Senior Environmental Urban Planner/Project Manager
About the position Responsibilities • Partner with other leaders in our integrated urban environmental planning practice on business development activities, including proactive outreach to public agencies and private clients in northern California. • Generate proposals and, with other members of our Team, anticipate, track, and obtain new task orders from existing clients. • Plan, execute, and deliver environmental planning documents that meet our high-quality standards 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 successfully manage internal teams and subcontractors. • Manage preparation of technical studies and environmental documents for completeness, clarity, accuracy, and defensibility. • Provide advice, mentor, and enhance the professional development of other members of our team. Requirements • Bachelor's degree in environmental science, biology, environmental planning, natural/biological resource management or other related field experience. • 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education with environmental/urban planning and compliance, including CEQA and NEPA project experience. • A valid U.S. Driver's license is required for this role. Nice-to-haves • 10+ years of relevant experience. • Experience with, and interest in urban planning, community planning, long-range policy planning, urban design, zoning, market feasibility, or economic development strategies. • Demonstrated expertise in preparing and overseeing the preparation of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents. • Experience and interest in business development and client engagement. • Effectiveness in presenting complex environmental documents to planning commissions, city councils, boards of supervisors, and other decision-making bodies. • Excellent problem-solving abilities, exceptional writing and communication skills demonstrating an ability to communicate effectively with members of the project team, clients (in-person and virtually), and an ability to ensure performance of internal technical teams and subcontractors. • Excellent written and spoken communication skills, organizational and time management skills, and flexibility to work on a multitude of diverse projects. • Able to work both independently and as a part of a project team. Benefits • 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, employee stock purchase plan. Apply tot his job Apply tot his job