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GPA Consulting, a multidisciplinary firm that specializes in environmental planning, biology studies, and historic preservation, is looking for a qualified entry-level 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. Our ideal candidate will possess critical thinking skills, an eagerness to learn, and strong writing/word processing skills. 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. We are a company who values training and developing our entry-level staff to provide growth and advancement opportunities.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
The ideal candidate will have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in the Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, or Environmental Design Arts, OR
- One year of experience in social or natural environmental planning, environmental research analysis or environmental evaluation, and
- Equivalent to graduation from college (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis), OR
- One year of experience in the California state service performing environmental planning related duties in a class comparable in responsibility to Management Services Technician, and
- Eighteen semester units of related college courses in social science, natural science, environmental studies, cultural resources, or economics.
General Duties:
The chosen candidate will assist with a range of tasks, including research, site visits, environmental documents, and technical analysis.
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- General ecology or general principles behind planning for the conservation and preservation of natural resources;
- General principles and techniques of research and statistical analysis;
- Communication skills for purposes of data gathering;
- Techniques and methods of evaluation of environmental impacts;
- Various types of public facilities and how they service the community;
- State and Federal laws and regulations relating to the environment;
- State, local and regional governmental organizations as they relate to environmental planning, specific knowledge of either the social sciences, natural sciences or environmental design arts; and
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
The ideal candidate will:
- Assist with conducting project site visits by taking field notes and photographs;
- Gather and research applicable project information for use in the technical analysis and environmental documents;
- Assist with preparation of environmental documents and technical analysis;
- Prepare deliverables for delivery to the client by formatting, printing, binding, and mailing;
- Assist with writing environmental documents and developing the figures to be used in the documents;
- Assist with the preparation of presentations for clients, public, and boards or commissions;
- Assist with the preparation of project scopes, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and progress reports;
- Conduct all work in a responsible and ethical manner;
- Be highly self-motivated and productive;
- Be detail oriented and accurate;
- Work effectively and cooperatively both as an individual and in a team setting;
- Possess strong technical writing and analysis skills; and
- Possess strong organizational and computer skills (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Powerpoint, ArcGIS).
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; 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;
- Sufficient physical ability to conduct site visits outside, walk more than one mile efficiently, and walk occasionally on uneven ground;
- Must be able to drive for long periods of time;
- Must have a reliable mode of transportation, and valid California Driver’s License and Automobile Insurance and be a driver in good standing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles;
- May be required to travel by air or car which may include some overnight stays; and
- Must be able to multitask and work amid frequent interruptions.
*We 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.
