Planner III-Environmental Review (5298) Natural Resources and Lands Management Division-(Moccasin) SFPUC (167779)

City and County of San Francisco•Moccasin, CA

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is seeking an Environmental Planner to perform complex environmental planning, permitting, compliance, and lands management work. This role supports the operational and Capital Improvement Program activities of the SFPUC Water Enterprise. Key responsibilities include CEQA/NEPA environmental review, Chapter 31 implementation, resource-agency permitting, environmental construction compliance, professional-services administration, federal-land coordination, natural and cultural resources management, Tribal engagement, and strategic program development. The position reports to the Senior Environmental Planner of the Moccasin Planning and Compliance Section and may supervise consultants and junior staff. This is an external-facing role requiring close collaboration with federal and state agency staff, City attorneys, Tribal representatives, and SFPUC multidisciplinary teams. The incumbent will develop project descriptions, evaluate environmental impacts and mitigation measures, prepare and manage technical studies and regulatory documentation, support contract administration, coordinate project teams, and provide technical guidance on environmental review, permitting, and regulatory compliance. The position is located in Moccasin, California, and may require working in remote field settings.

Requirements

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND four (4) years (8000 hours) of verifiable full-time equivalent experience either: performing environmental review functions OR in a city/regional/urban planning environment preparing documents for entities such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
OR Master's degree from an accredited college or university in city/regional/urban planning, environmental studies, architecture, law, earth sciences, geography, economics, landscape architecture, civil engineering, urban studies or public administration AND two (2) years (4000 hours) of verifiable full-time equivalent experience either: performing environmental review functions OR in a city/regional/urban planning environment preparing documents for entities such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Possession of a current valid California Driver’s License.
One (1) year of full-time employment is considered equivalent to two thousand (2,000) hours. Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience interpreting or working with federal land management and permitting instruments including rights-of-way, special use authorizations, permits, easements, agreements, maps, land records, or historical authorizations.
Experience applying local, state, and federal environmental laws, regulations, and environmental review processes.
Experience with cultural resources identification, preservation, protection, consultation, and management practices.
Experience conducting environmental review and permitting for utility, infrastructure, operations, maintenance, or capital improvement activities.
Experience using GIS, databases, document management systems, or other tools to organize and analyze environmental, geographic, or regulatory information.
Experience developing scopes of work and supporting consultant contract administration, schedules, budgets, and multidisciplinary technical teams.
Experience coordinating with regulatory agencies, land management agencies, Tribal representatives, project managers, operations staff, consultants, attorneys, or other parties with differing responsibilities and perspectives.

Responsibilities

Analyzes proposed project activities to determine environmental review, documentation, consultation, and permitting requirements, identifies environmental and regulatory risks, and recommends avoidance measures, mitigation measures, and best management practices to minimize environmental impacts and regulatory risk.
Applies and interprets federal, state, and local laws, regulations, ordinances, permits, agreements, authorizations, and SFPUC policies, including the Raker Act.
Prepares or coordinates permit applications, right-of-way and special use authorization requests, and related submissions to local, state, and federal agencies.
Obtains authorizations under CWA §§401/404, NPDES §402, Fish & Game Code §§1602/1610, ESA/CESA, NHPA §106, ARPA, FLPMA, Raker Act, Wilderness Act, Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, and related federal/state authorities.
Prepares, reviews, and coordinates CEQA, NEPA, NHPA, FLPMA, and related environmental review and compliance documentation.
Prepares and manages technical studies and reports concerning environmental, biological, cultural, land, and other natural resource matters.
Critically reviews and evaluates consultant work associated with planning, permitting, environmental review, technical studies, and compliance monitoring, and develops scopes of work and supports consultant contract administration, including schedules, budgets, deliverables, and fieldwork coordination.
Coordinates interdisciplinary review of project proposals, technical studies, and environmental documentation; performs environmental review of third-party applications for use of SFPUC lands.
Identifies environmental and regulatory risks, evaluates available information, and develops practical recommendations when requirements or project conditions are uncertain.
Represents SFPUC interests during interagency consultations, stakeholder meetings, public meetings, and field visits, and collaborates with multidisciplinary staff, consultants, regulatory personnel, Tribal representatives, and other parties.
Exercises sound and objective judgment, including when information is incomplete, requirements are uncertain, or competing priorities must be reconciled.
Manages competing priorities and communicates emerging issues, schedule risks, and recommended actions to project managers and supervisors.
Communicates complex legal, technical, and procedural information clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.