Environmental Planner

Stantec’s Northern California Region (serving Northern California and parts of Nevada) is seeking a Principal Environmental Planner to join our Environmental Services Business Line to be based out of our Fresno, CA Office. This is a career growth opportunity to expand our Environmental Services team in the Central Valley Region. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 15 years of broad professional environmental experience with an emphasis on technical delivery, project and team management, and business development. Experience with community development, transportation, power, and/or water sector projects preferred. Stantec provides for a flexible working arrangement with a hybrid model (i.e., a combination of office and remote working) and robust benefits package.

Your Key Responsibilities 

The primary duties of this role are to: 

• Manage and assist with technical delivery of environmental services related projects across a diverse range of market sectors. 
• Project management and technical delivery is expected to include discretionary environmental permitting, California Environmental Quality Act/National Environmental Policy Act documentation, environmental technical studies, similar regulatory compliance services, and representation at stakeholder meetings/public hearings. 
• Provide senior oversight, strategic support, and permitting expertise for wide range of projects, including infrastructure, water resources, energy, and power projects.
• Lead and support local and regional marketing and business development activities including opportunity identification, pre-positioning, preparation of proposals, interviews, and contracting that generates $1M gross revenue or more annually. 
• Supervise project/task order managers and technical staff. 
• Provide leadership in the local Fresno office in managing project related staff performance, and mentoring personnel for overall success of practice team.
• Project management responsibilities include file management, coordination, and oversight of safety requirements, subconsultant management, team coordination/meetings, delegation and oversight of technical tasks, assisting in preparation and review of deliverables, client interfacing, project progress monitoring, and invoicing. 
• Manage client services including routine correspondence/meetings, opportunity capitalization, negotiation of commercial terms, health and safety metric reporting, feedback solicitation, and advocacy facilitation. 
• Identify, coordinate participation in, and represent Stantec’s interests at conferences/stakeholder events related to technical delivery and marketing/business development responsibilities. 
• Interface with other Environmental Services colleagues to identify and enhance regional business development opportunities.