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Technical Services Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • People leadership experience in environmental consulting
  • Strong technical grounding
  • Leadership and management skill
  • Consulting fluency

Responsibilities

  • Supervise and support technical staff
  • Manage performance and career development
  • Oversee hiring and workload balance
  • Support project delivery for technical teams

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Consulting
  • Technical Acumen
  • Relationship Building
  • Communication
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Sequoia Ecological Consulting

Environmental Services

Founded in 2011, Sequoia is a California-based, woman-owned small business (WBE, SBE) that provides ecological consulting services to public agencies and private clients. As a focused biological specialty firm, Sequoia helps their clients minimize compliance issues and meet all regulatory requirements, and facilitate successful construction projects that minimize impacts to biological resources. From permitting strategy to specialized field services, Sequoia specializes in applying our experiential knowledge early in the process to identify potential challenges and avoid any escalated permitting, documentation, and monitoring requirements. Sequoia has a statewide network of qualified biologists who we can call upon to meet any project need. Because we have resources located throughout the state, we can provide project management and field support in the following areas on short notice: • Habitat Assessments • Biological Assessments • Wetland Delineations • Rare Plant Surveys • Threatened and Endangered Species Surveys • Protocol-Level Surveys • Nesting Bird Surveys • Raptor Surveys • Biological Mitigation Monitoring • Post-Construction Restoration Monitoring • Restoration and Mitigation Plans

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryEnvironmental Services
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Technical Services Manager 

Sequoia Ecological Consulting seeks a staff-first Technical Services Manager who is grounded in people-centered leadership and environmental consulting acumen to lead, support, and grow the team who protect California’s sensitive habitats, threatened species, and wild landscapes. 

Compensation: $140,000–$160,000 annually, full-time, exempt, with comprehensive benefits 

Location: Remote in California (Bay Area preferred), with quarterly in-office time in Walnut Creek 

Start Date: Early 2027 

Priority Deadline: November 15, 2026 

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Position Overview and Responsibilities 

Sequoia Ecological Consulting seeks a Technical Services Manager whose first job is people: the dedicated supervisor, advocate, and career-development lead for technical staff from the Project Manager tier through the newest field biologists, reporting to the Director of Technical Services. The role will take on the day-to-day people management that currently rests with the Principals, and it is central to building a team culture where staff feel supported, trusted, and able to grow. 

This position calls for a proven people leader with the consulting and technical credibility to make sound staffing and delivery decisions. The role supports project and program management and carries a small billable component to support the project teams.  

The Technical Services Manager will own staff supervision, performance management, career development, hiring, workload balance, and support for project delivery for technical staff. They
will reinforce the technical standards and quality expectations set by the Director of Technical Services and Principals. 

  • People Leadership & Supervision 
  • Organizational Leadership 
  • Performance & Career Development 
  • Talent Strategy 
  • Staffing & Project Support 

Desired Experience and Competencies 

Sequoia Ecological Consulting seeks a proven people leader from the environmental consulting industry who leads with a collaborative leadership style and is able to translate between business and team needs. We're looking for someone eager to grow with Sequoia and make a real difference: someone energized by shaping a new role, investing in people's careers, and helping build a team that does meaningful work for California's environment. 

The ideal candidate is someone technical staff trust with their workload, their development, and their careers, bringing strong technical grounding alongside leadership, management skill, and consulting fluency. 

  • People Leadership & Trust Building 
  • Consulting & Technical Acumen  
  • Team & Talent Building  
  • Communication & Composure  

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Compensation: $140,000–$160,000 Annually

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