ESA seeks a highly motivated mid-level CEQA/NEPA Environmental Planner to join us in Sacramento or the Bay Area. We are looking for a team member with five (5) or more years of experience, who has the experience and intellectual curiosity to prepare a variety of analyses and evaluations related to the environmental review, permitting, and delivery of a wide range of transportation, ports, infrastructure, development, and planning projects throughout Northern California, as well as perform Deputy Project Manager or Task Manager duties for these project types.
This is a mid-level opportunity in our growing team of professionals focusing on surface transportation and port projects. This opportunity places a high value on collaboration, project delivery, leadership, and desire to grow. The ideal candidate will be able to work onsite one day per week in either San Francisco or Oakland, CA offices.
Who You Are
- An experienced Environmental Planner and Deputy Project Manager with a minimum of five (5) years of experience in leading or directing the delivery of high-quality environmental analyses, including CEQA and NEPA documentation, environmental technical analyses, consultations, permits, and client deliverables primarily for public agency clients and the A&E firms that serve them.
- You know relevant regulatory and environmental regulations and processes in California, including the Caltrans Standard Environmental Reference (SER), Local Assistance Procedures Manual (LAPM), and Project Development Procedures Manual (PDPM), as well as the regulatory and environmental guidelines of the various federal Department of Transportation administrations (FHWA, FTA, FRA, and MARAD).
- You are a planner who has experience delivering environmental documents and supporting the acquisition of permits for a variety of surface transportation, ports, and other infrastructure project types, such as Active Transportation, roadways/highways, bridges, interchanges, streetscape improvements, transit, rail (heavy and/or light), and other capital improvement projects. Additional experience with construction compliance and monitoring, and work on land use planning and development is helpful.
- You are a developing task or deputy manager who utilizes your growing knowledge of the various phases of project planning and delivery to anticipate Senior Project Manager and client needs, identify and communicate strategies for effective and efficient task and project delivery, and collaboratively engage with ESA’s team of technical specialists to complete high-quality, technically sound, and value-added deliverables.
- You are an accountable fiscal manager who actively monitors and manages task and small project budgets and effectively works with Senior Project Managers and ESA’s team of highly skilled Project Accountants to ensure delivery of work within approved budgets while maintaining project profitability.
- You are an effective team member and communicator who proactively identifies and contributes constructively to address project or task issues, under mentorship and coaching from Senior Project Managers and employee owners, to foster a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive team environment.
What You Will Do for ESA
- As a mid-level Environmental Planner, you will support the delivery of multi-faceted environmental planning projects in collaboration with planners, scientists, engineers, cultural resources specialists, landscape architects, and other specialists on varying sizes and complexities of transportation and infrastructure projects. As a Deputy Project Manager and Task Manager, you will support Senior Project Managers to apply project management principles and practices and support the development of environmental documents and approvals in accordance with applicable guidelines and requirements, while helping to deliver assignments within budget and schedule.
- Serve as a CEQA/NEPA specialist, preparing environmental analyses and coordinating with key team members, including technical staff, sub-consultants, teaming partners, and clients. You will ensure the production of technical work and written products that are clear, concise, and well‐supported, and which meet various applicable state, federal, and local requirements.
- Consistently demonstrate your solid writing skills, attentive listening skills, and participate in team meetings and client meetings, and provide support at community workshops and public hearings.
- Seek out and accept opportunities to grow your knowledge and experience in environmental analysis and project management for a range of project types, sizes, and complexities.
- Support the preparation of project proposals, providing technical input, contributing to proposal writing, and engaging with proposal/interview teams. These efforts will include developing your experience in preparing scopes of work and budgets.
- Foster an inclusive team environment where all employee-owners are valued, respected, and enabled to work at their highest level.
- You will thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment and be able to manage multiple responsibilities and deadlines while working both on a team and independently.
What ESA Will Do for You
Joining ESA means becoming part of a close-knit team of environmental professionals who contribute to outstanding projects, improve environmental stewardship, and advance a more sustainable and resilient future for our communities and wild places.
At ESA, we provide benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance (paid at 70% for you AND your family), annual allocations of company shares through our ESOP, a 401(k) plan with company match, and paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays, to name a few.
We also provide specific programs whether you want to further your technical expertise, sharpen your business acumen, or help lead the next generation of employee-owners. We want to support you in reaching your career goals through tuition reimbursement, professional development bonuses, and attendance at conferences.
What’s Special About Our Surface Transportation and Ports Team
ESA recognizes the critical importance that a well-planned and maintained transportation system has in the prosperity of our communities and our nation, as well as how transportation infrastructure and systems affect individuals’ daily lives. As the U.S. and the state of California focus on developing and maintaining a transportation network that provides safe, equitable, efficient, and sustainable movement of people and goods, ESA is strategically increasing our participation in surface transportation and ports projects to meet the demand for project delivery driven by historic levels of investment at the federal, state, and regional levels.
As our participation in this market continues to increase, our need for skilled and enthusiastic project managers, planners, scientists, and technical specialists with knowledge of the special requirements particular to surface transportation and ports projects continues to grow. Our small-but-mighty group of focused transportation and ports professionals is on a growth trajectory. If you wish to be part of this growth from the ground floor, this position is for you.
To read about some of the exciting projects we have recently completed check out this link to our Surface Transportation and Ports Market page.
Who We Are
We are a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm who values diversity and inclusion and celebrate the differences that make each of us unique. Our culture is built on mutual respect, recognizing that our variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives leads to better solutions, which fosters our continued success for our employee-owners and clients.
In accordance with ESA’s duty and responsibility to provide and maintain a safe workplace that is free of known hazards and to minimize the exposure to potential hazards, any employee who works from an ESA office or conducts any other in-person ESA work-related activity is required to submit their proof of vaccination status or have received an approved exemption and accommodation in states which this applies.
ESA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. (EOE M/V/F/D)
