Senior Environmental Planner

AECOM • Los Angeles, CA

7h • $140,000 - $170,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Environmental Planning professional to join our Environmental Planning and Permitting (EPP) team. This hybrid position will report to our Southern California Planning team.
In this role, you will work with a team of technical leaders across a broad range of practice areas delivering environmental planning, impact assessment, permitting and compliance services to our key clients. Our EPP team serves numerous federal, state and local governments, non-governmental organizations, and private industry clients, delivering a variety of resource management, infrastructure, and development-related projects.
The role would involve serving as a seller-doer, involving managing projects or tasks involving CEQA/NEPA documentation, technical studies, and permitting, and leading and supporting business development activities. May serve as a project manager, deputy project manager, task manager, or technical specialist depending on the project assignment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or in Environmental Planning or related field.
• 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in CEQA/NEPA document preparation and related technical studies, proposal and/or task order preparation for CEQA/NEPA documents.
• Due to the nature of this role, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license is required.

Nice To Haves

• 15+ years of experience in CEQA/NEPA document preparation and business development for environmental planning projects.
• Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high level of competence and experience in working with teams, clients, and subcontractors.
• Exceptional detail orientation and attention to quality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills to effectively manage tasks and interact with teams of staff, subconsultants, and clients.

Responsibilities

• Providing CEQA and NEPA oversight, authority, and accountability for projects.
• Serving as a Project Manager on different size projects, including financial management and reporting, subconsultant oversight, and technical staff management.
• Overseeing multiple projects simultaneously within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensuring quality standards on project deliverables.
• Responding to a variety of ongoing requests to support projects under our existing contracts, including refining task needs, scoping and costing tasks, and identifying and assigning staff.
• Engaging in business development activities and pursuits. Prepare effective technical proposals and take an active role in the development of new business with new and existing clients. Develop and expand client relationships that generate repeat business.
• Providing leadership in mentoring personnel, including reviewing their work for accuracy and clarity in your technical area of expertise and providing constructive feedback.
• Participating in professional associations/events relevant to the industry.

Benefits

• AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level