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Senior Environmental Planner

Stantec1,452 open roles

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Sacramento, CA, United States, Bishop, CA, United States, Chico, CA, United States, Fresno, CA, United States, Nevada City, CA, United States, Petaluma, CA, United States, Redding, CA, United States, Roseville, CA, United States, San Francisco, CA, United States, San Jose, CA, United States, Walnut Creek, CA, United States
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Your applicationOpen nowSenior Environmental PlannerStantec · Sacramento, CA, United States, Bishop, CA, United States, Chico, CA, United States, Fresno, CA, United States, Nevada City, CA, United States, Petaluma, CA, United States, Redding, CA, United States, Roseville, CA, United States, San Francisco, CA, United States, San Jose, CA, United States, Walnut Creek, CA, United States

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Job Description

Your Opportunity

We are currently growing our Environmental Services Water and Infrastructure team. Stantec’s Northern California team is seeking a Senior Environmental Planner to join our Environmental Services Practice, working within our water and infrastructure sector. The successful candidate will work in a team environment and will be responsible for managing tasks and/or projects, leading the development of technical documents, and coordinating and/or leading environmental permitting for our water agency, municipal, and public works clients. They will also be responsible for assisting and/or leading proposals and presentations to clients and agencies. Stantec offers flexible work locations (including working from home), flexible work hours, and a robust compensation and benefits package.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Environmental Planner, you will provide land use planning knowledge to support environmental review needs for public and private water and infrastructure projects and programs. You will manage and lead multi-disciplinary project/program teams. Task duties may include managing environmental permitting efforts; managing technical study support for water supply, conveyance, treatment, storage, flood control, and other public infrastructure projects; environmental impact analysis support; CEQA/NEPA support; land use planning; and coordination/management for environmental projects.

  • Manage multi-discipline program or project schedules, deliverables, budgets, staff, and the project record, and bring program/project schedules, budgets, and scopes of work to successful completion.
  • Develop effective and efficient workflow processes and program/project-appropriate communication plans.
  • Provide planning and permitting support for water, wastewater, recycled water, stormwater, and flood control infrastructure projects, such as pipelines, treatment facilities, reservoirs, pump stations, and levees.
  • Lead the preparation and review of technical documents, such as due diligence studies, discretionary environmental permitting, State and federal acts, and biological technical studies, and provide regulatory compliance services related to projects for clients within the environmental services water and infrastructure sector.
  • Help develop and mentor a team of high performers by coaching and training staff to expand their understanding of business development, delivery of technical biological reports, environmental permitting, and project delivery/management.
  • Develop proposals (scope and budgets) for environmental services tasks, independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Interact and communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams, clients, and agencies. This includes being an active member of our Environmental Services Water and Infrastructure team based out of the San Francisco Greater Bay Area and Sacramento Valley Region, and across our Northern California geography.
  • Travel across Northern California to conduct project site visits, mentor staff, and/or attend meetings. This role may require overnight travel for multiple nights, approximately 10-20% of the time.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

  • Familiarity with the environmental review and permitting process for water and public infrastructure projects, and a general understanding of local municipal planning within the Northern California region, are preferred.
  • Past project management experience, with a preference for experience in natural resources consulting, planning, and permitting within California.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience performing environmental planning and permitting work for California water agencies, municipalities, special districts, or other public infrastructure owners.
  • Ability to validate and accurately analyze information and make sound decisions within a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to manage risks and safety appropriately, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external clients.
  • Effectiveness in resource planning and results delivery, and the ability to identify opportunities and build relationships with clients.
  • Ability to prioritize and balance workloads to achieve goals while keeping up with a highly mobile and changing environment.

Education and Experience

  • Basic: BA/BS degree in Urban, Regional or Environmental Land Use Planning, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, or a related field, with 7 years of relevant experience.
  • CEQA/NEPA, USACE, RWQCB, and CDFW permitting experience is a plus.
  • Preferred: Master’s degree in Urban, Regional or Environmental Land Use Planning, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, or a related field.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee, and other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

This position will be in a typical office environment or a flexible (partial home, partial office) work environment, working with computers at a stationary desk for long periods of time. Our Environmental Services team generally works remotely and meets frequently; however, an office desk is available if preferred. The successful candidate will be expected to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of one of our Northern California offices.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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About Us

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

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