Senior Environmental Planner Lead

Job Description
The Transportation Business Line of AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Senior Environmental Planning Lead for immediate employment in the Atlanta, GA office. The candidate will join an excellent team with significant career growth potential. The Senior Environmental Planning Lead position will support the multi-discipline environmental group in transportation. The selected candidate will perform tasks ranging from environmental project management, leading project teams, research/report writing, and data collection and compilation among other duties.
Responsibilities:
This position supports the environmental transportation practice. Responsible for the assessment of environmental indicators which are incorporated into studies, environmental assessments, and statements that will generally be used to identify, abate, and eliminate sources of pollutants or hazards that affect people, wildlife, and environments;
and to propose mitigation measures for the environmental impacts of newly built development or infrastructure.
Works in program areas relating to natural/water resources planning, NEPA, community development, public outreach, hazard mitigation, noise, and others. Prepares basic data and scientific documents to include figures, technical reports, agency coordination, NEPA/GEPA documents, and 404/buffer variance permit applications for authorization from state and federal agencies. Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on land use, physical, social, and economic issues, and public involvement.
This role will consist of preparation and QAQC of environmental deliverables associated with transportation projects (including schedule management requiring interdisciplinary team coordination and ensuring schedules are updated based on changing client and/or regulatory needs) and guiding clients in the permitting and environmental management processes to obtain environmental clearances.
This position would require an experienced professional to have experience to provide QAQC for environmental documents for transportation projects (NEPA and GEPA and supporting materials). Originates and performs technical approach, quality control, data assessments, report reviews and conducts thorough QA/QC for work prepared by others.
Primary responsibilities are to apply expert knowledge of the GDOT environmental process and milestone schedule management for the GDOT Plan Development Process and environmental documentation.
Gathers data and other information to be used in the preparation of environmental reports of investigations;
compiles, organizes, and interprets data collected by others to provide data-based recommendations for senior management and clients. Synthesizes data from reports into NEPA documents.
Develops plans, studies and analyses. Manages complex planning studies, development applications and reviews.
Applies lessons learned from projects to tailored needs on other projects. Advises team members on best practices, consistency in approach, and consequences of decisionmaking.
This position will involve program management support, including project management experience, managing multiple aspects of projects and tasks as well as budgets and staffing, and schedules. Includes application of team building practices.
Conducts meetings and presents reports and other findings to the public, agencies, clients, and stakeholders. Prepares meeting minutes.
Works under the supervision of management but is capable and expected to work independently to complete all but the most complex tasks with minimal supervision.
Scheduling- aligns project deliverables with engineering and project delivery milestones;
recommends priorities, schedules, and funding sources to implement public improvements plan. Prepares and manages schedules for multiple GDOT delivery mechanisms.
Serves as a technical specialist for the office in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles or processes for an assigned area of responsibility (i.E., subject matter, function, type of facility or industry).
Responsible for environmental permits and evaluating resource delineation.
May distinguish differences in environmental class of action and provide material client support in the development of options and appropriate project alternatives.