Environmental Planner III - Portland - AECOM

Description

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.

AECOM's EPP group is growing in the Pacific Northwest and is seeking an experienced Environmental Planner to join our team. Successful candidates would join our diverse team to engage with our expanding pool of public and private sector clients to complete environmental compliance processes and documentation. While we anticipate that this position would focus on serving our client base in the Pacific Northwest, candidates should anticipate having opportunities on environmental planning and permitting projects across the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. The primary work location is Portland, Oregon or Seattle, Washington.

AECOM is the world's premier infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come. Our Environmental Planning and Permitting (EPP) group is part of the Environment Business Line, responsible for environmental compliance of infrastructure projects for federal, state, and municipal agencies and private industry clients including work in the transportation, water, energy, ports, and mining sectors.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

* Support execution and delivery of environmental planning projects in collaboration with a broad and diverse range of technical specialists while meeting cost, schedule, safety, and quality objectives.

* Provide project/task management or coordination, including implementation of scopes of work, financial and budgetary management, and schedule tracking.

* Support proposal development with other managers and marketing support staff.

* May serve as a project manager, deputy project manager, task manager, or technical specialist depending on the project assignment.

* Supporting business development activities, such as proposal writing efforts.

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.

Minimum Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in environmental planning, landscape architecture, environmental science, biology, environmental planning, natural/biological resource management or other related field experience.

* 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in successfully supporting permitting and environmental impact analysis documents and associated technical studies and oversight of federal (National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA]) and state-specific (Washington State Environmental Policy Act [SEPA]), and local environmental permitting and compliance documents.

* Valid U.S Driver's license is required.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

* Demonstrated experience in environmental planning and permitting efforts associated with the Pacific Northwest, specifically permitting by the Oregon and Washington Energy Facility Siting Councils (EFSC and EFSEC)

* Knowledge of and experience applying the policies, standards, and regulations of County and municipal land use in Oregon and Washington.

* Demonstrated experience in the preparation NEPA, SEPA, and/or CEQA environmental documents.

* Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory requirements of Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

* Effective problem-solving abilities and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with members of the project team and clients.

* Excellent written and spoken communication skills, organizational and time management skills, and flexibility to work on a multitude of diverse projects.

* Proven organizational and time management skills, self-motivation, and the ability to work independently with limited supervision, as well as in a collaborative team environment.

* Effective problem-solving abilities, writing and communication skills, and ability to communicate effectively with members of the project team.