What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Environmental Planner position at Anchor QEA?
Title: Senior Environmental Planner
Location: Tacoma, Seattle or Portland
Job Type: Regular Full-time
What’s the Opportunity?
To act as a key member of project teams, in developing and implementing planning and permitting strategies related to watershed and restoration planning, infrastructure siting, and redevelopment activities. You will help to oversee tasks related to the development of permit applications, technical studies and reports, environmental assessments, and environmental impact statements and will interact directly with clients, agencies, and other consultant teams. This role also includes supporting overall project management, with opportunities to oversee smaller projects and manage other staff in the development of project deliverables.
Responsibilities
Contribute to developing and implementing comprehensive environmental compliance strategies related to obtaining applicable local, state, and federal regulatory approvals; support environmental review efforts, such as environmental impact statements required by the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); prepare application materials; complete land use and development code documentation; interface with clients, agencies, other consultants, and the public; support development and management of scopes, budgets, and schedules.
What Are We Looking For?
Ideal candidates will have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8 years of experience in environmental planning or permitting
- Experienced conducting environmental reviews of project proposals for compliance with local, state, and/or federal regulations, including developing environmental documentation related to SEPA and/or NEPA compliance
- Experienced in developing applications and obtaining federal, state, or local environmental permits
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to work independently and well in a team environment
- Able to effectively workload balance when needed
Experience with the following is a plus:
- Knowledge of Oregon state and local permitting (e.g., Oregon Goal 5 and significant natural resource assessments, City of Portland Environmental Zone compliance, Washington critical areas ordinance)
- Oregon land use planning development code compliance
- Conducting surveys for protected plants, wildlife, and/or fish
- Conducting wetland delineations
- Conducting habitat assessments and special status habitat inventories
What Can You Expect?
A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, which are detailed below.
Who Are We?
Anchor QEA provides environmental planning, science, and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States, our collective vision is to be an inclusive, sustainable, and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values, we strive to be our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees’ reason to be excited about going to work each morning. Learn more about Anchor QEA at www.anchorqea.com.
How to Apply?
Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/. Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Additional Information
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multicultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Salary and Other Compensation
- Salary Range: $97,000-$123,000 annually
- Annual bonus
- Other potential bonus types: billable time bonus, spot bonus, milestone anniversary bonus, receiving professional license/certification bonus, peer-reviewed publication bonus, and employee referral bonus.
Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions
- Healthcare: Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance
- Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
- Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
- Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
- Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan with an employer match
- Further information on benefits: https://anchorqea.com/careers/benefits/
Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.
Salary : $97,000 - $123,000
