Senior Environmental Planner - Lakewood

Do you have a passion for environmental planning and NEPA? Working on projects within transportation, national forests, and other public lands? Does combining your skills and passion to solve intricate challenges through teamwork and technical expertise sound like you? Great! If so, ERO is for you. We are seeking a Senior Environmental Planner for our Denver, Colorado office.

At ERO, we have been solving environmental challenges for more than 40 years. Our diverse team of scientists, planners, and subject matter experts work together to craft innovative solutions within multiple regulatory frameworks while balancing change in our region with natural and cultural resource protection. Did we mention ERO is a certified women-owned business in Colorado?

We’re always looking for dynamic and engaged people to join our team! Bring your expertise, your ingenuity, and your vision. Let’s see the impact we can create, together.

The Senior Environmental Planner requires a broad overall understanding of environmental regulations including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act, and Clean Water Act and the relationship among them. The Senior Environmental Planner is knowledgeable in and has experience managing small and large scale NEPA analyses and/or land and resource planning projects involving complex resource issues, agency relationships, and stakeholder dynamics.

Duties for this position typically include performance and oversight of teams performing NEPA analyses. A Senior Environmental Planner will also be trained in and/or have significant experience managing public involvement efforts for NEPA or other planning projects. Other duties include development of large and complex planning documents, such as environmental impact statements, resource management plans, habitat conservation plans, and other management plans, and management of project teams and junior staff.

A Senior Environmental Planner has extensive experience in agency coordination with various federal and state agencies.

Senior Environmental Planners are expected to have established client relationships and successfully win small and large projects for the planning group. Senior Environmental Planners effectively manage large, complex projects from start to completion, understanding the needs of the client and creating the project teams needed to complete the required work on time, within budget, and with high quality.

• Bachelor’s degree in natural resource planning, urban planning, environmental policy, environmental science, or similar discipline; or a combination of a biological science, such as biology or ecology, with extensive training and experience in NEPA or other planning; with 12+ years of applicable experience.
• Master’s degree preferable; with at least 10 years of applicable experience.

The Senior Environmental Planner is expected to maintain the core competencies listed in the Project Environmental Planner position description, as well as the following:

• Clear understanding of new regulations or guidelines that can be communicated to agencies and clients, in person, in writing (including e-blasts), and in professional settings, such as panel discussions, etc.
• Completion of advanced professional development or trainings.
• Market and interact with clients and actively participate in business development.
• Develop strategic marketing plans for areas of interest or niches within new or existing markets.
• Develop and maintain relationships with strategic partners, including engineering, planning, landscape architecture, or other firms.
• Maintain relationships with federal, state, and local regulatory and advisory agencies, for whom planning documents are prepared.

Applicants must be physically capable and possess the skills necessary to perform all aspects of the position requirements, with reasonable accommodations.

Senior Environmental Planners are expected to have the knowledge and experience to effectively carry out their responsibilities with limited reliance on a Principal or other…