Environmental Planner

ICF • Los Angeles, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

ICF is seeking an Environmental Planner to support Southern California Edison’s environmental planning, EHSync, and execution program work. The role is hybrid, with flexibility to work remotely or in an office; Southern California is preferred, but remote locations may be considered. The successful candidate will support high-volume environmental review workflows, coordinate with subject matter experts, maintain project trackers, assist with document delivery, and help ensure planning deliverables are accurate and on schedule. Projects requiring immediate support are located throughout SCE’s service territory.

The position supports environmental planning and execution activities for utility-related projects, focusing on SME desktop reviews, planning coordination, tracker maintenance, and environmental document delivery. The planner will work with program managers, environmental planners, GIS staff, SMEs, construction support teams, and client representatives on environmental assessments, regulatory and technical reviews, Environmental Requirements Document development, workflow tracking, and timely completion of deliverables. Familiarity with CEQA, NEPA, utility environmental review workflows, and desktop review processes is preferred. Experience supporting California utilities, renewable energy developers, other developers, engineering companies, or public agencies is valuable.

ICF describes its workplace as collaborative and team-oriented, with an emphasis on high-quality work, employee growth, and helping employees thrive. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; the position is not eligible for new H-1B visa sponsorship. The full-time pay range is $61,232 to $125,954 nationwide, with final pay depending on factors such as experience, skills, location, and education.

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 and drafting technical reports or deliverables.
• Experience managing and tracking multiple concurrent assignments.
• Experience coordinating with technical reviewers and working effectively with internal teams and external clients.
• Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and ability to thrive in a team-oriented, deadline-driven setting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including coordination with internal staff, subcontractors, external clients, technical reviewers, and agency or utility representatives.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to track multiple assignments, priorities, deadlines, and document requirements concurrently.
• Commitment to accurate, timely, high-quality deliverables within established budgets, schedules, and client expectations.
• Ability to communicate clearly, follow up proactively, and escalate schedule, data, or quality concerns in a timely, solution-oriented manner.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and strategic-thinking skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating within a fast-paced, integrated project team.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of 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.
• 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 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.

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.
• 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 as part of an integrated team of 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