Lead Environmental Planner

This Opportunity

At WSP, we are inspired by bringing together the right people to be a part of future-focused business objectives to support our vast client base. Across the world, the importance of ethical environmental systems and projects are the foundation of shaping the future of our environment. Through public consultancy, strategic planning practices and stakeholder engagement, we can provide clients a concrete and realistic understanding of a project’s impact.

As a world-wide leader of environmental and transportation consulting and planning services, we invite you to be a part of that vision. Our Planning & Environment group in Albuquerque, New Mexico , is looking for a Lead Environmental Planner to support and add to our wide and diverse range of environmental planning services that enables future-ready growth.

Your Impact

Design

• Manages the planning, development, and implementation of environmental projects to ensure that development projects comply with environmental laws and regulations with minimal supervision

• Develop planning studies and documents related to environmental planning,including;
  
  National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act documentation and/or other environmental planning documentation, figures, and maps for environmental and transportation planning studies.

• Authors technical reports with clarity and minimal grammatical or spelling errors.

• Conducts biological evaluations and wetland studies in support of planning projects.

• Prepares and completes environmental survey reports, data entry, impact assessment, and permitting activities for assigned projects (e.g. Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act permitting, NEPA, etc.).

• Provides environmental risk identification and impact assessment, offering input with developing action plans for moderate- to high-level threat mitigation and permitting activities projects to minimize impacts to the health of the environment and the population.

• Assist with scoping, strategic planning, and developing permitting execution strategy for clients on small - medium-sized projects.

• Actively engage in business development and proposal writing.

• Demonstrated commitment to keepingup-to-datein knowledge of current regulations and planning practices

• Coordination, preparation, and submittal of development permit applications and other land use planning for energy (oil/gas, renewables, etc.), transportation, mining, or government projects with minimal supervision

• Maintains and designs project tracking mechanisms, process design, and record keeping

• Oversees implementation of project development requirements with WSP personnel, outside contractors, and agency / tribal stakeholders

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Analyze

• Participate in decision making to carry out land development with consideration given to the natural environment, social, political, and economic factors to achieve sustainable outcomes while following local, state, federal, and/or tribal environmental regulations and procedures.

• Conducts data collection, research, field surveys, and technical work under supervision - up to 50% time spent traveling

• Use topographic maps, aerial photographs, GPS data, and other visualization tools to determine exact locations of project areas, associated physical and wildlife sensitivities, and to uncover primary, secondary, and tertiary environmental impacts.

• Prepares technical memoranda, documentation, and reports under minimal supervision

• Remain current in latest environmental planning subject matter, practices, regulations, and techniques.

• Responsible for understanding regulatory rules and rule changes

Collaborate

• Manage field calendar for biological and cultural field surveys, often for multiple projects in multiple locations with up to 6 staff in the field at one time.

• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing project work, permitting strategy, environmental impact assessments, and regulatory compliance, including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.

• Provide guidance to junior staff or interns to assist with project flow.

• Coordinate with clients,…