Environmental Planner - Kleinfelder Inc

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level 

Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder’s Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions.  

Step into Your New Role 

Kleinfelder's seeking an Environmental Planner to join our solar permitting team.  This role can sit in any of our Northern California offices to include Rancho Cordova (Sacramento), San Jose, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Oakland, Fresno, Concord, and Stockton.  This position is also a hybrid work schedule.

Job Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following job description:

• The planner conducts initial screenings on project submissions and works with client to obtain needed information to complete work description.
• Conduct desktop environmental due diligence reviews to determine agency regulatory authority
• Coordinate environmental reviews as required by authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) or requested by client, including but not limited to biology, cultural resources, water, air, land acquisition, hazardous materials.
• Prepare Environmental Assessments/Initial Studies or other required documentation in accordance with California Environment Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Ensure deliverables conform to client standards and expectations, comply with all applicable permits, licenses, and AHJ conditions.
• Support preparation of status reports, dashboards, summary spreadsheets, forecast spreadsheets, and presentations for use in communication by client environmental staff.
• Participate in meetings and conference calls as requested.
• Work includes tracking multiple incoming assignments, coordinating specialist reports, and packaging projects for on-schedule deliveries.
• Business development, proposal writing for environmental opportunities, coordination with discipline leads, and support in growing the environmental permitting/planning practice in California

Position Requirements:

• 5+ year of professional environmental planning work experience – preferably in solar energy
• Strong skills in verbal communication of technical issues
• Strong technical writing and editing skills
• BS/BA Environmental Planning, Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, or related degree

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Proficiency in Google Earth
• Environmental review processes
• Proficient in CEQA and NEPA regulatory requirements
• Prior participation in consultation with agencies
• Knowledge of special-status wildlife and/or plant species 
• Knowledge of California’s environmental resources
• Organized and detail-oriented  

Move Forward with Kleinfelder 

Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver. 

Progress with an Employer that Values You 

Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that throughdiversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following: 

Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the California Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.  Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience. Salary range: $55,151 - 96,594.  

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program. 

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules) 

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES  

Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.  

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