What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Planner position at Facet?
Environmental Planner
Join Our Facet Team
Facet is a fast-growing energetic civil and structural engineering and environmental consulting firm with six offices in Washington. We are engineers, scientists, arborists, landscape architects, planners, and more, with decades of experience working throughout the PNW and the nation.
Job Description
As an Environmental Planner at Facet, you will oversee and manage environmental planning projects, ensure compliance with environmental regulations, and integrate sustainability principles into project planning. This role typically involves overseeing environmental assessments, preparing reports, managing permits, and collaborating with regulatory agencies and stakeholders. Our Environmental Planners provide technical expertise on environmental policy, land use planning, and natural resource management. You will report to a Principal in Planning, lead multidisciplinary teams, and manage project timelines and budgets to achieve environmental objectives within legal and policy frameworks.
This position is hybrid, and may work out of our Seattle, Kirkland, Spokane, Mount Vernon, Whidbey, or Federal Way offices.
Primary Responsibilities
- Coordinate with project applicants, engineers, architects, and agency staff to ensure project permit feasibility.
- Manage project budgets, scope, timelines, and staff.
- Prepare environmental permits and documentation, including Section 404/401, HPA, shoreline, critical area permits, SEPA/NEPA, and Environmental Impact Statements.
- Review internal documentation, QA/QC.
- Assist project teams in comprehensive planning, shoreline master program updates, and critical areas ordinance updates, including review of best available science.
- Assist with development of environmental policy and regulations that protect natural resources in concert with the interests of people and communities to create sustainable solutions.
- Interact and communicate with clients, regulators, and staff at all levels.
- Occasional travel in locations across the Pacific Northwest.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in planning, environmental science, or a related field
- 2 years of experience as an Environmental Planner or similar role
- Experience with local, Washington state, and federal permitting
- Ability to work cooperatively on multidisciplinary projects
- Experience in oral presentations
- Experience using standard computer programs, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Valid driver’s license and good driving record
- Superb interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize competing demands and identify critical path.
Benefits and Compensation
- Competitive salary with opportunities for performance-based bonuses
- Generous Paid Time Off (vacation and sick)
- 7 fixed holidays and 2 floating holidays
- Fully paid employee medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employer paid for dependents’ medical, dental and vision paid at 60%
- Choice of a traditional copay plan or High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a Health Savings account (HSA)
- Facet fully funds HSAs to the IRS maximum ($4300 for individuals and $8550 for families) for employees selecting the HDHP with HSA
- $300 annual fitness benefit
- $100,000 employer paid life insurance
- Employer paid long-term and short-term disability
- Voluntary plans include additional group life, accident, hospitalization, and serious illness
- 401k (Roth or Traditional) available after 3 months of employment
- 5% 401k match contributed to the Facet Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a plan which grows with the value of the company
- Financial support for professional development and memberships in professional associations
- Salary range $77K to $105K
Salary : $77,000 - $105,000
