Who We Are
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
This Opportunity
As a world-wide leader of environmental and transportation consulting and planning services, we invite you to be a part of that vision. Our Environmental Planning group in Atlanta, Georgia is looking for a Senior Environmental Planner to support and add to our wide and diverse range of environmental planning services that enables future-ready growth.
Your Impact
- Plan, organize, and execute a broad range of environmental planning projects.
- Lead a variety of planning studies related to environmental planning, including the Georgia Environmental Policy Act (GEPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Categorical Exclusion, Environmental Assessment, and Environmental Impact Statement documentation.
- Develop environmental planning documents including: purpose and need, alternatives analysis, community outreach materials, environmental technical reports and other analyses reports, permit applications, meeting summaries, and other analyses, reports, and memorandums.
- Serve as project manager, deputy project manager, and major task lead.
- Manage client relationships and lead business development activities.
- Mentor staff and review the work of staff.
- Coordinate with project managers, task managers, project team technical leads, subconsultants, and other disciplines such as planning, engineering, sustainability, and traffic team members.
- Manage time and effort effectively on multiple projects.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning, Urban Planning, Geography, or a related field (or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience working in the environmental planning field.
- Highly proficient expertise with environmental planning skills.
- Extensive knowledge of relevant environmental laws, permitting requirements, notification and compliance practices, and applicable Regional/State/Federal regulatory framework.
- Demonstrated technical competence leading environmental projects within business sector (e.g. commercial, infrastructure, transportation, energy, etc.).
- Advanced expertise with consulting practices, conducting NEPA analysis, and preparation of associated documentation.
- Experienced working on environmental planning projects, including the Georgia Environmental Policy Act (GEPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Categorical Exclusion, Environmental Assessment, and Environmental Impact Statement documentation.
- Ability to work independently and provide guidance, mentorship, and leadership to team or project members (including subconsultants), with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables with a high degree of complexity.
- Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Proficiency with technical and business writing, office automation, and communication software, technology, and tools.
- Extensive critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to reach conclusions from data collation, and identify the most effective solutions to accomplish objectives of assigned projects.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree is preferred.
- Essential professional licensure/certification.
- Active member of local, regional, or national professional organization.
- Experience in ESRI ArcGIS applications and tools.
- Experience with Adobe Illustrator and other vector graphics software. #LI-JA1
Additional Requirements
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Additional Details
- Travel Required: 25%
- Job Status: Regular
- Employee Type: Full
- Primary Location: ATLANTA - 3340 PEACHTREE RD
- All locations: US-GA-Atlanta
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
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