Environmental Planner III - AECOM
Oakland, CA
About the Job
Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
AECOM is actively seeking a talented Environmental Planner with experience in regulatory compliance and task management to support some of California's most exciting power, water, and transportation infrastructure projects. This position would report to AECOM’s Oakland or Sacramento offices and would support a variety of projects throughout California and the West. While connected to one of AECOM’s Northern California offices, the right candidate may also be considered for remote work from other US-based locations.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
+ Work closely with clients and internal staff on complex projects involving biological resource protection, regulatory permitting, CEQA/NEPA support, mitigation, and/or restoration.
+ Act as Task Lead or Project Manager on multiple projects, including responsible and timely management of tasks, schedules, and project teams.
+ Prepare and/or provide technical review of technical memorandums, permit application packages, and other technical reports.
+ Contribute as an active and positive member of AECOM’s Environmental Planning and Permitting practice in the Western/Central US.
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 Sustainable Legacies 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.
Qualifications
Required Skills/Experience:
+ Bachelor’s degree in biology, Ecology, Environmental Planning, or a related field.
+ 4 years of relevant work experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in environmental planning and permitting.
+ Valid U.S Driver's license is required for this role.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
+ Knowledge of and experience with the California Environmental Quality Act and/or National Environmental Policy Act.
+ Familiarity with permit triggers and requirements, and typical challenges and strategies related to environmental permitting and impact avoidance.
+ Experience developing and managing project budgets.
+ Experience as a Task Lead or Project Manager on projects involving regulatory permitting, environmental documents, or biological surveys and monitoring.
+ Working knowledge of key special-status species in northern California, and the associated state and federal environmental protections.
+ Experience in permitting projects with federal and California state agencies related to fish and wildlife, wetlands and waters, and/or coastal development.
+ Experience as primary author and/or reviewer of complex environmental documents.
+ Excellent oral and written communication skills.
+ Positive attitude and adaptability to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
+ Good organizational skills and a strong detail-oriented work style.
Additional Information
+ Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required.
Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $90,000.00 - $110,000.00.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10118099
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: West
Career Area: Planning
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
AECOM is actively seeking a talented Environmental Planner with experience in regulatory compliance and task management to support some of California's most exciting power, water, and transportation infrastructure projects. This position would report to AECOM’s Oakland or Sacramento offices and would support a variety of projects throughout California and the West. While connected to one of AECOM’s Northern California offices, the right candidate may also be considered for remote work from other US-based locations.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
+ Work closely with clients and internal staff on complex projects involving biological resource protection, regulatory permitting, CEQA/NEPA support, mitigation, and/or restoration.
+ Act as Task Lead or Project Manager on multiple projects, including responsible and timely management of tasks, schedules, and project teams.
+ Prepare and/or provide technical review of technical memorandums, permit application packages, and other technical reports.
+ Contribute as an active and positive member of AECOM’s Environmental Planning and Permitting practice in the Western/Central US.
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 Sustainable Legacies 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.
Qualifications
Required Skills/Experience:
+ Bachelor’s degree in biology, Ecology, Environmental Planning, or a related field.
+ 4 years of relevant work experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in environmental planning and permitting.
+ Valid U.S Driver's license is required for this role.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
+ Knowledge of and experience with the California Environmental Quality Act and/or National Environmental Policy Act.
+ Familiarity with permit triggers and requirements, and typical challenges and strategies related to environmental permitting and impact avoidance.
+ Experience developing and managing project budgets.
+ Experience as a Task Lead or Project Manager on projects involving regulatory permitting, environmental documents, or biological surveys and monitoring.
+ Working knowledge of key special-status species in northern California, and the associated state and federal environmental protections.
+ Experience in permitting projects with federal and California state agencies related to fish and wildlife, wetlands and waters, and/or coastal development.
+ Experience as primary author and/or reviewer of complex environmental documents.
+ Excellent oral and written communication skills.
+ Positive attitude and adaptability to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
+ Good organizational skills and a strong detail-oriented work style.
Additional Information
+ Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required.
Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $90,000.00 - $110,000.00.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10118099
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: West
Career Area: Planning
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
Source : AECOM
