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This role provides day-to-day coordination for a team of ecologists, designers, and field practitioners, ensuring oyster restoration projects move forward smoothly through multi-year investigation, design, and permitting phases.\nThe Restoration Project Manager oversees a portfolio of multi-acre oyster restoration projects and coordinates aninterdisciplinary team of BOP staff, partner agencies, and consultants. This role supports projects through siteinvestigation, design, and permitting while managing complex, interdependent workflows. The Restoration ProjectManager also serves as the primary point of contact for assigned projects, engaging with community members,internal teams, and external partners.\nThis role includes managing permit applications at the federal, state, and local levels (including USACE, NYSDEC, andNYSDOS processes) and contributing to technical memoranda, reports, and regulatory documents.\nThe Restoration Project Manager reports to the Associate Director of Restoration Projects.\nResponsibilities\nPerform coastal design and engineering work to advance oyster reef restoration throughout New York Harbor\nWork with an interdisciplinary project team of staff and consultants to design projects that maximize ecological function and/or reduce ecological impacts to Harbor resources\nOversee and approve the design work of external engineering consultants on active restoration projects\nApprove and document consultant design activities and submittals\nUse AutoCAD and other software to prepare and or/support a consultant's preparation of 30%, 60%, and 100% design drawings\nPrepare suitable graphics and presentations to communicate design intent for permitting, reporting, and community engagement\nEvaluate and provide feedback on hydrodynamic and other relevant models\nCollaborate with the Restoration Project Manager, Restoration Ecologist, and Restoration Implementation Project Manager to ensure ecological and constructability considerations are integrated into project designs\nProvide Quality Assurance/Quality Control for design during construction, ensuring projects are built as designed\nSupport the Restoration Implementation Project Manager in their development of RFPs for marine construction and review proposed construction plans\nWillingness to support occasional pre-installation monitoring fieldwork and join site visits to potential and active restoration sites\nAssist project managers and consultants in the delivery of the above tasks\nRequired Qualifications\nBillion Oyster Project encourages potential candidates to apply even if they don't fit all of the criteria listed below.\nBachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Marine Science, Environmental Policy, or a related field\nAt least three (3) years of project management experience, which may include:Coordinating interdisciplinary project teams and supporting fieldwork\nWorking with marine contractors, practitioners, and regulatory agencies\n\nExperience with technical writing, including permit narratives and regulatory correspondence\nFamiliarity with GIS tools (QGIS or ArcGIS) for mapping and permit documentation\nExperience managing project budgets\nStrong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills\nA valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain one within six months of employment\nFamiliarity with project management tools, methods, and best practices\nExperience with public speaking and stakeholder communication\nProficiency in Google Workspace\nPreferred Qualifications\nYou’ll be a good fit if you…\nTake initiative and follow through on responsibilities\nWork effectively both independently and collaboratively\nAdapt to changing priorities and project needs\nCommunicate clearly and build positive working relationships\nAre open to learning and developing new skills\nAre comfortable working full days outdoors year-round, including on boats and in varied weather conditions\nSalary & Benefits\nThis is a full-time, year-round position at the Billion Oyster Project, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization\nThe salary range for the Restoration Project Manager. Depending on your experience:$65,000 - $75,000 with 1-3 years of experience\n$75,000 - 85,000 with 5+ years of experience\n\nBenefits include:A generous PTO policy\nHealth, dental, vision, and life insurance\n401K plan\nMedical and Dependent Care FSA plans\nPre-tax commuter program\nCitiBike discount\nAn inspiring working environment on Governors Island in New York Harbor\n\nWho we are & what we do\nAbout: The Billion Oyster Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore oyster reefs to New York Harbor through public education initiatives. The Billion Oyster Project is fueled by the passion and commitment of the team. Enthusiasm for thework of environmental restoration, public education, and environmental justice is an expectation for the position. Candidates should be comfortable working on a team with various stakeholders and delivering on complex, multi-step projects.\nOur Vision: A future in which New York Harbor is the center of a rich, diverse, and abundant estuary. The communities that surround this complex ecosystem have helped construct it, and in return, benefit from it, with endless opportunities for work, education, and recreation. The harbor is a world-class public space, well used and well cared for-our Commons.\nOur Ethos: Restoration through Education. We believe that restoration without education is fleeting. To ensure the long-term health and productivity of our natural environment. We must teach young people to care for, monitor, and restore their Harbor.\nEducation through Restoration: We believe that students learn best when applying their studies to large-scale ecosystem restoration projects that challenge them tobecome active participants and take them out of the classroom, down to the water’s edge to experience the ecosystem first-hand.\nOur Flagship School: The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School’s mission is to provide a college-preparatory education built upon New York City's maritime experience that instills in students the ethics of environmental stewardship and the skills associated with careers on the water. New York Harbor School offers career and technical education (CTE) programs in 7 areas of marine science, technology, policy, and engineering.\nadditional information\nEmployment Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over the sponsorship of an Employment Visa at this time.\nWork Location: Employees of Billion Oyster Project must reside within the tri-state area and be able to commute daily to Governors Island unless otherwise noted in the job description.\nEqual Employment Opportunity: Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the communities we serve. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates are critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from adiverse candidate pool.\nFingerprinting: Any person working in the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) buildings, working with NYC DOE students, or who has access to NYC DOE confidential information is required by New York State law to undergo a security clearance, including fingerprints, prior to commencing services. All prospective employees must have a security clearance before starting work. No one can be finger printed by the NYC DOE or undergo security clearance unless they have been added to the organization or agency's Personnel Eligibility Tracking System roster.\nReady to apply?\nSubmit your resume, cover letter, and a short work sample via our application form.\napply now","description_format":"text","description_chars":8346,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Waste Management","Fisheries"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T18:43:19Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":66,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.733,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":18,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:3","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/billion-oyster-project-restoration-project-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/billion-oyster-project-restoration-project-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T04:22:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2584,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1841699},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1841699"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbillion-oyster-project-restoration-project-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbillion-oyster-project-restoration-project-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbillion-oyster-project-restoration-project-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/billion-oyster-project-restoration-project-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbillion-oyster-project-restoration-project-manager"}]}