Senior CEQA Lead - EIRs and Environmental Planning

Verdantas; San Ramon (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Environment

Paid Parental Leave

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Time Off + Holidays

Job summary

Verdantas is seeking an experienced environmental planning professional to join our growing California team in a senior role. The successful candidate will independently lead complex CEQA reviews, manage multidisciplinary teams, and advise public- and private-sector clients on environmental planning matters.

You will prepare and manage full Environmental Impact Reports from initiation to certification, including scoping, technical oversight, and mitigation monitoring, while guiding client

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Urban Planning, Geography, Biology, or related field.
• At least 10 years of CEQA experience, preferably in environmental consulting.
• Ability to independently manage and prepare full EIRs, including scoping, impact analysis, alternatives, mitigation, responses to comments, findings, MMRPs, and certification support.
• Strong knowledge of the CEQA Statute and Guidelines, California environmental regulations, and defensible CEQA documents.
• Proven experience managing scopes, budgets, schedules, multidisciplinary teams, subconsultants, client expectations, and concurrent assignments.
• Excellent technical writing, editing, presentation, communication, and client management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and management of CEQA documents, including Initial Studies, Negative and Mitigated Negative Declarations, full EIRs, Subsequent and Supplemental EIRs, Addenda, Findings of Fact, Statements of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs.
• Manage complex environmental planning projects from initiation through completion, with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, staffing, document quality, risk management, and client communication.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams and integrate biological, cultural, tribal cultural, air quality, greenhouse gas, noise, transportation, hydrology, land use, and other technical analyses into CEQA documents.
• Develop environmental review strategies, evaluate impacts and alternatives, formulate mitigation measures, and guide clients through CEQA decisions and approval processes.
• Lead agency consultation, stakeholder engagement, public meetings, and hearings while coordinating with project proponents, regulatory agencies, legal counsel, technical specialists, and decision-makers.
• Support client development, proposals, project scoping, fee development, and interviews while mentoring staff and providing QA/QC review of environmental documents and technical studies.

Skills

CEQA experience

Technical writing

Project management

Client management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Urban Planning, Geography, Biology, or related field

Tools

GIS

Job description

Verdantas is seeking an experienced environmental planning professional to join our growing California team in a senior role. The successful candidate will independently lead complex CEQA reviews, manage multidisciplinary teams, and advise public- and private-sector clients on environmental planning matters.

You will prepare and manage full Environmental Impact Reports from initiation to certification, including scoping, technical oversight, and mitigation monitoring, while guiding client