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Environmental Subject Matter Experts and NEPA Planners

AECOM
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Jun 2026

About the role

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 -Transportation

As populations grow in the Southeast, so do demands for safe, expedient and cost-effective transportation. AECOM’s Southeast Transportation business line partners with our clients to build, modernize and expand transportation projects that carry all our communities into the future — safely and reliably.

We use our extensive knowledge in planning, designing and managing transportation systems — as well as restoring and replacing aging infrastructure — to help our public and private clients find smarter, more advanced ways to move people across cities, countries and continents.

Our integrated approach and social responsibility have earned us the trust of local municipalities, government agencies, commercial clients and public-private partnerships. Our expertise and global reach enable us to deliver high-quality solutions for our clients that pave the way for long-lasting benefits to society.

Big projects. Stable future. Accelerate your career with AECOM!  Join us!

 

Summary

We are enthusiastically searching for Environmental Subject Matter Experts and GIS Technicians to join our growing team throughout the southern US. Selected candidates can expect to work on alternative delivery projects, including mega-projects.

Key roles include:

  • Task Lead / Subject Matter Expert
  • Task / Subject Matter Expert Team Members
  • GIS Specialists
  • Environmental Planners

Desired skillsets include:

  • Experience conducting environmental analysis specific to large transportation projects
  • Experience with environmental permitting specific to large transportation projects
  • Experience with NEPA
  • Experience using and interpreting roadway files to analyze impacts
  • Experience with complex projects which include many overlapping layers and data sets that are in flux.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

GIS Specialists:  

  • BS Degree or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience

 

Junior Level Engineers Task & Subject Matter Expert Team Members:  

  • BS in Engineering + 2 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience

 

Mid-Level Engineers/ Task & Subject Matter Expert Team Members: 

  • BS in Engineering + 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience

 

Senior Level Engineers / SME & Task Leads: 

  • BS in Engineering + 10 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience using GIS and DGN’s
  • State DOT experience

Additional Information

  • Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position. 
  • Relocation assistance may be available for this role.
  • These positions are expected to be hybrid (remote/in-office) and based out of a local AECOM office.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

 

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

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