Environmental Planner

ICF • San Diego, CA

2d • $61,232 - $125,954 • Hybrid

About The Position

ICF is seeking an Environmental Planner to support Southern California Edison’s environmental planning, EHSync, and execution program work within ICF’s Energy practice. The role supports utility-related environmental planning and execution activities, including subject matter expert (SME) desktop reviews, planning coordination, tracker maintenance, Environmental Requirements Document (ERD) development support, and environmental document delivery. The position works with program managers, environmental planners, GIS staff, SMEs, construction support teams, client representatives, subcontractors, and other stakeholders to support environmental assessments, regulatory and technical reviews, workflow tracking, and timely completion of accurate planning deliverables.

The successful candidate will help coordinate high-volume review workflows, track assignments and deadlines, check project information for completeness, follow up on missing data, and support quality control and final document delivery under SCE guidance, templates, and naming conventions. Projects requiring immediate support are located throughout SCE’s service territory. The position is described as hybrid, with flexibility to work remotely or in an office; Southern California is preferred, and a remote location is also considered.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of environmental planning, environmental compliance, utility planning, permitting, or related professional experience in a consulting or team-based environment.
• Experience preparing environmental or local development planning documents, drafting technical reports and deliverables, managing and tracking multiple concurrent assignments, coordinating with technical reviewers, and working effectively with internal teams and external clients.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including coordination with internal staff, subcontractors, external clients, technical reviewers, and agency or utility representatives.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to track multiple assignments, priorities, deadlines, and document requirements concurrently.
• Ability to support high-quality, accurate, and timely deliverables within established budgets, schedules, and client expectations.
• Experience preparing, supporting, or reviewing environmental planning documents, technical memoranda, environmental requirements documents, desktop review summaries, or other planning deliverables.
• Experience coordinating technical inputs from SMEs in areas such as biological resources, cultural resources, waters/wetlands, construction stormwater, coastal, air quality, GIS, or related disciplines.
• Experience maintaining trackers, schedules, worklists, action item logs, and deliverable status reports for multiple concurrent assignments.
• Ability to communicate clearly, follow up proactively, and escalate schedule, data, or quality concerns in a timely and solution-oriented manner.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced, integrated project team.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of environmental planning and compliance processes, including CEQA, NEPA, utility environmental review workflows, and desktop review processes.
• Experience supporting environmental review workflows, planning deliverables, tracker management, task coordination, or utility work management systems.
• Experience supporting California-based utilities, renewable energy developers, commercial, residential, or industrial developers, engineering companies, or local, state, or federal agencies.

Responsibilities

• Support SCE program workflows, including coordination, SME reviews, tracking, ERD development support, and planning or execution deliverable coordination.
• Maintain and update project trackers, worklists, due-date logs, assignment records, and status reports to support schedule adherence and program visibility.
• Coordinate with biological, cultural, wetlands/waters, construction stormwater, coastal, air quality, GIS, and other SMEs to help ensure reviews are assigned, completed, documented, and delivered on time.
• Review project information for completeness, identify missing data, follow up with project teams or client contacts, and help document applicable planning assumptions.
• Assist with compiling ERD measures, reviewing SME inputs, preparing planning summaries, and supporting final document delivery in accordance with SCE guidance, templates, and naming conventions.
• Communicate priorities, timelines, status updates, and data needs to internal team members, subcontractors, SMEs, and client contacts.
• Participate in program coordination meetings and help prepare action items, meeting notes, tracker updates, and follow-up communications.
• Support QA/QC of planning and execution deliverables, tracker entries, work management system updates, and document packages before submittal.
• Collaborate with planners, scientists, GIS specialists, program managers, regulators, subcontractors, and other stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed