Senior Manager, Environmental Planning

Job description

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About This Role: Join Crusoe Energy as our Senior Manager, Environmental Planning. In this role, you will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of environmental programs, systems, and compliance strategies that support Crusoe’s rapidly expanding portfolio of hyperscale data center campuses and integrated power generation assets. By serving as an embedded environmental subject matter expert during the earliest stages of project development and site origination, you will ensure key environmental risks are proactively identified, evaluated, and managed. This is a full-time position. Operating within a highly matrixed organization, you will partner cross-functionally across Business Development, Real Estate, Energy, Engineering, Construction, and Legal to scale our operations with environmental excellence. The ideal candidate is a strategic leader who combines deep regulatory knowledge in construction stormwater, wetlands, and pre-construction due diligence with world-class project management skills to translate environmental liabilities into clear, actionable business guidance. What You’ll Be Working On: - Pre-Project Screening & Due Diligence: Partner with Business Development, Real Estate, and Real Estate teams during initial site identification to oversee preliminary environmental assessments, wetland delineations, water and biological surveys, and air permit analyses to identify potential fatal flaws and schedule drivers. - Standardized Screening Frameworks: Develop, maintain, and operationalize a standardized pre-project environmental screening framework, including risk matrices and criteria specifically tailored to data center and power generation projects. - Environmental Risk Integration: Translate complex environmental constraints (wetlands, floodplains, protected species, water resources) into clear, actionable guidance for land acquisition and corporate development teams to inform negotiations and agreements. - Program Design & Governance: Establish scalable corporate environmental programs, policies, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to align development with our sustainability goals while driving regional consistency. - Cross-Functional Tools & Workflows: Create and maintain tools, templates, and structured workflows that enable multi-disciplinary teams to integrate environmental requirements seamlessly throughout the project lifecycle. - Construction Environmental Assurance: Partner with site environmental and engineering and construction teams to oversee stormwater management, environmental audits, and compliance tracking, ensuring that environmental obligations are met during active construction. - Reporting & Compliance Dashboards: Develop and manage centralized documentation, regulatory correspondence tracking systems, and environmental metrics dashboards to keep executive leadership and external partners informed. - Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate critical environmental risks and opportunities clearly and effectively to diverse technical and non-technical audiences, including internal business units and regulatory agencies. What You’ll Bring to the Team: - Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related environmental discipline is required. - Professional Experience: 10–15+ years of progressive experience in environmental planning, permitting, and program management. - Industrial Project Expertise: Proven track record of managing environmental compliance and permitting for large-scale, complex industrial construction projects (such as data centers, power generation, energy infrastructure, or heavy industrial facilities). - Due Diligence Mastery: Hands-on experience directing or conducting pre-project environmental assessments, including Phase I ESAs, wetland assessments, water rights, biological/species screenings, and cultural resource reviews. - Regulatory & Permitting Depth: Deep, practical knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations, particularly in water (e.g., stormwater management), waste, and ecological resource permitting. - Business Integration & Collaboration: Demonstrated success interfacing with business development, real estate, and project finance teams to communicate complex risks and influence land transaction agreements. - Physical & Travel Requirements: Ability to travel up to 25-45% to project sites, corporate offices, and regulatory agency meetings as required to support project development. Bonus Points: - Hyperscale Cloud Experience: Prior experience supporting the development of hyperscale data center campuses or large-scale utility power generation projects (such as natural gas, backup power systems, or utility-scale solar/wind/storage). - M&A and Corporate Due Diligence: Experience supporting corporate environmental due diligence, environmental liability evaluations, and transaction negotiation support for high-value real estate. - Advanced Professional Credentials: Highly valued professional certifications such as Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), Professional Engineer (PE), or a Project Management Professional (PMP) credential. - Matrix Leadership: Proven success working within rapidly expanding, highly matrixed corporate environments with multiple distinct business unit stakeholders. Benefits: - Competitive compensation and equity packages - Restricted Stock Units - Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs - Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance - Employer contributions to HSA account - Paid parental leave - Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability - Professional development & tuition reimbursement - Mental health & wellness support - Commuter benefits (parking & transit) - Cell phone stipend - 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary - Volunteer time off - Global travel insurance & emergency assistance - Daily meals allowance - Additional perks & programs specific to location Compensation Range Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $130,000 -$160,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.