Location: Agoura Hills, Upland, San Francisco, or Sacramento
Aspen Environmental Group is seeking an experienced and motivated environmental planning professional to support our growing environmental practice in our four major offices in Southern California, Bay Area, and Sacramento.
Required Education and Experience
- 8+ years of professional experience as an environmental planner or scientist, or land use planner with a good working knowledge of both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
- Requires Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, public policy, public administration, natural resources, environmental science, ecology, or related field; A Master’s degree is preferred.
- Strong writing and communication skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Aspen’s Project Managers by writing sections of CEQA and NEPA documents, including Initial Studies, Negative Declarations, Environmental Impact Reports, Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact Statements, exemptions and exclusions, and supporting technical studies.
- Act as deputy Project Manager, or manage smaller projects and associated project environmental documents.
- Conduct field work necessary to complete technical studies, prepare environmental documents planning and policy documents, or permitting requirements for specific projects as assigned.
- Have strong writing capabilities to facilitate the writing and critical review of technical studies and analytical documents.
- Effectively manage writing tasks and/or projects and interact/collaborate with teams of staff, subconsultants, and clients.
- Support the preparation of proposals and statements of qualifications in response to RFPs and RFQs.
- Ensure high-quality standards for all project deliverables.
- Work closely with project team to plan and facilitate compliance, best practices, and permit approval.
- Assist project team with preparation of public meeting materials and notices as well as in-person or online public meetings.
- Have some working knowledge of managing project finances and budgets.
Qualifications for Success:
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high level of competence and experience in writing, working with teams, clients, subcontractors, and regulatory personnel.
- Exceptional detail orientation and attention to quality.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively manage assigned tasks and interact with teams of staff, subconsultants, and clients.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce high-quality written work product and verbal presentations.
- Strong working knowledge and demonstrated work experience in California with both CEQA and NEPA compliance and permitting for:
- Urban, suburban, and rural land development projects;
- Power generation or electric transmission projects;
- Water infrastructure projects;
- Federal agency land use plan amendments;
- Public works projects;
- Projects with utilities, municipalities, cities, and/or counties.
- Ability to provide support to senior staff in marketing and business development to capitalize on existing client relationships and to expand Aspen’s profile and market share in the regional market.
- Experience with land use entitlement processes, general plans, master plans, specific plans, city ordinance reviews, and zoning and land use regulations.
- Client focused, responsive to client needs, and solution oriented.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially in Word and Excel, and ideally including familiarity with ArcGIS.
Compensation. Aspen offers a wide range of benefits and a competitive compensation package. Salary will be commensurate with experience.
To apply. Please submit a letter of interest, resume, references, and a recent (no more than one year old) writing sample in which the candidate was the sole author to humanresources@aspeneg.com. The subject line must state, “Land Use Planner – [NAME]”.