Senior Environmental Planner

This Opportunity

Be involved in projects with our New England Planning and Advisory Services Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

If you are seeking growth opportunities and new career challenges, WSP has an immediate opening for a Senior Environmental Planner for our Boston, MA office. The position could also potentially be filled in any of the other WSP offices in New England.

• Serve as task lead or project manager for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) projects, including CE, EA and EIS projects.

• Prepare planning studies, technical reports, and/or NEPA documents for various federal/state transportation projects.

• Conduct planning studies, corridor studies, and subarea planning studies for multimodal transportation projects (transit, highway, rail, airports, etc.) for variety of clients including municipalities, counties, MPOs, transit agencies, and DOTs.

• Preparation and development of pre-NEPA, feasibility and supporting studies for environmental planning projects.

• Lead tasks related to data collection, research, documentation, and technical analyses.

• Experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for data analysis and map generation related to planning studies.

• Assist with public outreach and stakeholder involvement related to planning and environmental studies.

• Assist with business development including maintaining client relationships with internal and external clients, including transit agencies, cities, MPOs, and DOT clients.

• Assist with preparation of scopes of work, fee proposals, and technical responses to RFPs.

• Talent is the essence of meeting our client’s objectives, goals and challenges. If this sounds like a fit for you, we’d love to have that first discussion of you joining our team.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning, Urban Planning, Geography, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience.)

• 5 to 7 years of experience working in the environmental planning field, completing environmental surveys, fieldwork, habitat and construction support, impact assessments, and permitting.

• Highly proficient analytical skills, including experience with research techniques/assessment methodologies.

• Expertise and experience with relevant environmental laws, permitting requirements, notification and compliance practices, and applicable Regional/State/Federal regulatory framework.

• Demonstrated experience leading and reviewing environmental planning technical reports, environmental impact evaluations, siting reports, and environmental permit applications and licensing, including field surveys and reporting, and resource impact evaluations.

• Established experience coordinating with clients, regulatory permitting and resource agencies, and environmental technical staff required.

• Well-developed expertise with consulting practices, conducting NEPA and state equivalent compliance processes and documentation.

• Highly proficient self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.

• Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.

• Experience with discipline-specific software (i.e., ArcGIS, MS Office Suite, Adobe Illustrator).

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