ICF

Environmental Planner

ICF
Posted 10/22/2026full-timeUnited StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $61,232 - $125,954 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in environmental planning and compliance, with strong capabilities in managing project workflows, preparing technical reports, and coordinating with multidisciplinary teams. Proficient in utilizing planning tools and methodologies to ensure timely and accurate deliverable execution.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Environmental PlanningCEQA KnowledgeNEPA KnowledgeTechnical Report PreparationProject Tracker Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Support SCE Program workflows, including coordination, SME reviews, tracking, ERD development support, and planning and/or execution deliverable coordination
  • Maintain and update project trackers, worklists, due-date logs, assignment records, and status reports
  • Coordinate with biological, cultural, wetlands/waters, construction stormwater, coastal, air quality, GIS, and other SMEs
  • Review project information for completeness and identify missing data
  • Follow up with project teams or client contacts and document applicable planning assumptions
  • Compile ERD measures and review SME inputs
  • Prepare planning summaries and support final document delivery according to SCE guidance, templates, and naming conventions
  • Communicate priorities, timelines, status updates, and data needs to internal team members, subcontractors, SMEs, and client contacts
  • Participate in program coordination meetings and prepare action items, meeting notes, tracker updates, and follow-up communications
  • Support QA/QC of planning and execution deliverables, tracker entries, work management system updates, and document packages
  • Collaborate with planners, scientists, GIS specialists, program managers, regulators, subcontractors, and other stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 2+ years of environmental planning, environmental compliance, utility planning, permitting, or related professional experience in a consulting or team-based environment
  • Experience preparing environmental or local development planning documents
  • Experience drafting technical reports and deliverables
  • Experience managing and tracking multiple concurrent assignments
  • Experience coordinating with technical reviewers
  • Experience supporting environmental review workflows, planning deliverables, tracker management, task coordination, or utility work management systems preferred
  • Strong working knowledge of CEQA, NEPA, utility environmental review workflows, and desktop review processes preferred
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to track multiple assignments, priorities, deadlines, and document requirements concurrently
  • Experience preparing, supporting, or reviewing environmental planning documents, technical memoranda, environmental requirements documents, desktop review summaries, or other planning deliverables
  • Experience coordinating technical inputs from biological resources, cultural resources, waters/wetlands, construction stormwater, coastal, air quality, GIS, or related disciplines
  • Experience maintaining trackers, schedules, worklists, action item logs, and deliverable status reports
  • Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced, integrated project team
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States
  • This position is not eligible for new H-1B visa sponsorship by ICF

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Hybrid position with flexibility to work remotely or in the office
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Reasonable accommodations for disabilities, disabled veterans, and sincerely held religious beliefs
  • Benefits information provided under the Transparency in Coverage Act

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Hard Skills
Environmental ComplianceUtility PlanningPermittingTechnical Memoranda PreparationDesktop Review ProcessesEnvironmental Requirements DocumentsPlanning DeliverablesAction Item LogsWork Management SystemsData Analysis
Soft Skills
Excellent Communication SkillsAttention to DetailOrganizational SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsStrategic Thinking
Tools & Technologies
GISProject TrackersWorklistsStatus ReportsPlanning Summaries
Industry Keywords
Environmental Review WorkflowsBiological ResourcesCultural ResourcesWetlandsStormwater ManagementCoastal ManagementAir Quality