Burns McDonnell's office in Denver, CO, is actively seeking a Senior Environmental Planner to support, manage, and develop business for environmental surveys, NEPA analysis, land use and permitting services. Burns McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned firm ranked numerous times on FORTUNE’s List of 100 Best Companies to Work For and voted as a Best Place to Work in cities across the United States.

This position provides the opportunity to challenge and grow yourself professionally within one of the industry’s leading firms. Be on a team that solves our client’s issues and problems for environmental and engineering practices in the planning, permitting, design, and remediation service space.

The candidate should have an established and successful history managing and leading tasks for both small and large-scale projects including but not limited to assisting with developing proposals and cost estimates, executing project tasks, and assisting with developing strategic plans. The Planner will support and manage the execution of environmental and land use projects, be a subject matter expert, and be a technical lead/author on Environmental and Land Use Planning. Areas to be covered include NEPA, resource impact assessment, and land use permitting. This includes managing permitting applications and analyzing environmental and land use data supporting the development of land use and environmental documents and studies for NEPA compliance for various types of projects, including high-voltage transmission line routing, renewables, power generation construction activities and upstream and midstream Oil and Gas.

The Environmental Planner will work within our Environmental Services (ENS) Global Practice to perform the following duties:

Project management, team leadership, management mentoring of junior staff;Preparing studies, evaluations, NEPA and state documentation for all types and sizes of environmental and land use projects;Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high level of competence in the area of technical report writing related to NEPA compliance as well as other types of technical reports and regulatory (Federal, State, local) land use permitting documents;Experience with environmental compliance, permitting, and agency consultations;Working with clients, resource agencies, environmental and technical staff to prepare environmental and land use documents and related technical studiesDeveloping, cultivating, and strengthening relationships with clients;Assist with developing business for the Denver ENS Global Practice; andOther duties as assigned.

Qualified candidates will have experience in the following areas and with the following agencies:

National Environmental Policy ActState and Local Environmental and Land Use PermittingU.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CWA Section 404 permittingU.S. Fish Wildlife Service and ESA complianceU.S.F.S special use permitting and forest management plansBLM right-of-way grants and resource management plansBOR use authorizations