Utility Intake Analyst
We are the Environment & Planning Division of ICF. We are passionate about doing what’s right for our clients, our people, the communities where we live and work, and the environment. We are planners, scientists, program managers, communicators, economists, technologists, and strategists. We are collaborative, curious, and committed to excellence—these qualities we value that make us who we are and inspire us to grow.
About the role
ICF is seeking an Environmental Planner with a desire to grow within our Energy practice while supporting Southern California Edison’s (SCE’s) environmental planning and EHSync Program work. This role will be a hybrid position with flexibility to work remotely or in the office. The successful candidate will be a well-organized planning professional who can support high-volume environmental review workflows, coordinate with subject matter experts (SMEs), maintain project trackers, assist with document delivery, and help ensure that planning deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule. Projects requiring immediate support are located throughout SCE’s service territory.
A strong working knowledge of environmental planning and compliance processes, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), utility environmental review workflows, and desktop review processes, is preferred. Experience supporting California-based utilities, renewable energy developers, commercial/residential/industrial developers, engineering companies, or local, state, and federal agencies is valuable.
Responsibilities
- Support SCE EHSync Program workflows, including coordination, SME review tracking, ERD development support, and planning deliverable coordination.
- Maintain and update project trackers, worklists, due-date logs, assignment records, and status reports to support schedule adherence and visibility across the program team.
- Coordinate with biological, cultural, wetlands/waters, construction stormwater, coastal, air quality, GIS, and other SMEs to help ensure reviews are assigned, completed, documented, and delivered on time.
- Review project information for completeness, identify missing data, follow up with project teams or client contacts, and help ensure applicable planning assumptions are documented.
- Assist with compiling ERD measures, reviewing SME inputs, preparing planning summaries, and supporting final document delivery in accordance with SCE guidance, templates, and naming conventions.
- Clearly communicate priorities, timelines, status updates, and data needs to internal team members, subcontractors, SMEs, and client contacts.
- Participate in regular program coordination meetings and help prepare action items, meeting notes, tracker updates, and follow-up communications.
- Support QA/QC of planning deliverables, tracker entries, work management system updates, and document packages prior to submittal.
- Be a collaborative member of an integrated project team of planners, scientists, GIS specialists, program managers, regulators, subcontractors, and other stakeholders.
Requirements
- 3+ years of environmental planning, environmental compliance, utility planning, permitting, or related professional experience in a consulting or team-based environment.
- Experience supporting environmental review workflows, planning deliverables, tracker management, task coordination, or utility work management systems is preferred.
Skills
- Strong work ethic with a positive attitude and the ability to thrive in a team-oriented, deadline-driven setting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience coordinating with internal staff, subcontractors, external clients, technical reviewers, and agency or utility representatives.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to track multiple assignments, priorities, deadlines, and document requirements concurrently.
- Commitment to supporting high-quality, accurate, and timely deliverables within established budgets, schedules, and client expectations.
- Experience preparing, supporting, or reviewing environmental planning documents, technical memoranda, environmental requirements documents, desktop review summaries, or other planning deliverables.
- Experience coordinating technical inputs from SMEs such as biological resources, cultural resources, waters/wetlands, construction stormwater, coastal, air quality, GIS, or related disciplines.
- Experience maintaining trackers, schedules, worklists, action item logs, and deliverable status reports for multiple concurrent assignments.
- Ability to communicate clearly, follow up proactively, and escalate schedule, data, or quality concerns in a timely and solution-oriented manner.
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
- Proven success working independently while operating collaboratively within a fast-paced, integrated project team.
Pay
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $67,063.00 - $114,008.00.
Schedule
This role will be a hybrid position with flexibility to work remotely or in the office.