Senior Environmental Planner

ICF is seeking an Senior Environmental Planner to support our Mountain West planning team. ICF provides environmental planning, policy, permitting, and other services to clients. We prepare environmental impact statements and environmental assessments for complex and often controversial projects nationwide, including energy, transportation, and other infrastructure projects and regulatory programs. We manage environmental review processes that include consultation with regulatory agencies; public involvement; analysis of environmental, cultural, safety, socio-economic, and other impacts, and specification of measures to mitigate adverse impacts. Our clients include numerous federal, state, and international agencies and private companies.

Our staff work on the most current and important issues facing the nation including traditional and renewable energy projects and management of land use, water, recreation, and other resources. Staff in this position may provide a range of services including:

• Federal, state, and local permitting and compliance for renewable and traditional energy, transmission, aviation, and other projects in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other regulations.
• Federal agency headquarters environmental support, including NEPA compliance.
• Technical services including biological surveys and studies, air quality analysis, noise impact assessments and other resource-related studies across a range of disciplines.

In this position you will be tasked with the following:

• Planning and completing major project tasks related to the development and delivery of accurate, timely, and high-quality products and services (e.g., permitting, NEPA documents).
• Organizing work on multiple projects and applying your academic and past work experience to a wide variety of complex projects.
• Interacting with all levels of staff and clients, including experts in their fields of expertise.
• Interfacing directly with key agencies and clients and help build and maintain great relationships.
• This position trains, develops and may direct the work of junior staff.

What you need to have (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in natural or physical science, public policy, economics, environmental management, or related subjects.
• 4+ years of environmental consulting experience (for government or private sector clients) with clients in the natural resources, energy, transportation, and related infrastructure and federal market sectors.

What we would like you to have (preferred experience):

• Experience preparing NEPA documents and environmental permitting.
• Experience supporting and serving on project management teams.
• Experience with developing and maintaining project schedules, budgets, and writing proposals.

Professional skills you will use:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Teams).
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including ability to prioritize and multi-task under strict deadlines.
• Strong critical thinking skills and demonstrated ability to succeed with new and challenging tasks.
• Understands task expectations and how tasks fit in the overall project.
• Works collaboratively with project team and client to achieve established goals.
• Organizes written work in a manner that is clear, easy to follow, and tailored for the intended audience.

We are the Environment & Planning Division. We are passionate about doing what’s right for our clients, our people, the communities where we live and work, and the environment. We are planners, scientists, program managers, communicators, economists, technologists, and strategists. We are collaborative, curious, and committed to excellence—these are qualities we value that make us who we are and inspire us to grow.  If you perform well in a fast-paced, engaging and collaborative environment, and would like to work with a diverse team of industry professionals, we encourage you to learn more about ICF (www.icf.com) and consider applying to join our team.     

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with talented and passionate individuals and to grow with a firm that believes in nurturing talent and developing long-term career success. ICF is a purpose driven company with a strong culture and underlying values that prize diversity, opportunity, equality, and respect. Our core values include Embracing Differences, and we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces and hires dimensions of differences.

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: