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Senior Environmental Planner (Chicago)

Who: HNTB - Chicago, IL

What: Senior Environmental Planner - Develop plans and policies to meet with social, economic, and physical needs of communities, including land use transportation planning, transit planning, environmental planning, development, public facilities, and parks and recreational facilities.  Directs the technical production of planning assignments and teams. May serve as a Project Manager on a limited basis for select large scale projects. Oversee the work of less experienced staff. Direct, coordinate and review technical work performed by other project team members. Responsibilities include:
-Coordinates with project manager, project designer and other disciplines on multiple large scale and complex planning, environmental planning, urban design or landscape architectural projects to ensure that the client's technical requirements of projects are fully met. Performs quality checks to ensure client requirements are met.
-Performs various project support tasks where planning involvement is required or requested on major, complex projects.Prepares scopes of work, fee proposals and responds to RFP’s.
-Responsible for significant portions of presentations and public facilitation.
-Assist management with implementation of office-wide technical standards and maintenance of technical resources.
-May review invoices, billings and budgets; and other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications: Basic - Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Environmental Science, Planning, Biology, Ecology, Geology or related field. 10 years of related experience. RLA, RA, PE registration or AICP, CEP certification. Preferred - Master's Degree in Planning or related field. LEED Accredited professional. 

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