Environmental Planner / Scientist IV

HNTB Corporation•Santa Ana, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails being responsible for providing environmental support from concept development through project completion including researching, gathering, and analyzing data, preparing project materials, and applying environmental law and policy to ensure compliance on behalf of the client. This position collaborates and communicates with clients and the community, creating and delivering presentations and reports. May function as task lead and provide technical guidance and mentorship to earlier career staff.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, or related field and 6 years of relevant experience, or Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, or related field and 5 years of relevant experience
Operates Microsoft Project and client-specific programs with proficiency and remains current on updates.
Understands policies and procedures of the client processes (i.e., regulations, concept of final design, environmental procedure manual).
Serves as the Task Lead for moderately complexity projects with the ability to contribute to writing scopes and budgets with minimal Project Manager oversight.
Develops an advanced understanding of environmental laws (i.e., CEQA, NEPA, local, state and federal) and ensures legal compliance.
Applies knowledge to more complex documents, provides recommendations to the client, and ensures permits are completed.
Oversees and reviews the work of less experienced staff.
Prepares the scope of work, budget, and schedule as part of a task expansion or new proposal with oversight from more experienced staff.
Prepares environmental review documents for more complex transportation projects with guidance from more experienced staff or the Project Manager.
Serves as the Task Lead for environmental documents independently.
Reviews and oversees the work of less experienced staff.
Experience in preparing Phase I ESA
Experience in preparing air quality technical studies
Experience in preparing GHG and Energy studies
Noise impact analysis modeling
Climate Vulnerability Assessments
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science or related field.

Responsibilities

Analyzes and reviews the design plan and identifies deliverables.
Leads planning processes and technical solutions that best meet the project needs.
Leads tasks under general direction related to compiling and analyzing data associated with multi-disciplines and proposes technical solutions.
Collects raw data, organizes, researches, and applies recognized tools of analysis to provide comprehensive review of the data.
Prepares graphics, technical reports, fee proposals, and responses to Request for Proposals for planning projects.
Creates project presentation materials, concepts, graphics, and reports to the client and community groups.
Responsible for significant portions of presentations and public facilitation.
Conducts public meetings/hearings/community workshops and interfaces with client groups and community stakeholders.
Coordinates with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks.
Assists in directing teams for tasks for projects.
Mentors and provides direction on the work of less experienced staff.
Assists in the preparation of scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to RFP’s for projects.
Develops and maintains client meetings and interactions.
Performs other duties as assigned.