NEPA Specialist
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Your Opportunity
Stantec’s Mountain Region is looking for a NEPA practitioner and project manager with at least 10 years of experience preparing environmental documents pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The primary duty of this role is to manage multiple planning and permitting projects for a wide range of regulators and proponents across diverse geographic locations with a focus on the southwest states of Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Preference for staff being located in the greater Phoenix area.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Participate in the NEPA planning process and oversee all aspects of a project, including client contact, budget control and invoicing, schedule, personnel allocation/planning, public interest facilitation, technical approach, and subcontractor involvement
- Coordinate with clients, regulatory/resource agencies, local governments
- Help organize technical studies and ecological resource teams with assessments and various natural resource surveys
- Lead the preparation of NEPA documentation including environmental impact statements (EISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs), Categorical Exclusions (CEs)
- Assist in the preparation of proposals and other marketing endeavors
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Thorough understanding of technical environmental impact analysis methods and sound knowledge of NEPA requirements and related environmental regulations
- Team oriented with strong capability to motivate others
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple planning projects and ability to motivate self and others to overcome obstacles and achieve goals
- Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and to prioritize and balance sometimes heavy workloads to achieve goals while keeping up with a highly mobile and changing environment
- Must demonstrate an ability in collaborative problem solving with stakeholders, clients, and teammates
- Must be a highly motivated self-starter
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience with various NEPA requirements (BLM, NPS, and/or USFS NEPA process and requirements preferred)
Education and Experience
B.S. in planning and/or related environmental discipline; Master’s degree in planning and/or related environmental discipline preferred.
Minimum 10 years related experience, or an equivalent combination of education (e.g., advanced degree) and experience performing NEPA analysis and permitting for various types of federal, State and local regulatory agencies.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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