Senior Environmental Planner/Project Manager - Energy

AECO; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Environmental Planner/Project Manager - Energy to join our Environmental Planning and Permitting team in California. This hybrid role supports energy projects, including transmission, grid modernization, and renewables, and involves leading project teams and client coordination.

The role emphasizes seller-doer responsibilities, mentoring staff, and delivering CEQA/NEPA documentation while managing schedules and budgets for complex projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning or related field.
• 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency in electric transmission and renewable energy through CEQA/NEPA documents and siting analysis.
• A valid U.S. Driver's license is required.
• US Citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental planning and compliance work.
• Develop environmental documents and studies in CEQA/NEPA contexts.
• Manage early-stage due diligence for siting energy projects.
• Provide project management on mid- to large-sized projects (schedules, budgets, invoicing).
• Work on environmental documents and entitlements for energy projects.
• Support marketing, proposals, and cost estimates as a seller-doer.

Skills

CEQA/NEPA experience

Project management

Team leadership

Client coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning

Job description

Senior Environmental Planner/Project Manager - Energy

• Full-time
• State/Province: California
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
• Business Line: Environment
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Primary Location: US - Orange, CA - 999 Town & Country
• Compensation: USD 120,000 - USD 150,000 - yearly

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AECOMhas an exciting opportunity for aSenior level Environmental Planner/Project Manager - Energyto join our Environmental Planning and Permitting (EPP) team in Northern California. This hybrid role can be based out of AECOM’s San Diego, Orange or Los Angeles, CA offices.

Our EPP team serves numerous private industry and public utility energy clients, on a variety of energy projects including transmission, grid modernization, and renewable energy developments. In this role you will lead project teams and work with our environmental planning practitioners and technical subject matter experts to prepare environmental documents, with a particular focus on supporting permitting and entitlement work for our growing line of work with energy developers and utilities.

This role would involve serving as a seller-doer, including managing clients, project teams and complex projects, and leading and supporting new and ongoing business development activities.

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

• Lead environmental planning and compliance work and support the development of environmental documents and studies in compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other state and federal environmental regulations.
• Manage early-stage due diligence efforts for siting energy projects and associated infrastructure.
• Provide project management on mid- to large-sized projects, including developing and tracking project schedules, budgets, invoicing, and coordination with clients, technical staff and subconsultants.
• Work on environmental documents and entitlements related to high profile infrastructure projects, with particular emphasis on energy sector projects.
• Contribute to marketing and business development, preparation of proposals, and formulating proposal cost estimates as a seller-doer.
• Providing leadership in mentoring personnel, including reviewing their work for accuracy and clarity and providing constructive feedback on project tasks.

About AECOM’s Environment Business Line

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 span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.

MinimumRequirements

• Bachelor’s degreein environmental planning or related field.
• 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in electric transmission and renewable energy (e.g., solar, wind, energy storage) through preparing CEQA and/or NEPA documents, routing and siting analysis, critical issues analysis, land use entitlement applications and/or overseeing multi-disciplinary technical teams for resource technical studies and permitting.
• A valid U.S. Driver's license is required for this role.
• Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years ofexperience successfully managing and preparing CEQA and NEPA documentation, strong understanding of current state and federal regulations and guidance.
• Electric transmission and renewable energy (e.g., solar, wind, energy storage) experience through preparing