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Senior CEQA Project Manager
Environmental Science Associates / Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, Camarillo, Pasadena
Posted on: April 6, 2022
Application Deadline: Open until Filled
Job Description
ESA seeks a highly motivated CEQA Project Manager/Project Manager to join us in San Diego, Orange County, or Los Angeles. We are looking for a team member with at least 8 years of experience who has the intellectual curiosity and proactivity to continue the advancement of our established team of environmental consultants. This is a mid-level opportunity in our ever-growing team of Community Development professionals. The position will primarily support CEQA projects in the Southern California region. This opportunity is focused on collaboration, delivery, and client service.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
Who You Are
An experienced Senior Environmental Planner with a minimum of 8 years of experience in leading or directing the development of high-quality community and environmental analyses including CEQA and NEPA documentation and client deliverables for both public agency and private development clients. You have prepared and have comprehensive knowledge of policy planning, land use permitting, and relevant regulatory and environmental regulations and processes in California.
You are an effective team member and communicator who proactively identifies and contributes constructively to address broad project or team issues, providing mentoring and coaching to junior staff to foster a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive team environment.
You are a planner who has significant experience working on a variety of project types, such as infill redevelopment, natural resources planning, infrastructure development/planning, and/or mixed-use transit oriented development. Work on federal, state, and local land use policies and regulations is helpful.
You possess excellent oral and presentation skills and have lead and directed marketing and business development pursuits including developing capture strategies, and leading proposals, interviews and presentations.
You hold a Bachelor’s degree with major course work in environmental, urban or infrastructure planning, geography, public policy, or a related interdisciplinary field.
What You Will Do for ESA
As a senior level Environmental Planner you will lead or direct multi-faceted planning projects in collaboration with scientists, engineers, landscape architects, and other specialists on larger and more complex municipal and private development projects.
You will demonstrate a clear understanding of project management principles and practices and be responsible for the development of environmental compliance and planning documents in accordance with applicable guidelines and requirements, while delivering assignments within budget and schedule.
Serve as a CEQA specialist, preparing and managing complex environmental analyses and coordinating with key team members, including senior staff, subconsultants, and clients. You will produce technical work and written products that are clear, concise, and well‐supported.
Consistently demonstrate your solid writing skills, attentive listening skills, and participate in and/or lead client meetings, present at or provide support at community workshops and public hearings effectively presenting complex technical information clearly and concisely.
Lead the preparation of proposals for mid‐sized projects and assist with proposals for larger projects, providing technical input, contributing to proposal writing, identifying opportunities, and engaging with proposal/interview teams. These efforts will include having the responsibility for preparing scopes of work and budgets. You may also lead and direct marketing and business development pursuits including developing capture strategies.
Provide mentorship and support for junior staff, including reviewing their work for accuracy and clarity and providing constructive feedback and career development guidance while working on projects together. Foster an inclusive team environment where all employee-owners are valued, respected, and are 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 on a team or independently.
What ESA Will Do for You
Joining ESA means becoming part of a close-knit team of environmental professionals knowing that you have contributed to outstanding projects, improved environmental stewardship, and advanced a more sustainable and resilient future for our communities and wild places.
At ESA, we spend our days helping to keep the environment in balance, and we want to help keep your life in balance, too by providing medical, dental & vision insurance (paid at 70% for you AND your family), a 401(k) plan with company match, a performance bonus program, an employee stock ownership program, paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays to name a few.
At every stage in your career, we provide opportunities for continued growth, development, and recognition. 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. We believe these efforts will not only benefit you, but all ESA colleagues and clients. Specific programs include Tuition Reimbursement, Professional Development Bonuses, and attendance at Conferences.
What’s Special About Our Community Development Team in San Diego
Our Community Development team includes scientists and planners that provide expertise for many municipalities throughout the San Diego region and North County. Our work matters because it helps communities shape a positive future for their citizens. We value creative thinking, teamwork, and multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary engagement and integration.
To read about some of the exciting projects we have recently completed check out these links: LADWP Environmental and Air Quality Services , and the LA Metro Rail Purple Line Extension.
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.
ESA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. (EOE M/V/F/D)
Application Instructions
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