CEQA Project Manager

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

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 planning and project management skills. 
• You are an effective team member with 5 or more years of experience supporting environmental review documents potentially including comprehensive plans, transportation plans, land use plans, technical memoranda or reports, and/or sections of NEPA and CEQA environmental documents. You possess an in-depth understanding of relevant regulations, policies, and principles in topics and locations of expertise. Proficiency in CEQA 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 different audiences.
• You hold a Bachelor's degree with major course work in environmental, urban or transportation planning, geography, public policy, or related interdisciplinary field.
• You can work in a hybrid fashion from one of our Southern California offices.

What You Will Do for ESA 

• As a CEQA Project Manager, you will serve as 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 sector and private development clients.
• 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 may 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 $88,538 – $132,807 annually based on our anticipated hiring location 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. 

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 Community Development Team in Southern California

ESA’s SoCal offices include planners, environmental scientists, biologists, natural resource land managers, archeologists, historians, air and noise specialists, and environmental hydrologists and engineers. While the office is made up of employees of a variety of backgrounds and career paths, the office shares a fun and caring office culture, complete with potlucks, lunch outings, and annual events, including camping trips. 

We have worked on some exciting projects, including the Environmental Impact Report for the new Clippers Arena. To read about some more of the great projects ESA is working on, check out our website: Community Development — Environmental Science Associates (esassoc.com)

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.