Senior Environmental Planning Principal (CEQA/NEPA)

HDR; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a highly motivated Environmental Planning Project Principal to expand CEQA & NEPA services in the Southern California area. The role requires collaboration across HDR’s Transportation, Resources, Water, BES, Architecture, and Federal groups to develop opportunities, manage projects, and mentor staff.

You will drive proposals, lead multidisciplinary teams, and ensure quality environmental studies in compliance with CEQA/NEPA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and related professional experience.
• 15 years related experience.
• A minimum of 7 years project management experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software.
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development & initiation to close-out).
• Responsible for any project assignment regardless of size, visibility, number of disciplines, technical complexity or number of staff.
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently.
• Establish client relations and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders.
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule.
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule.
• Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews.
• Implement QA/QC procedures.
• Supervise large project staffs and act as mentor for less-experienced Project Managers.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

Team leadership

Client relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

15 years related experience

7 years project management experience

Tools

Primavera P3

SureTrak

Prolog

Microsoft Office

Estimating software

Scheduling software

Job description

HDR is seeking a highly motivated Environmental Planning Project Principal to expand CEQA & NEPA services in the Southern California area. The role requires collaboration across HDR’s Transportation, Resources, Water, BES, Architecture, and Federal groups to develop opportunities, manage projects, and mentor staff.

You will drive proposals, lead multidisciplinary teams, and ensure quality environmental studies in compliance with CEQA/NEPA.