Senior Environmental Planner

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Environmental Planning professional focused on transportation to join our Environmental Planning and Permitting (EPP) team in Phoenix, AZ.  You will work with a team of technical leaders across a broad range of practice areas delivering environmental planning, impact assessment, environmental documentation and compliance services to transportation clients. 

In this role you will lead transportation planning projects, State highway facilities planning and development, and possibly transit, bike and other low-carbon transportation project planning and permitting. Roadway transportation projects will include interaction with senior project managers and task leaders, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) staff, and representatives from local, regional, state, and federal agencies. In this role you may serve as a project manager, deputy project manager, task manager, or senior technical specialist, depending on the project assignment.

Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) expertise and permitting oversight, authority, and accountability for projects.
• Provide environmental support to for transportation projects including support of Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) projects. 
• Serve as a Project Manager on different size projects, including financial management and reporting, subconsultant oversight, and technical staff management.
• Respond to ongoing requests to support ADOT projects, including refining task needs, scoping and costing tasks, and identifying and assigning technical staff.
• Oversee multiple projects simultaneously within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensure quality standards are met on all project deliverables.
• Provide leadership in mentoring personnel, including reviewing their work for accuracy and clarity and providing constructive feedback.

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 planning or related field.
• 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in successfully coordinating and managing NEPA document preparation and technical studies for transportation projects.
• Valid Driver's license is required for this role.
• Due to the nature of this role, U.S Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in successfully coordinating and managing NEPA document preparation, technical studies, and business development for transportation projects.
• Experience working on or understanding regulatory and permitting requirements for Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and/or Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) projects.
• Ability to write a range of NEPA documents and support technical documentatio