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Mid-level Environmental Planner
- Transmission focus

AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Mid-level Environmental Planner
- Transmission focus to join our Environmental Planning and Permitting (EPP) team in the Midwest region. This hybrid role offers flexibility and can be based in AECOM’s Indianapolis, Chicago, Columbus, Cleveland, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, or Detroit offices, with consideration also given to candidates across the Upper Midwest.

$84,000.00–$ yearly

Full-time

AECOM’s EPP team serves numerous private industry and public utility energy clients, on a variety of energy projects including transmission, grid modernization, and renewable energy developments. In this role you will lead or support project teams and work with our environmental planning practitioners and technical subject matter experts to prepare environmental documents, with a particular focus on supporting permitting and entitlement work for our growing line of work with energy developers and utilities.

Projects range from regional transmission programs and grid modernization efforts to large‑scale renewable energy developments and complex, multi‑jurisdictional permitting efforts.

This role would involve serving as a seller‑doer, responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships, leading pursuits and project teams, and expanding AECOM’s energy permitting and environmental planning portfolio across the Midwest and supporting strategic growth initiatives throughout the U.S.

• Lead or support environmental planning and compliance efforts for energy infrastructure projects, and coordination and filings with state utility regulatory agencies and public service commissions to support transmission siting, routing, permitting, and certificate approval processes across Midwest jurisdictions, especially within MISO, PJM, and SPP regions. Will include preparation of technical studies and NEPA documentation.
• Manage early‑stage due diligence efforts for siting energy projects and associated infrastructure.
• Provide project management on small to mid‑sized projects, and support large‑sized projects, including developing and tracking project schedules, budgets, invoicing, and coordination with clients, technical staff and subconsultants.
• Work on environmental documents and entitlements related to high‑profile infrastructure projects, with particular emphasis on energy sector projects.
• Support projects across the Midwest and other U.S. markets by leveraging AECOM’s national technical and project delivery platform.
• Contribute to marketing and business development, preparation of proposals, and formulating proposal cost estimates as a seller‑doer.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid‑level staff by reviewing work products, providing technical guidance, and supporting career development.

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well‑developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry‑leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.
AECOM is known for our award‑winning technical excellence, leading‑edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide‑ranging environmental problems.

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning, environmental science, geography, natural resources, engineering, or a related field.
• 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in electric transmission and renewable energy (e.g., solar, wind, energy storage) through supporting the preparing state utility permitting applications, routing and siting analysis, critical issues analysis, land use entitlement applications and/or overseeing multi‑disciplinary technical teams for…