Senior NEPA Planner

You will also support business development through proposal preparation, scope and budget development, and targeted client engagement. The role requires excellent writing, strong regulatory understanding, and a collaborative, proactive approach to project delivery.##

Key Responsibilities
* Lead NEPA/SEPA environmental review processes for transportation and infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
* Prepare and review Community Impact Assessments (CIAs), NEPA/SEPA documents (CEs, EAs, EISs), technical analyses, and supporting environmental studies.
* Lead development of NEPA/404 Merger documentation and coordinate with resource agencies throughout Merger concurrence points.
* Plan, facilitate, and support stakeholder and public engagement activities including agency coordination, public meetings, community outreach, and client briefings.
* Check and mentor the work of junior and mid-level staff; provide quality assurance and guidance on environmental processes and documentation standards.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams—planning, engineering, traffic, water resources, and others—to integrate environmental compliance early in project development.
* Manage or support project managers with scoping, budgeting, scheduling, status reporting, and client communications.
* Develop scopes of work and level-of-effort estimates for NEPA/SEPA environmental reviews for proposals and project planning.
* Participate in business development including proposal writing, interview preparation, and maintaining strong client relationships.
* Serve as a Subject Matter Expert in NEPA/SEPA, offering strategic guidance and oversight for environmental planning tasks across the region.  ##

Required Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, planning, engineering, natural resources, or related discipline.
* Minimum 12 years of relevant experience, including substantial leadership of NEPA/SEPA environmental documentation and compliance efforts.
* AICP certification required.
* Demonstrated expertise in preparing and reviewing NEPA/SEPA documents and supporting technical analyses.
* Strong understanding of FHWA NEPA processes, NCDOT environmental procedures, SEPA requirements, Section 404, and related regulatory frameworks.
* Exceptional technical writing skills with a history of producing clear, defensible environmental documents.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and managing complex document workflows.
* Excellent organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
* Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
* Ability to fulfill essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and safe manner.##

Preferred Qualifications
* Experience leading or managing multidisciplinary teams on environmental planning projects.
* Strong familiarity with the NEPA/404 Merger process including experience securing concurrence from resource agencies.
* Demonstrated experience conducting or overseeing stakeholder engagement and public involvement activities.
* Experience working with NCDOT, FHWA, or municipal clients in the Southeast.
* Background in proposal development including environmental scopes, budgets, and strategy

Compensation Range:$95,453.79 - $STV offers the following benefits
• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (16 days)
• Paid Holidays (8 days)
• Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
• Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published…