Principal Environmental Planner

Stantec’s Northern California Region (serving Northern California and parts of Nevada) is seeking a Principal Environmental Planner to join our Environmental Services Business Line to be based out of our Fresno, CA Office. This is a career growth opportunity to expand our Environmental Services team in the Central Valley Region. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 15 years of broad professional environmental experience with an emphasis on technical delivery, project and team management, and business development. Experience with community development, transportation, power, and/or water sector projects preferred. Stantec provides for a flexible working arrangement with a hybrid model (i.e., a combination of office and remote working) and robust benefits package.

Your Key Responsibilities 

The primary duties of this role are to: 

• Manage and assist with technical delivery of environmental services related projects across a diverse range of market sectors. 
• Project management and technical delivery is expected to include discretionary environmental permitting, California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act documentation, environmental technical studies, similar regulatory compliance services, and representation at stakeholder meetings/public hearings. 
• Provide senior oversight, strategic support, and permitting expertise for wide range of projects, including infrastructure, water resources, energy, and power projects.
• Lead and support local and regional marketing and business development activities including opportunity identification, pre-positioning, preparation of proposals, interviews, and contracting that generates $1M gross revenue or more annually. 
• Supervise project/task order managers and technical staff. 
• Provide leadership in the local Fresno office in managing project related staff performance, and mentoring personnel for overall success of practice team.
• Project management responsibilities include file management, coordination, and oversight of safety requirements, subconsultant management, team coordination/meetings, delegation and oversight of technical tasks, assisting in preparation and review of deliverables, client interfacing, project progress monitoring, and invoicing. 
• Manage client services including routine correspondence/meetings, opportunity capitalization, negotiation of commercial terms, health and safety metric reporting, feedback solicitation, and advocacy facilitation. 
• Identify, coordinate participation in, and represent Stantec’s interests at conferences/stakeholder events related to technical delivery and marketing/business development responsibilities. 
• Interface with other Environmental Services colleagues to identify and enhance regional business development opportunities. 
• Interface with representatives of other Stantec Business Operating Units (Community Development, Transportation, Power, Water) to facilitate cross selling of services. 
• Promote a strong health and safety culture.

Your Capabilities and Credentials 

• Ability to plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of large, multi-discipline projects and programs, medium-sized projects with a high degree of technical complexity, and small projects with minimal environmental constraints
• A technical leader and mentor who can apply their skills to complex problems.
• A strong leader who can lead and grow multi-disciplinary teams and capable of motivating others. 
• Position requires strict adherence to health and safety procedures, good organization skills and a passion for high quality of work. 
• Ability to check own work for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule, and recognize when technical problems are developing and initiate appropriate corrective actions.
• Excellent analytic and communication skills, both written and verbal. Public speaking skills are desirable. 
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and to prioritize and balance sometimes heavy business development and project workloads to achieve goals while keeping up with a highly mobile and changing environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point). 
• Valid driver's license and good driving record required. 
• Ability for periodic travel, must have all required travel documents.

Education and Experience 

• A bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental policy, environmental planning, or related field. 
• A minimum of 15 years of related professional experience, preferably in environmental consulting, or working for a federal/state/local agency. 
• Demonstrated experience with leadership, managing projects, and leading marketing