Job Description
Job Description
Salary : Starting salary $105,000-$125,000 annually DOE
Senior Environmental Planner / Project Manager
Work with people who do what they love and love where they do it!
GPA Consulting, a multidisciplinary firm that specializes in environmental planning, biology studies, and historic preservation, is looking for a qualified Senior Environmental Planner to join our diverse team of highly skilled professionals. If you are passionate about environmental planning, research, and analysis, and you share our determination to provide our clients with high-quality work, then we want to hear from you. At GPA Consulting, we pride ourselves in providing high-quality professional services to public and private clients throughout California, while maintaining a friendly and flexible workplace environment.
What Youll Do :
- Track project budgets and expenditures
- Report to Principal on project schedule and budget
- Prepare scopes, costs, and schedules
- Coordinate and attend meetings with clients
- Prepare meeting minutes, agendas, and progress reports
- Prepare presentations for clients, public, and boards or commissions
- Attend and represent GPA at professional conferences
- Direct junior staff members and sub-consultants on projects where you are the Project Manager
- Prepare, coordinate, review, and process comprehensive Environmental Documentation
- Train project team on how to gather and research applicable project information and oversee the use of such information in the technical analysis and environmental documents
- Independently write and compile comprehensive environmental documents and prepare or coordinate the development of the figures to be used in the documents
- Prepare coastal permit applications
- Oversee and coordinate the completion of technical analysis
- Peer review team deliverables and provide feedback to project team members
- Independently attend public meetings, project kick-off meetings, project development meetings, and interviews
- Conduct necessary research and identify research needs
- Perform and oversee fieldwork to collect data and verify existing design conditions, and to take field notes and photographs
- Coordinate design with public agencies, engineers, and other members of the design team, as required
- Coordinate resources with in-house staff and sub-consultants for timely project delivery
- Some overnight travel may be required
Requirements :
Mastery of CEQA and NEPA compliance, and other federal and state legislation, policies, and procedures relating to the natural environmentMastery of Caltrans and other public agency processes and documentation, as well as state and federal regulatory processesMinimum of a Bachelors Degree in environmental planning or a closely related field8-plus years of full-time professional experience in environmental planningStrong computer skills (Microsoft Office)Strong writing and analytical skillsStrong interpersonal and communication skills including public speaking, good leadership, and project management skills, and must be detail orientedAbility to handle multiple tasks, adapt to changes in priorities, and complete tasks or projects with others in a cooperative manner or independently as neededA valid California drivers license and automobile insuranceMust be able to multi task and work amid frequent interruptionsAbility to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and / or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and coordination including use of a computer keyboard; to conduct site visits outside, sometimes on uneven groundAbility to :Analyze environmental situations accurately
Gather and analyze data; prepare written reportsWork effectively with others as an interdisciplinary team memberConduct interviews for data gatheringApply general techniques of insuring participation in the planning processCoordinate environmental planning, research, and analysis of proposed projectsMake an assessment of an existing environmentWrite environmental documentsPrepare and track project scopes and manage project schedules and deadlinesPlan and carry out complex environmental studiesDirect the work of others engaged in planning studiesParticipate in public presentationsSolicit outside expertise on a short-term basis on specific environmental studies or phases of studiesCoordinate environmental investigations of proposed projectsReview and evaluate local plans in relation to statewide environmental interestsIncorporate the input of interested groups and agencies into the environmental planning and analysis processSolicit necessary expertise to complete environmental studies or meet project goalsWe respectfully ask that you do not contact employees of GPA through social media. If you have a question about the position, you can call our main line and ask for the hiring manager : 310-792-2690.GPA Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate anyone based on race, color, creed, gender, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. Further, GPA does not discriminate based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.