Planner III-Environmental Review (5298) Natural Resources and Lands Management Division-(Moccasin) SFPUC (167779)

About the role

The Environmental Planner is located in Moccasin, California (1 Lakeshore Drive) and works within the Natural Resources and Lands Management Division of the SFPUC Water Enterprise. The role reports to the Senior Environmental Planner of the Moccasin Planning and Compliance Section and may supervise professional services consultants and junior planning staff. It is an external‑facing position that works closely with federal and state agency staff, City attorneys, Tribal representatives, and SFPUC multidisciplinary teams. Work may occur in remote field settings such as watersheds, streams, rivers, reservoirs, and federal lands, requiring driving or hiking on unimproved roads and outdoor work in inclement weather. The position involves a roughly 5‑hour round‑trip commute from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Responsibilities

• Analyze proposed project activities to determine environmental review, documentation, consultation, and permitting requirements; identify environmental and regulatory risks; recommend avoidance, mitigation, and best‑management practices.
• Apply and interpret federal, state, and local laws, regulations, ordinances, permits, agreements, authorizations, and SFPUC policies, including the Raker Act.
• Prepare or coordinate permit applications, right‑of‑way and special use authorization requests, and related submissions to local, state, and federal agencies.
• Obtain authorizations under CWA 401/404, NPDES 402, Fish & Game Code 1602/1610, ESA/CESA, NHPA 106, ARPA, FLPMA, Raker Act, Wilderness Act, Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, and related authorities.
• Prepare, review, and coordinate CEQA, NEPA, NHPA, FLPMA, and related environmental review and compliance documentation.
• Prepare and manage technical studies and reports concerning environmental, biological, cultural, land, and other natural‑resource matters.
• Critically review and evaluate consultant work associated with planning, permitting, environmental review, technical studies, and compliance monitoring; develop scopes of work and support consultant contract administration (schedules, budgets, deliverables, fieldwork coordination).
• Coordinate interdisciplinary review of project proposals, technical studies, and environmental documentation; perform environmental review of third‑party applications for use of SFPUC lands.
• Identify environmental and regulatory risks, evaluate available information, and develop practical recommendations when requirements or project conditions are uncertain.
• Represent SFPUC interests during interagency consultations, stakeholder meetings, public meetings, and field visits; collaborate with multidisciplinary staff,