Principal Environmental Planner/Scientist - ( 240004E3 )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Mountain Region is looking for a NEPA practitioner and project manager with at least 10 years of experience preparing environmental documents pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The primary duty of this role is to manage multiple planning and permitting projects for a wide range of regulators and proponents across diverse geographic locations with a focus on the southwest states of Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Preference for staff being located in the greater Phoenix area.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the NEPA planning process and oversee all aspects of a project, including client contact, budget control and invoicing, schedule, personnel allocation/planning, public interest facilitation, technical approach, and subcontractor involvement

• Coordinate with clients, regulatory/resource agencies, local governments

• Help organize technical studies and ecological resource teams with assessments and various natural resource surveys

• Lead the preparation of NEPA documentation including environmental impact statements (EISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs), Categorical Exclusions (CEs)

• Assist in the preparation of proposals and other marketing endeavors

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Thorough understanding of technical environmental impact analysis methods and sound knowledge of NEPA requirements and related environmental regulations

• Team oriented with strong capability to motivate others

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple planning projects and ability to motivate self and others to overcome obstacles and achieve goals

• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and to prioritize and balance sometimes heavy workloads to achieve goals while keeping up with a highly mobile and changing environment

• Must demonstrate an ability in collaborative problem solving with stakeholders, clients, and teammates

• Must be a highly motivated self-starter

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Experience with various NEPA requirements (BLM, NPS, and/or USFS NEPA process and requirements preferred)

• Prior to employment, this position may require the successful passing of a pre-employment drug screen.

Education and Experience

• B.S. in planning and/or related environmental discipline; Master’s degree in planning and/or related environmental discipline preferred.

• Minimum 10 years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education (e.g., advanced degree) and experience performing NEPA analysis and permitting for various types of federal, State and local regulatory agencies.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : United States-Arizona-Chandler

Organization : BC-2037 EnvSvcs-US Mountain

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 25 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Dec 9, 2024, 12:20:16 PM

Req ID: 240004E3

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