that regularly convert to full-time roles.
Where can I find and apply to environmental project manager jobs in Colorado?
You can find and apply to environmental project manager jobs in Colorado on Migrate Mate, which lists current Colorado openings updated regularly. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your background and target location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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