Environmental Planner III

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 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.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Planning professional to join our Environmental Planning and Permitting (EPP) team in our Anchorage, AK location.  You will work with a diverse team of technical leaders across a broad range of practice areas delivering environmental planning, impact assessment, permitting, and mitigation planning services to our key clients. Our EPP team serves numerous federal, state and local government, non-governmental organization, and private industry clients, delivering a variety of resource management, infrastructure, and development-related projects. The role would include managing tasks involving NEPA documentation, technical studies, and permitting, hazard mitigation planning, and supporting business development activities. May serve as a deputy project manager, task manager, or technical specialist depending on the project assignment. Assignments include interacting with agencies and public.

Responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

• Preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, including Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments, Findings of No Significant Impacts, and Environment Impact Statement sections.
• Task management including development and tracking schedules, and coordination with technical staff and clients.
• Tasks include occasional site visits, research, data collection, and technical writing.
• Assist in supporting marketing pursuits, preparation of proposals, and formulating cost estimates.
• Support senior staff with business development.
• Attend and/or present at project and public meetings and assist in preparing meeting materials and compiling meeting results, including PowerPoint presentations, and other materials.
• Manage small and medium-sized projects and serve as a deputy project manager or task lead on larger, more complex projects.
• Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor others.
• Work directly with clients and subconsultants.

*This position requires excellent written and spoken communication skills, organizational and time management skills, and flexibility to work on a multitude of diverse projects. The successful candidate will have the ability to communicate effectively with members of the project team, clients, site personnel and office management, and have the ability to work both independently and as a part of a project 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 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 Requirements

• BA/BS in Environmental Studies, Planning