Environmental Planning Senior Manager

Company Description

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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 nearly 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.

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Job Description

AECOM's Northern California Environmental Planning and Permitting team is seeking a Senior Environmental Planning Leader for our Sacramento office. The selected candidate will be part of our northern California leadership team, working closely with planners, archaeologists, ecologists, and other environmental specialists throughout AECOM.

Key responsibilities of this position would include:

Business Development: You would work with our northern California team to engage with potential clients, identify upcoming opportunities, and lead capture efforts for major projects and programs. Business development responsibilities would include collaboration with business line leaders to develop and implement multidisciplinary work from existing and future contracts. 

Project and Program Management: You would manage projects and programs that are focused on environmental planning and permitting. Projects would include NEPA and CEQA assignments, regulatory permitting, and technical studies.  AECOM has exceptional project management support, including people and systems that support tracking and managing budgets, schedules, and invoicing.

Technical Leadership: You would be a technical resource for existing projects and programs with cultural resources opportunities and challenges.

Operational Leadership: You would work together with our northern California and West Region leadership to build our business and assist in recruiting and growing our junior- and mid-level teams to support current and future work.

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 are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Planning, Geography, Archaeology, Biology, Ecology, or related field.

• 10 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/ or education, including 2 years of leadership experience in environmental consulting or related field with a focus on cultural resource management, NEPA, CEQA, and regulatory permitting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 years of relevant experience and leadership in environmental consulting or related field with a focus on cultural resource management, NEPA, CEQA, and regulatory permitting.

• A history of working with private and public sector clients and regulatory agencies.

• Experience with establishment and management of project scope, schedules, and budgets, including, contracting, invoicing, and client communicat