ESA seeks a highly motivated CEQA/NEPA Project Manager to join one of our Northern California offices either in-person or on a hybrid schedule. We are looking for a team member with 5 or more years of CEQA and/or NEPA experience who is proactive and has the intellectual curiosity to continue the advancement of our established team of planners and environmental consultants. This opportunity is focused on collaboration, delivery, and client service.

Who We Are

We are a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm who values diversity and inclusion and celebrate the differences that make each of us unique. Our culture is built on mutual respect, recognizing that our variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives leads to better solutions, which fosters our continued success for our employee-owners and clients.

Who You Are

You are a mid-level to senior-level professional with a strong desire to grow and advance your career and to develop your environmental planning and project management skills.

You hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree with major course work in environmental planning, policy, and/or science; urban or natural/water resources planning; geography; or a related interdisciplinary field.

You have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience, at least some of which working in a consulting environment, with responsibilities including conducting research, analyzing impacts, and writing sections of reports. Experience as part of a management team and/or substantial technical analysis experience with the California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, similar state/federal regulations, or preparation of resource-related permit applications is required.

You have strong project management, business development, analytical, and oral presentation skills with the ability to prepare clear, concise, and well-supported written documents to convey complex information understandably to colleagues, clients, agency staff, teaming partners, other project stakeholders, and the general public.

You are an effective team member and communicator who contributes constructively and inclusively to solve project or team issues while working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment. You are curious and interested in understanding your teammates, and your clients, needs and motivations.

You ideally have experience preparing analyses and evaluations related to the environmental review of water resources and water infrastructure projects in California.

You can work in-person or in a hybrid fashion from one of our Northern California offices (Sacramento, Petaluma, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose). Full remote work may be possible, contingent upon the individual's qualifications and experience.

What You Will Do for ESA

As a CEQA/NEPA Project Manager, you will serve as deputy project manager or project manager for moderately complex projects and a task manager for more complex projects. You will be a contributing author for CEQA and NEPA documents for public and private sector clients.

Within the Northern California Water Group, you will become integrated into multiple project teams focused on the planning and assessment of water (including, but not limited to, water supply, groundwater, flood risk management, watershed management, or multibenefit), wastewater, recycled water, and ecosystem restoration projects and plans. Depending on the project team's needs you will conduct research in specific or general project areas, including such topics as adopted plans, policies, and regulations, and other published information. While you will work primarily with the Water Group, you will have opportunity to engage in work with other ESA teams such as Community Development/Planning, Airports, and Energy Resources, as well as engage in data collection and analysis with technical practices such as biological/cultural resources and hydrology data collection teams.

You will be responsible for managing the task or project delivery schedule, managing logistics, disseminating, and maintaining related information and resources, managing budget tracking and invoicing, meeting with team members to gauge progress toward task completion, and responding to team member or client questions about assigned tasks or projects.

You will apply critical thinking and problem-solving to evaluate, select, and adapt standard techniques and procedures in the development of environmental planning documents. You will be required to effectively communicate with staff, clients, and teaming partners and serve as a trusted professional bringing creative and innovative solutions to clients.

Other job duties include:

• Business development including responding to request for proposals, preparing scopes and budgets and coordinating with subconsultants;
• Performing quality control of project deliverables; and
• Training and developing the careers of junior level staff.

ESA has established multiple pay ranges tailored to the economic factors in the geographies in which ESA staff reside. For this position the range is approximately $88,538 -$132,807 or $100,178 -$150,268 annually based on our anticipated hiring locations as noted in the above job details. Actual compensation is determined by a number of factors including but not limited to an individual's related experience, education, skills, and the city in which the applicant lives.

**Ask us about a sign-on bonus!

What ESA Will Do for You

Joining ESA means becoming part of a close-knit team of environmental professionals who contribute to outstanding projects, improve environmental stewardship, and advance a more sustainable and resilient future for our communities and wild places.

At ESA, we provide benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance (paid at 70% for you AND your family), annual allocations of company shares through our ESOP, a 401(k) plan with company match, and paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays, to name a few.

We also provide specific programs whether you want to further your technical expertise, sharpen your business acumen, or help lead the next generation of employee-owners. We want to support you in reaching your career goals through tuition reimbursement, professional development bonuses, and attendance at conferences.

What's Special About Our Water Team in Northern California

Protecting precious water resources is more important and challenging than ever for today's communities. The Northern California Water Team partners with clients to thoughtfully navigate these complexities. Our team provides integrated, enduring solutions for the supply and conveyance of treated and recycled water including, but not limited to, water supply, groundwater, flood risk management, watershed management, or multibenefit), wastewater, recycled water, and ecosystem restoration projects and plans.

We work with clients to address aging dams, reservoirs, and other infrastructure systems to keep up with demand of a growing population's residential and agricultural needs. Our team makes resilience planning in the face of climate change-including historic weather events, drought conditions, flood control, and sea level rise considerations-a top priority for dependable, long-lasting investments to critical infrastructure improvements.

We value creative thinking, teamwork, and multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary engagement and integration. To read about some of the exciting projects we have recently completed, check out these links: Los Vaqueros Project - , Pure Water Soquel

In accordance with ESA's duty and responsibility to provide and maintain a safe workplace that is free of known hazards and to minimize the exposure to potential hazards, any employee who works from an ESA office or conducts any other in-person ESA work-related activity is required to submit their proof of vaccination status or have received an approved exemption and accommodation.

ESA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. (EOE M/V/F/D)