Senior Environmental Planner with CEQA Experience

Job Description

Job DescriptionExplore the exciting career possibilities a multi-disciplinary firm brings while working with a purposeful, goal oriented, close-knit team to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the Central Valley and beyond. QK has been a home for hundreds of people to build their careers over the past 50 years. Join our team of highly experienced, innovative professionals and start elevating your career today in a place built for professionals to flourish and find professional success while building lifelong relationships with our team and our clients.

ESSENTIAL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Oversight of all aspects of projects, including monitoring contracts, creating budgets, monitoring timelines, developing schedules, and enduring quality deliverables

• Formulate and conduct technical planning studies
• Maintain communication with client and/or other project managers from project conception through completion
• Manage, lead, train, develop, and mentor other technical and professional staff and/or Planning workload
• Manage project plans, budgets, timelines, and ensure quality deliverables
• Prepare and oversee research, field work, legal regulations, and documentation in support of Planning reports and documentation
• Read, interpret, compose, and review Categorical Exclusions, EAs, EIRs, and other technical documents
• Prepare, coordinate, and facilitate public involvement meetings and workshops
• Prepare and/or coordinate preparation of winning proposals and lead proposal presentations
• Develop recommendations affecting land use, public utilities, community facilities, housing, and transportation to control and guide development
• Visit field sites to gather facts and data, and conduct investigations
• Prepare technical studies and documents, with emphasis on NEPA and CEQA documents
• Prepare and oversee research, field work, legal regulations, and documentation in support of NEPA and CEQA document preparation
• Read, interpret, compose, and review Categorical Exclusions, EAs, EIRs, and other technical documents
• Lead and manage work of other planning staff
• Attend meetings inside and outside of the firm
• Familiarity with, and assistance to senior staff for monitoring contracts and budget

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and six (6) years of experience in planning, environmental, transportation and/or socioeconomics or 10 years general planning experience mandatory. AICP preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience writing CEQA documents preferred

QK understands that solutions for today's challenges require innovation created by sharing diverse perspectives openly and safely, which is why we celebrate and cultivate diversity and our inclusive environment.

QK is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind. QK provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, etc. All employment decisions are based on qualification, merit, and business needs. QK encourages all qualified applicants to apply.

Applicants must be fully authorized to work in the U.S. and physically be in the U.S.

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