Senior Environmental Urban Planner/Project Manager

AECOM; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Environmental Urban Planner/Project Manager to join their dynamic team in California. This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence environmental planning and community design while engaging with a diverse client base. You will lead projects that shape sustainable solutions and mentor upcoming professionals in the field. With a strong focus on collaboration and innovation, this position empowers you to make a meaningful impact on communities and the environment. Join a firm that values your growth and offers a supportive environment for your career advancement.

Benefits

Medical Benefits

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Options

Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in environmental/urban planning and compliance.
• Proven ability to manage complex environmental planning projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage environmental planning projects and ensure compliance with CEQA.
• Engage with clients and prepare proposals for new projects.

Skills

Environmental Planning

CEQA Compliance

Project Management

Business Development

Technical Writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science

Master's degree in related field

Job description

Senior Environmental Urban Planner/Project Manager

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Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

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.

Job Description

AECOM is growing in northern California and seeking a talented and motivated Senior Environmental Planner/Project Manager. The successful candidate would partner with other leaders in northern California and our multi-disciplinary team to engage with our expanding pool of public and private sector clients, and manage planning projects and associated environmental impact analyses, including CEQA compliance processes and documentation. The role would involve proactive marketing and business development, as well as coordinating with our Team to prepare proposals. May serve as a project manager, deputy project manager, task manager, or technical specialist, depending on the assignment. This hybrid role can be based in our Sacramento or Oakland, CA offices.

While we anticipate that this position would focus on serving our growing public agency client base in northern California, the successful candidate should also anticipate having a meaningful voice in shaping our integrated environmental and community planning practice, which could include managing and mentoring of staff, helping to hone our strategic focus, and collaborating with other AECOM leaders and our clients to remain at the leading edge of environmental planning and community planning and design.

AECOM is seeking candidates with a demonstrated ability to understand our clients’ most important challenges and opportunities, manage environmental planning projects, develop proposals that speak to our differentiating qualities, and prepare deliverables that anticipate our clients’ needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with other leaders in our integrated urban environmental planning practice on business development activities, including proactive outreach to public agencies and private clients in northern California.
• Generate proposals and, with other members of our Team, anticipate, track, and obtain new task orders from existing clients.
• Plan, execute, and deliver environmental planning documents that meet our high-quality standards in collaboration with a broad and diverse range of technical specialists.
• Manage projects through completion in accordance with defined scopes of work and budgets.
• Engage staff, assign project responsibilities, and successfully manage internal teams and subcontractors.
• Manage preparation of technical studies and environmental documents for completeness, clarity, accuracy, and defensibility.
• Provide advice, mentor, and enhance the professional development of other members of our team.

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.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, biology, environmental planning, natural/biological resource management or other related field experience.
• 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education with environmental/urban planning and compliance, including CEQA and NEPA project experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with, and interest in urban planning, community planning, long-range policy planning, urban design, zoning, market feasibility, or economic development strategies.
• Demonstrated expertise in preparing and overseeing the preparation of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents.
• Experience and interest in business development and client engagement.
• Effectiveness in presenting complex environmental documents to planning commissions, city councils, boards of supervisors, and other decision-making bodies.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, exceptional writing and communication skills demonstrating an ability to communicate effectively with members of the project team, clients (in-person and virtually), and an ability to ensure performance of internal technical teams and subcontractors.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, organizational and time management skills, and flexibility to work on a multitude of diverse projects.
• Able to work both independently and as a part of a project team.

Additional Information

• Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required.

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $135,000.00 - $170,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. Learn more at aecom.com.

What makes AECOM a great place to work

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community—where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10127942

Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: West

Career Area: Planning

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Architecture and Planning, Civil Engineering, and Construction

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