Environmental PlannerPermitting Specialist - Transportation
Environmental PlannerPermitting Specialist - Transportation
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Job Description
AECOM is actively growing the NJ Transportation Planning practice and is seeking a creative highly talented Senior Environmental Planner/Permitting Specialist for environmental review projects within the Transportation Business Line. The successful candidate will oversee and prepare National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Executive Order No. 215 (EO 215) environmental review documents as well as Federal State and local environmental permit application development for major infrastructure projects within NJ. The successful applicant will join our team of existing AECOM Planning Specialists to assist in project delivery.
The role is based out of our Piscataway NJ office on a hybrid office/remote schedule (3 days/week in the office 2 days remote/week).
Our Senior Environmental Planner/Permitting Specialist is a newly created role to handle our growing business of environmental permitting and documentation for infrastructure projects in NJ. In this role you will support the New Jersey Planning Department Manager for Impacts Assessments & Permitting (IAP) while managing transportation projects and client relations.
In this role you can expect to:
- Manage and perform consulting projects to scope schedule and budget learning and applying AECOMs project management systems and software.
- Serve as an interface with clients and regulatory personnel on complex projects and through business development initiatives.
- Serve as a mentor to junior and midlevel staff.
- Coordinate manage and direct project field and data collection efforts.
- Prepare regulatory permit applications.
- Oversee wetland delineations and Land Use permitting.
- Perform client visits and field activities that require work outside the office and evening meetings.
- Develop manage and deliver business strategy and tactics highquality proposals interdisciplinary teams and documents and report deliverables.
- Proactively enforce a culture of producing highquality work and the importance of Health & Safety within the team.
- Provide technical support to the IAP Department and individual Project Managers and support interdisciplinary business development activities.
- Collaborate with other AECOM offices practices and business lines.
- Support designbidbuild and designbuild projects.
- Stay uptodate on new technologies and industry trends.
AECOM Transportation
As populations grow so do demands for safe expedient and costeffective transportation. AECOMs Transportation business line partners with clients around the world to build modernize and expand transportation projects that carry all our communities into the future safely and reliably.
We use our extensive knowledge in planning designing and managing transportation systems as well as restoring and replacing aging infrastructure to help our public and private clients find smarter more advanced ways to move people across cities countries and continents.
Our integrated approach and social responsibility have earned us the trust of local municipalities government agencies commercial clients and publicprivate partnerships.
Qualifications :
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Environmental Science Biology Ecology Natural Resources or an earth sciencerelated field or relevant degree that has a focus on transportation plus 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and education.
- Experience developing regulatory permit applications
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10 years of industry experience preferably with New Jersey transportation agencies (NJTA NJDOT NJ TRANSIT AMTRAK SJTA)
- Masters degree is beneficial
- Experience managing multidisciplinary projects and teams including subconsultants
- Strong client relationshipbuilding skills
- Existing mature and tested Client relationships
- High degree of selfmotivation and the ability to work independently with limited supervision as well as in a collaborative team environment.
- Excellent communication skills including both oral and written (writing sample required)
- Strong leadership skills
- Organizational management skills and ability to perform detailoriented work.
- Experience with data platforms and GIS is preferred
- Experience with linear development projects is preferred. Transit or transportation experience is a plus
Additional Information :
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status AECOM benefits may include medical dental vision life AD&D disability benefits paid time off leaves of absences voluntary benefits perks wellbeing resources employee assistance program business travel insurance service recognition awards retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public and privatesector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.
Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
