Environmental Planner V

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country.

With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for providing environmental support from concept development through project completion including researching, gathering, and analyzing data, preparing project materials, and applying environmental law and policy to ensure compliance on behalf of the client.

This position collaborates and communicates with clients and the community, creating and delivering presentations and reports.

Leads the technical production of planning assignments and teams. Mentors and provides direction to earlier career staff.

Coordinates and reviews technical work performed by other project team members and performs quality assurance and quality control for project deliverables.

What You’ll Do :

Leads aspects of internal and external coordination with project team members, including other discipline areas involved with the project.

Leads client meetings, participates in client meetings and interactions.

Conducts or directs research on issues, policies, and concepts pertaining to planning, and formulates recommendations.

Leads planning processes and technical solutions that best meet the project needs.

Prepares graphics, technical reports, fee proposals, and responses to Request for Proposals for planning projects.

Creates project presentation materials, concepts, graphics, and reports to the client and community groups.

Responsible for significant portions of presentations and public facilitation. Conducts public meetings / hearings / community workshops and interfaces with client groups and community stakeholders.

Coordinates with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks.

Provides work direction and leads Planners and support staff on assigned projects.

Coordinates the preparation of scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to RFP’s for projects.

Develops and maintains client meetings and interactions.

Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need :

Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, or related field and 7 years of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring :

Training and experience with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and FHWA Federal Major Projects and familiarity with the following regulations and guidance : 40 CFR 1500-1508, 23 CFR 771, , 23 106(h)

Prior work experience in environmental impact assessment for federal and state agencies, local toll road and regional mobility authorities, transit authorities, and / or metropolitan planning organizations

Technical expertise in impacts assessment for transportation planning projects, specifically in the areas of induced growth, cumulative impacts, traffic noise, and air quality

Experience working on FHWA federal major projects and preparing associated documentation

Advanced understanding of the compliance with environmental laws (, NEPA, local, state and federal).

Prior experience preparing scopes of work, fee estimates, and schedules as part of task expansion or new proposals without guidance from others.

Prior experience preparing environmental review documents for complex transportation projects and serving in the role of Task Lead for environmental documents without guidance from others.

Experience overseeing the implementation of a project with updates to the schedule, budget, or deliverables.

Experience supporting the Project Manager, delegating work to staff, and overseeing the work of less experienced staff.

Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Project.

What We Prefer :

Master's degree in Environmental Management, NEPA Transportation Planning, Environmental Science / Studies, Biology / Ecology, Environmental / Civil Engineering, or related field.

8-12 years relevant planning experience within infrastructure industry