(USA-HI-Honolulu) Environmental Planner

**Company Description**

**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Job Description**

**AECOM** is actively seeking an **Environmental Planner** to join our Environmental Planning & Permitting Group. This position is based in our Honolulu, HI office. Hybrid work schedule is an option.

**The responsibilities of this role include:**

* Prepare Hawaii Environmental Policy Act (HEPA) (Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 343) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents.

* Support the preparation of environmental planning and permitting documents such as technical reports, permit application packages, and mitigation and monitoring plans.

* Interprets and applies applicable government codes, ordinances and regulations.

* Conduct research and prepares reports on land use, physical, social and economic issues.

* Support public and client meetings and assist in preparing meeting materials such as PowerPoint presentations and compiling meeting results.

* Support marketing and business development efforts in pursuit of new projects.

**About AECOM’s Environment Business Line**

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor’s Degree in related field (Environmental Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Science, or a related discipline).

+ 2 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/ or education.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Previous experience with local agencies in the state of Hawaii.

+ Knowledge of Native Hawaiian cultural traditions and values

+ Master's Degree in related field

+ Prior consulting experience

+ Strong written and oral communication skills

+ Familiarity with HEPA and other Hawaii planning laws and policies, NEPA, federal regulatory and compliance guidelines

+ Familiarity with issues related to environmental planning, conservation planning, cultural and/or natural resources planning.

+ Proficiency with ArcGIS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Project, and Adobe applications.

+ Ability to create and maintain tracking spreadsheets and documents.

+ Ability to work independently and as a part of a team, identifying what needs to be accomplished and regularly completing tasks.

**Additional Information**

+ U.S. Citizenship is required for this role.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID:** J10079780

**Business Line:** Environment

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** West

**Career Area:** Planning