Assistant Consultant, Environmental Planning

WSP

WSP is currently initiating a search for fulltime Early Career Environmental Planner for our Sacramento, CA office to support our highly-regarded Hazard Mitigation and Emergency Management (HM & EM) program and climate change, resiliency, and environmental planning services for federal, state, and local governments and other clients. Our ideal candidate must have strong organizational skills to support our project managers and a broad understanding of planning, climate change science, outreach and engagement tools, and the ability to lead work independently and collaboratively with a team. We are looking for someone that is passionate about helping improve resiliency, adaptation, and sustainability in communities in California and throughout the Western US. After initial onboarding and training, there may be the opportunity to work a hybrid office and home schedule, but the candidate must be able to travel to remote job sites to support field work, planning meetings, and stakeholder workshops.


We are seeking a candidate with a BS or MS in urban planning, GIS, emergency management, civil/environmental engineering, geography, environmental science, or related field.


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WSP Benefits:


WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.


Compensation:


Expected Salary: $55,700 - $83,500


WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.


About WSP


ABOUT US


WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.


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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.


At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?


WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.


The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.


NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:


WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.