Environmental Planner: NEPA/MEPA Project Lead

Stantec; Plymouth (MN); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking an Environmental Planner in our Plymouth, MN office to lead multidisciplinary teams delivering state and federal environmental review services for client projects.

You will coordinate with agencies, manage scopes, schedules, budgets, and supervise staff while ensuring QA/QC and H&S compliance. This role offers opportunity to work regionally across Minnesota with diverse project types.

Qualifications

• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational and mentoring skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to communicate complex issues to clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
• History of relevant professional development.
• Proven and demonstrated high quality technical writing skills.
• Experience in or a solid understanding of the consulting industry in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills, and be customer focused to understand and appropriately respond to client’s business needs.
• Must demonstrate effective resource planning, results delivery, and staying current with environmental review regulation and requirements.
• Able to meet deadlines.
• Able to travel regionally and as needed, have occasional overnight trips.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; GIS a plus.
• Must have a good driving record and valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• State and federal MEPA/NEPA project management or task management.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to prepare environmental review documents and conduct public meetings.
• Coordinate with state and federal agencies, provide guidance and technical writing support.
• Manage multiple projects within scope, budget, and schedule; ensure quality standards.
• Define and manage project objectives, scope, schedule, budgets, and teams.
• Foster client and regulator satisfaction through facilitation and issue resolution.
• Develop relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
• Ensure QA/QC and Health & Safety requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support cross-selling of other services to existing clients.
• Assist with business development and proposal preparation.
• Perform technical work, review reports and proposals, and present findings.
• Mentor early career team members.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Interpersonal skills

Technical writing

Project management

Independent work

Meeting deadlines

Travel flexibility

Resource planning

Stakeholder engagement

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

GIS

Driving license

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Environmental Planning, Science, or related field

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

GIS

Job description

Stantec is seeking an Environmental Planner in our Plymouth, MN office to lead multidisciplinary teams delivering state and federal environmental review services for client projects.

You will coordinate with agencies, manage scopes, schedules, budgets, and supervise staff while ensuring QA/QC and H&S compliance. This role offers opportunity to work regionally across Minnesota with diverse project types.