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Description
Ascent is looking to fill a full-time position for an Environmental Planner II to join our environmental practice in any of our offices located in Sacramento, San Diego, Berkeley, Lake Tahoe, or Orange County/Irvine.
DOES THIS DESCRIBE YOU?
You found a way to kick off your environmental consulting or public-sector career a few years ago. Working on important environmental impact analysis, environmental planning, and/or sustainability issues floats your boat, and on top of that, you’re a sponge for information and want to learn more about what you don’t know. While you’re a people person, you also love digging into analysis to understand pressures on the environment and what to do about it. Your experience includes CEQA and/or NEPA. If someone calls you an environmental or planning nerd, you say, “Thank you!” In college, your major was environmental studies, geography, urban planning, or one of the natural or physical sciences.
IN A TYPICAL WEEK AS AN ASCENT ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER, YOU MIGHT:
- Prepare technical analyses for a variety of interesting and complex, large and small, urban and rural environmental plans and projects
- Support your project team members by brainstorming environmental issues together
- Coordinate closely with your project managers, and help them keep the project well-organized and moving forward
- Continue to develop a strong working knowledge of CEQA and NEPA
- Work collaboratively with and receive mentoring from recognized experts in the environmental planning field
- Visit project sites in Northern California, the Sierra Nevada, and the Central Valley, and potentially elsewhere in California and the west
- Receive training and support to advance your environmental career
Requirements
Professional Qualifications Must Include:
- Bachelor’s degree in planning, environmental studies, geography, natural resources, physical sciences, or related field.
- A minimum of two years of experience
Desired Education and Experience:
- Master’s degree in planning, environmental studies, geography, natural resources, physical sciences, or related field
- A minimum of three to five years of experience in the preparation of CEQA/NEPA analysis
Ascent offers a supportive, fun, and intellectually challenging work environment with excellent benefits. We invest in our employees’ careers and welfare and strive to provide high-quality outcomes for our clients. We offer flexible hours, collegial teamwork, participation in important and challenging projects, opportunities to contribute to and join in service events for our local communities, and regular performance recognition.
Work Environment
- Typical office environment
Physical Demands
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds at a time
Travel
- Limited travel may be required
Diversity Statement
Ascent is committed to creating a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging throughout all facets of the organization. We value and will strive to ascend by welcoming and uplifting all voices, ideas, achievements, and contributions, including those from marginalized communities and identities. We believe that recognizing and embracing our differences makes us a stronger organization. We commit to proactively nurturing environments of mutual support, respect, and caring for all through our words and actions. Join us on our journey.
Affirmative Action/EEO Statement
Ascent provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions.
Salary Description
$65,000 to $95,000
