Environmental Planner
Job Title
Environmental Planner
Company Overview
Join a nationally recognized infrastructure, planning, engineering, and environmental consulting firm that supports some of the most complex transportation, waterfront, marine, rail, port, and public infrastructure projects across the United States and globally. This opportunity offers the chance to work alongside planners, environmental scientists, engineers, and permitting specialists on projects that shape communities, transportation networks, and critical infrastructure throughout the Southeast and beyond. The Environmental Planner will play a key role in environmental planning, permitting, regulatory coordination, and project delivery while supporting major transportation and infrastructure initiatives. This position offers exposure to multidisciplinary projects, client interaction, regulatory agency engagement, and opportunities for project leadership and career growth.
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina
Position Overview
The Environmental Planner will support the preparation of environmental documentation, regulatory permitting, environmental studies, impact assessments, and compliance efforts for transportation and infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will work closely with federal, state, and local agencies while coordinating with multidisciplinary project teams to ensure successful project delivery. This role is ideal for an experienced environmental planning professional with strong knowledge of NEPA and transportation project development who enjoys balancing technical work, stakeholder engagement, regulatory coordination, and project management responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and manage NEPA, SEPA, environmental permitting, and regulatory compliance documentation for transportation and infrastructure projects
- Coordinate permitting efforts with agencies including DOTs, USACE, EPA, NOAA, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Coast Guard, and other regulatory entities
- Conduct environmental studies, impact assessments, alternative analyses, and technical evaluations for transportation projects
- Support highway, roadway, rail, airport, transit, port, waterfront, and other infrastructure-related projects
- Prepare technical reports, environmental documents, permit applications, graphics, and supporting project materials
- Evaluate projects for compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations and permitting requirements
- Conduct data collection, research, analysis, and environmental investigations to support project planning efforts
- Perform QA/QC reviews of environmental documents, technical deliverables, and planning reports
- Support proposal development, fee estimates, and project pursuit activities
- Coordinate and communicate effectively with clients, regulatory agencies, engineers, scientists, and project stakeholders
- Deliver presentations and support public, agency, and client-facing meetings
- Travel throughout North Carolina and the Southeast with occasional overnight travel as needed
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Planning, Geography, Natural Resources, or a related field
- 7+ years of environmental planning, permitting, transportation, or infrastructure consulting experience
- Minimum 3 years of task management or project leadership experience
- Strong knowledge of NEPA, SEPA, and environmental permitting processes
- Experience supporting U.S. Department of Transportation-related projects
- Strong technical writing, environmental documentation, and report preparation skills
- Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary project teams and regulatory agencies
- Basic GIS experience including mapping, spatial analysis, and environmental data visualization
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Planning, Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Geography, or a related field
- Experience with NCDOT project delivery processes and transportation project development
- Experience supporting FHWA, FRA, FAA, FTA, MARAD, or other federally funded transportation projects
- Professional certifications such as AICP, ENV SP, CEP, LEED AP, or similar credentials
- Experience coordinating environmental permits with federal and state agencies
- Proposal development, budgeting, and client management experience
- Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, transportation, waterfront, port, rail, or public works projects
What You'll Receive
- Opportunity to support high-profile transportation and infrastructure projects throughout the Southeast and nationally
- Exposure to multidisciplinary planning, permitting, engineering, and environmental teams
- A role that combines environmental planning, project leadership, agency coordination, and client engagement
- Career growth opportunities within a globally recognized infrastructure consulting organization
- Exposure to complex transportation, rail, airport, marine, waterfront, and port projects
- Collaborative culture focused on technical excellence, innovation, and professional development
- Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, PTO, retirement plans, and continuing education support
- Opportunity to work directly with clients, regulators, and industry leaders on impactful infrastructure projects
Application Process
Interested candidates may apply directly or submit a resume with the subject line: Environmental Planner. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
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