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Senior Environmental Planner, GPA Consulting - El Segundo, CA

Senior Environmental Planner

GPA Consulting
Professional Area: 
Environmental and Natural Resources Planning
Experience: 
More than 10 years
Contact person: 
Danielle Buzas

Phone: 
310-792-2690
Email: 
danielle@gpaconsulting-us.com
Location: 
El SegundoCA
Senior Environmental Planner
Duties:
Project Management
  • Track project budgets and expenditures
  • Report to Principal on project schedule and budget
  • Prepare scopes, costs, and schedules
  • Coordinate and attend meetings with clients
  • Prepare meeting minutes
  • Prepare presentation materials
  • Attend and represent GPA at professional conferences
  • Direct junior staff members and sub-consultants on projects where you are the Project Manager
Environmental Planner Services
  • Prepare, review, and process Environmental Documentation
  • Prepare regulatory permit applications and coastal permit applications
  • Oversee completion of technical analysis
  • Independently attend public meetings, project kick-off meetings, project development meetings, and interviews
  • Conduct necessary research and identify research needs
  • Perform fieldwork to collect data and verify existing design conditions
  • Coordinate design with public agencies, engineers, and other members of the design team, as required
Requirements:
  • Working knowledge of:
    • CEQA/NEPA
    • Caltrans, Metro, and other public agency processes and documentation
    • State/Federal Regulatory processes
  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in environmental planning or a closely related field
  • Ten or more years of full-time professional experience in an environment that specializes in environmental planning
  • Strong organizational and computer skills (Microsoft Office, Project, PowerPoint)
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills including public speaking, good leadership and project management skills, and must be detail oriented
  • Strong writing and analytical skills
  • Works well with others in a team environment
Job Location: Los Angeles, CA
Type: Full Time
Title: Senior Environmental Planner
Compensation: Determined by education and experience
If you are interested in this position, please submit a cover letter, a resume, two professional writing samples, and a completed application located here:http://www.gpaenv.com/contact_opportunities.html to danielle@gpaconsulting-us.com.