Environmental Planner
Reno, NV
West – Environmental Department - McGinley /
Full-Time /
McGinley & Associates is looking for a full-time Environmental Planner. We are looking for a motivated individual to join our environmental practice in support of various Environmental permitting projects.
As an Environmental Planner, you will provide assistance across a variety of projects for a diverse range of industries and clients, to include federal, state, and local projects. This could include assistance with the preparation of NEPA (CatX, EA, and as needed EIS) documents (and/or California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as needed); Special Use Permits at the County level; Notice of Intents; BLM Exploration, and Mining Plans of Operation (43 CFR 3809); and permits in accordance with USFS regulations (36 CFR Part 228). Our NEPA work is primarily focused on public lands in the Great Basin region.
As an Environmental Planner, you will have basic skills and be eager to learn a variety of environmental regulatory processes. Primary duties will focus on collaborating with the senior staff and other team members on research, technical report writing, and QA/QC review of analytical sections of environmental documents.
Job Responsibilities:
- Conduct impact analyses on a variety of environmental resources and work to ensure the success of the team.
- Assist in data collection, data review, and writing sections for NEPA and/or CEQA documents.
- Support field work, when necessary.
- Other duties as assigned by your supervisor.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Sciences (BS) in environmental science, environmental policy, environmental planning, or related field, and 3-5 years of related experience.
- OR Master of Sciences (MS) in environmental sciences/Natural Resource Management policy field or related and 2+ years of relevant experience.
- 2+ years of experience, preferably in environmental consulting, or working for a federal/state environmental agency and/or 2+ years of experience working with environmental permitting projects relating to the NEPA, Endangered Species Act, Sec. 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, etc.
- Demonstrated experience and or familiarity with various environmental regulatory policy.
- Experience with task leadership.
- Good communication skills and ability to work with others.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Understanding of the NEPA process.
- Experience managing environmental projects a plus (scope, schedule, and budget.)
- Possess demonstrable technical writing experience.
- Technical writing tasks to prepare and summarize various natural resource sections of NEPA documents (Land-Use, Socioeconomics, Environmental Justice, etc.)
- Ability to work independently productively, and collaboratively in a fast-paced work environment with multiple deadlines.
- Be self-motivated, efficient, and organized.
- A working knowledge of standard office computer software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access).
- A working knowledge of and experience with mapping software (ArcGIS) is a plus.
- Excellent ability to facilitate decision making and issue resolution processes is a plus.
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