Senior Environmental Planner - CEQA

Job Description

AECOM is growing in Northern California and seeking candidates for an experienced Senior Environmental Planner opportunity in our Sacramento, CA office. The successful candidate would join other leaders in Northern California and our diverse team, to engage with our expanding pool of public and private sector clients, manage planning projects and associated environmental impact analyses, including CEQA compliance processes and documentation. This role may serve as a project manager, deputy project manager, task manager, or technical specialist depending on the project assignment. Assignments include interacting with agencies and the public. The role also would include supporting business development activities, such as proposal writing efforts.

While we anticipate that this position would focus on serving our public agency client base in Northern California, the successful candidate should anticipate having a meaningful voice in shaping our integrated environmental and community planning practice, which could include managing and mentoring of staff.

AECOM is seeking candidates with a demonstrated ability to manage environmental planning projects, successfully interface with clients, apply sound business development strategies, and prepare proposals and deliverables that respond to our clients' needs.

Key responsibilities include:

In coordination with other partners, provide leadership in business development activities through outreach to local and regional public agencies and private clients in northern California.

Generate proposals and contracts with other managers and marketing support staff, and anticipate, track, and obtain new task orders from existing clients.

Plan, execute, and deliver environmental planning projects in collaboration with a broad and diverse range of technical specialists.

Manage projects through completion in accordance with defined scopes of work and budgets.

Engage staff, assign project responsibilities, and manage internal teams and subcontractors to meet schedule and budget.

Manage preparation of technical studies and environmental documents for completeness, accuracy, and defensibility.

Provide advice, mentor, and enhance the professional development of other members of our team.

About AECOM's Environment Business Line

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world's most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM's program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.