New Grad Water Resources Environmental Planner I - Summer 2026

HNTB•Indianapolis, IN

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. We are seeking an Environmental Planner to support municipal stormwater and environmental compliance efforts, with a focus on MS4 program implementation, environmental GIS, field inspections, and Post‑Construction Stormwater Management. This role will perform environmental investigations and field work, assist with data collection and analysis, conduct site inspections, and support regulatory compliance related to stormwater and environmental permits. The ideal candidate will also prepare clear, accurate technical documents, reports, and mapping products, and collaborate with engineering and operations staff to ensure effective environmental stewardship and compliance with local, state, and federal requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering or related field
Understand how to operate Microsoft Office Suite and client-specific programs with direction from more experienced staff.
Compiles and summarizes data (i.e., census data, land use data, ecology data, section 106, air and noise) with direction from more experienced staff.
Gains a basic understanding of environmental laws and regulations (i.e., NEPA, local, state and federal laws).
Uses technical writing skills proficiently, making use of basic templates to create technically sound reports.
Contributes to the environmental review documents and helps prepare reports with direction from more experienced staff.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Analyzes the design plan and identifies deliverables.
Compiles and analyzes 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 and reports for limited portions of a project or for small-scale projects.
Assists in the creation and presentation of project presentation materials, concepts, graphics, and reports to the client and community groups.
May attend project team meeting with limited client interaction and other project consultants.
Responsible for documenting meeting minutes, correspondences, and other forms related to projects within scope.
Performs other duties as assigned.