Environmental Planner

Southern California Location Preferred or remote location considered

We are the Environment & Planning Division of ICF. We are passionate about doing what’s right for our clients, our people, the communities where we live and work, and the environment. We are planners, scientists, program managers, communicators, economists, technologists, and strategists. We are collaborative, curious, and committed to excellence—these are qualities we value that make us who we are and inspire us to grow.

If you perform well in a fast-paced, engaging, and collaborative environment, and would like to work with a diverse team of industry professionals, we encourage you to learn more about ICF () and consider applying to join our team.

ICF is seeking an Environmental Planner with a desire to grow within our Energy practice while supporting Southern California Edison’s (SCE’s) environmental planning, EHSync and execution program work. This role will be a hybrid position with flexibility to work remotely or in the office. The successful candidate will be a well-organized planning professional who can support high-volume environmental review workflows, coordinate with other subject matter experts (SMEs), maintain project trackers, assist with document delivery, and help ensure that planning deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.

Projects requiring immediate support are located throughout SCE’s service territory.

The primary duty of this role is to support environmental planning and execution activities for utility-related projects, with a focus on SME desktop reviews, planning coordination, tracker maintenance, and environmental document delivery. This person will work with program managers, environmental planners, GIS staff, SMEs, construction support teams, and client representatives to support environmental assessments, regulatory and technical reviews, Environmental Requirements Document (ERD) development, workflow tracking, and timely completion of planning deliverables.

A strong working knowledge of environmental planning and compliance processes, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), utility environmental review workflows, and desktop review processes, is preferred. Experience supporting California-based utilities, renewable energy developers, commercial/residential/industrial developers, engineering companies, or local, state, and federal agencies is valuable. At a minimum, the position requires experience preparing environmental or local development planning documents, drafting technical reports and deliverables, managing and tracking multiple concurrent assignments, coordinating with technical reviewers, and working effectively with internal teams and external clients.

• Support SCE Program workflows, including coordination, SME reviews, tracking, ERD development support, and planning and/or execution deliverable coordination.
• Maintain and update project trackers, worklists, due-date logs, assignment records, and status reports to support schedule adherence and visibility across the program team.
• Coordinate with biological, cultural, wetlands/waters, construction stormwater, coastal, air quality, GIS, and other SMEs to help ensure reviews are assigned, completed, documented, and delivered on time.
• Review project information for completeness, identify missing data, follow up with project teams or client contacts, and help ensure applicable planning assumptions are documented.
• Assist with compiling ERD measures, reviewing SME inputs, preparing planning summaries, and supporting final document delivery in accordance with SCE…