New Grad Environmental Planner I - Summer 2025

HNTB is seeking a New Grad Environmental Planner I for Summer 2025 in Santa Ana, CA. The role involves providing environmental support throughout project phases, including data analysis, compliance with CEQA and NEPA regulations, and preparing project materials. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and basic understanding of environmental laws. Fieldwork and on-site monitoring are required.
What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for providing environmental support from concept development through project completion including researching, gathering, and analyzing data, preparing project materials, and applying CEQA and NEPA environmental laws, regulations, and policy to ensure compliance on behalf of the client.

What You’ll Do
• Analyzes the design plan and identifies deliverables.
• Compiles and analyzes data associated with multi-disciplines and proposes technical solutions. Collects raw data, organizes, researches, and applies recognized tools of analysis to provide comprehensive review of the data.
• Prepares graphics and reports for limited portions of a project or for small-scale projects.
• Assists in the creation and presentation of project presentation materials, concepts, graphics, and reports to the client and community groups.
• May attend project team meeting with limited client interaction and other project consultants. Responsible for documenting meeting minutes, correspondences, and other forms related to projects within scope.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need
• Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering or related field

What You’ll Bring
• Understands how to operate Microsoft Office Suite and client-specific programs with direction from more experienced staff.
• Compiles and summarizes data (i.e., census data, land use data, ecology data, section 106, air and noise) with direction from more experienced staff.
• Gains a basic understanding of environmental laws and regulations (i.e., CEQA, NEPA, local, state and federal laws).
• Uses technical writing skills proficiently, making use of basic templates to create technically sound reports.
• Contributes to the environmental review documents and helps prepare reports with direction from more experienced staff.
• Conduct field work and on-site environmental monitoring

What We Prefer
• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field

Additional Information

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Locations:

Ontario, CA, Santa Ana, CA (Irvine)

The approximate pay range for Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA is $66,600.87 - $99,901.32. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

The approximate pay range for San Diego, Sacramento and Inland Empire, CA is $63,705.19 - $95,557.78. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Planning Group

ReqID: R-25536 #college