Land Use/Environmental Planner

Organization
Aspen Environmental Group
Job Description

Job Information:  Aspen Environmental Group is seeking an experienced and motivated environmental/land use planning professional to support our Planning and Public Policy Group based out of our Agoura Hills, CA. Work would predominantly occur remotely. Staff would be expected to go into our Agoura Hills Office occasionally.

About Aspen:  Aspen Environmental Group (www.aspeneg.com, IG: aspenenvironmentalgroup) is a dynamic, interdisciplinary environmental services firm that provides impact analysis, permitting, and compliance services for a wide variety of public and private clients. Aspen specializes in providing expert compliance services for complex, multi-faceted infrastructure and public works projects. Aspen has about 60 dedicated and enthusiastic employees located mainly across four offices in California. We maintain a collaborative work environment that promotes multi-disciplinary collaboration and rigorous applied science. We pride ourselves on shaping careers in a way that provides a healthy rhythm of work and life responsibilities. Success at Aspen will include a blend of motivated initiative, business acumen, technical expertise, commitment, flexibility, and teamwork.

Aspen’s Planning and Public Policy Group Our Planning and Public Policy Group has supported many federal, State, and local agencies with project planning, including land valuation, site suitability, and development of planning and policy directives for local jurisdictions and federal resource management plans. In addition, we are adept at demographic data generation, aggregation, and use of latest and best models to support environmental justice and socioeconomics analyses. Our Team has seasoned socioeconomic analysts that regularly evaluate project effects on community resources. Learn more about our Planning & Public Policy services at: Planning & Public Policy — Aspen Environmental Group

Key Responsibilities 

  • Support Aspen’s Project Managers by writing sections of CEQA and NEPA documents, including Initial Studies, Negative Declarations, Environmental Impact Reports, Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact Statements, and supporting technical studies.
  • Prepare environmental documents or policy/planning documents for specific projects as assigned. Conducting field work may be necessary on occasion to complete technical studies.  
  • Effectively participate in assigned tasks and interact/collaborate with project managers and teams of staff. 
  • Ensure high-quality standards for project deliverables.
  • Assist project team with preparation of public meeting materials and notices as well as in-person or online public meetings.
  • Working knowledge of managing project finances and budgets.
FT/PT
Full Time
Application Deadline