Environmental Planner Proficient in Nepa and Ceqa - Napa, United States - Adanta, Inc.

Description

Adanta, Inc. Seeks an Environmental Planner Proficient in NEPA and CEQA
Adanta, Inc.

(Adanta) is a full-service environmental consulting and technical services firm offering a wide range of expertise in the environmental sciences.

Established in 2008, Adanta has a proven track record of addressing complex challenges while providing personalized customer service to clients and end users.

Adanta supports its clients' missions by providing custom solutions that feature technical innovation and minimize client cost and risk.

Adanta provides the level of quality, value, responsiveness, and flexibility that support the diverse client needs as demonstrated through repeat business and client loyalty over the years.

Adanta is seeking a full-time Natural Resources Environmental Planner to work on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) contracts; provide project oversight; and provide environmental data collection, analyses, and documentation under CEQA and NEPA.

This position will be based in Napa, California but can be performed remotely.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with talented and enthusiastic individuals and to grow with a firm that believes in nurturing talent and developing long-term career success.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serve as an Environmental Planner on large, complex environmental compliance documents for development projects, infrastructure projects, and land use plans overseeing the preparation of documents, reports, presentations, technical memoranda, and other work products.
• Knowledge and experience of local, state, and federal environmental regulations not limited to CEQA, NEPA, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Endangered Species Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, etc.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of NEPA including staying up to date on case law and providing support on complex projects to accurately advise clients.
• Write proficiently with the ability to manage multiple project schedules with competing deadlines and budget constraints.
• Interface directly with key clients and help build and maintain excellent relationships.
• Assist with business development and contribute to identifying new leads, writing proposals, and bookings.
• Manage and author deliverables.
• Mentor less experienced staff.
• Strictly adhere to professional standards including, but not limited to, demonstrating consistency and reliability, timeliness in meeting project deadlines, close watch and control over project budgets, and maintaining clear and concise communication.
• Ability to develop project execution plans to satisfy regulatory compliance.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work under mínimal supervision. This includes a proven ability to support and track the timely execution of internal taskings, analyzing potential environmental impacts on resource areas, participating in client meetings, supporting public and agency coordination, and executing other related duties as assigned.
• Ability to work as an integral part of a team with coworkers, subcontractors, and clients to understand and meet expectations for project outcomes and deliverables on NEPA projects.
• Thorough understanding of most standard computer programs as well as proficiency in database management and SharePoint systems.
• Attend project coordination meetings with Project Managers, subcontractors, stakeholders, and clients to ensure project deliverables comply with contractual obligations while meeting client expectations.
• Prepare public outreach materials.
• Attend public and stakeholder meetings.
• Review technical requirements to meet data development objectives and perform quality assurance on deliverables to clients.
• Identify technical problems and implement corrective actions.
• Mentor staff in the development of the skills in CEQA/NEPA analysis and document preparation.
• Assist with proposal writing and business development.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in urban planning, transportation/transit planning, environmental studies, or related field.
• At least five years of related professional work experience in environmental program/project management for private, local, state, and or federal clients. Experience should include complex, multi‐disciplinary projects; leading meetings with clients and agencies; directing project teams including subcontractors; preparing or directing staff in the preparation of technical studies and CEQA/NEPA documents; and setting and adhering to project budgets and delivery schedules.
• Experience demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and experience working with NEPA requirements and procedures including contributing to and/or managing the preparation of Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements to include programmatic NEPA documents.
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