AECOM
Senior Environmental Planner - Transmission
Milwaukee, WI, United States · Senior
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About the role
- Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
- There has never been a better time to be at AECOM.
- With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand.
Responsibilities
- In this role you will lead project teams and work with our environmental planning practitioners and technical subject matter experts to prepare environmental documents, with a particular focus on supporting permitting and entitlement work for our growing line of work with energy developers and utilities.
- This role would involve serving as a seller-doer, responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships, leading pursuits and project teams, and expanding AECOM's energy permitting and environmental planning portfolio across the Midwest and supporting strategic growth initiatives throughout the U.S.
- Lead environmental planning and compliance efforts for energy infrastructure projects, and coordination and filings with state utility regulatory agencies and public service commissions to support transmission siting, routing, permitting, and certificate approval processes across Midwest jurisdictions, especially within MISO, PJM, and SPP regions.
- Manage early-stage due diligence efforts for siting energy projects and associated infrastructure.
- Provide project management on mid- to large-sized projects, including developing and tracking project schedules, budgets, invoicing, and coordination with clients, technical staff and subconsultants.
- Work on environmental documents and entitlements related to high-profile infrastructure projects, with particular emphasis on energy sector projects.
- Support projects across the Midwest and other U.S. markets by leveraging AECOM's national technical and project delivery platform.
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level staff by reviewing work products, providing technical guidance, and supporting career development.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in environmental planning, environmental science, geography, natural resources, engineering, or a related field.
- Ability to travel for agency/client meetings, as needed.
- A valid U.S Driver's license is required for this role.
- Due to the nature of this work, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Nice to have
- 10+ years successfully managing permitting and preparing state utility commission and related documentation, strong understanding of current state and federal regulations and guidance.
- Advanced experience leading complex transmission and renewable energy permitting programs, including strategic permitting, agency negotiation, and multi-state routing effort
- Experience leading transmission permitting, routing, and certificate proceedings before state utility commissions and public service commissions within the Midwest or other U.S. jurisdictions.
- Experience supporting regulatory hearings or expert witness testimony is a plus.
- Experience supporting client development, proposal preparation, and/or business development pursuits.
- Experience managing environmental planning or permitting projects, including scope, schedule, budget, and client communications.
- Project management experience on environmental planning projects, including client interaction, schedule and budget controls, and invoicing.
- Demonstrated leadership in proposal development and successful pursuit of competitive bids.
Company info
- At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.
- At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.
- What makes AECOM a great place to work You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions.
- We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
- We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
- We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world.
- Our EPP team serves numerous private industry and public utility energy clients, on a variety of energy projects including transmission, grid modernization, and renewable energy developments.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizenship is required
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