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This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring regular attendance at either our Berkeley, CA or Roseville, CA offices.\nGFT’s Environmental team delivers integrated planning, permitting, and compliance solutions that support infrastructure development across North America. With more than 140 professionals in 22 offices, the team guides clients through NEPA and permitting processes, ecological and regulatory assessments, and environmental remediation efforts. Their expertise spans transportation, power, water, and facilities markets - working alongside agencies at federal, state, and local levels. From stream restoration to complex regulatory requirements and advance critical infrastructure projects.\nWhat you’ll be challenged to do:\nThis is an excellent career opportunity for an experienced, motivated Project Environmental Scientist who is ready to take the next step in their career. We are looking for someone how combines strong technical permitting expertise - a professional that enjoys doing the work, working directly with clients and regulatory agencies and helping to building a growing environmental practice.\nThe successful candidate will have strong working knowledge of California and federal environmental permitting requirements, particularly as they apply to transportation, water and power projects. This individual will lead and prepare permit applications and technical documentation, coordinate with regulatory agencies, manage permitting assignments and support projects through planning and through design and construction.\nIn this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:\nLead and support natural resource analysis and environmental permitting for transportation, water, and other infrastructure projects throughout California.\nDevelop permitting strategies and identify federal, state, and local regulatory requirements during project planning, CEQA/NEPA and design.\nPrepare and manage permit applications and supporting technical documentation, including Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401, California Fish and Game Code Section 1600 Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements, and other applicable federal, state, and local permits and approvals.\nCoordinate directly with regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, and other agencies as appropriate.\nConduct wetland delineations, jurisdictional assessments, biological field studies, and other technical investigations necessary to support project permitting as well as CEQA/NEPA analysis.\nAuthor and review technical reports, CEQA/NEPA analysis, permit applications, environmental commitments, mitigation plans, and related environmental deliverables.\nWork closely with engineering and design teams to identify natural resource and permitting constraints, develop practical avoidance and minimization measures, and incorporate environmental requirements into project design and construction.\nSupport environmental compliance during construction, including implementation and tracking of permit conditions and mitigation commitments.\nManage environmental permitting assignments, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, deliverables, and client communications.\nContribute to and increasingly lead environmental components of proposals, interviews, scopes of work, and cost estimates.\nContribute to the continued development of GFT’s California Environmental Practice.\nWhat you will bring to our firm:\nBachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, ecology, the physical sciences, or closely related field. \nApproximately 5-8 years of progressively responsible experience, with significant experience delivering natural resources and permitting services for infrastructure projects.\nDemonstrated experience preparing and managing environmental permits for projects in California.\nStrong working knowledge of applicable federal and California environmental regulations.\nExperience working with and developing relationships with regulatory agencies such as USACE, CDFW, RWQCB, USFWA and/or NOAA Fisheries.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nSelf-starter, able to complete tasks with minimal supervision and direction.\nWillingness to travel and execute work in a variety of settings and environmental conditions (heat, cold, rain, etc.).\nDemonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills to work effectively with others and achieve results.\nDemonstrated agility working with multi-disciplined infrastructure projects.\nDemonstrated professional judgment, consistency, strong attention to detail, and background of high-quality work products.\nAbility to prepare and deliver presentations and lead meetings, when needed.\nAn entrepreneurial mindset and interest in helping grow a developing California environmental practice.\nWhat we prefer you bring:\nA Master’s degree in environmental science, biology, ecology or a closely related field.\nEstablished relationships with California transportation agencies, water agencies, municipalities, regulatory agencies, or other infrastructure clients.\nExperience with Caltrans, local transportation agencies, passenger rail/transit agencies, water districts, utilities, or similar California public-sector clients.\nGIS experience.\nRelevant professional certifications or specialized permitting/natural-resource credentials.\nCompensation:\nThe salary range for this role is $95,000 - $135,000; Salary is dependent upon experience and geographic location.\nFeatured Benefits:\nHybrid (in-person and remote) work environment.\n\nComprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.\n\nTax-deferred 401(k) savings plan.\n\nCompetitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.\n\nTuition reimbursement for continued education.\n\nCommitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations.\n\nIncentive compensation for eligible positions.\n\nAt GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships - that’s why we’re the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry’s brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a century’s experience, together we’re building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives. GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives™\nGFT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans’ status or other characteristics protected by law.\nUnsolicited resumes from third party agencies will be considered the property of GFT.\nLocation: Berkeley, CA or Roseville, CAWorking Hours: 8 AM - 5 PMEmployment Status: Full-time\n\"California Applicants\"\nApplicants in the County of Los Angeles - Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.\nApplicants in the State of California - Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.\nGannett Fleming does require the successful completion of a criminal background check for all advertised positions.\nApplication deadline 1/31/2027","description_format":"text","description_chars":7965,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work","Life insurance","Parental leave","Professional development","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Professional Services","Science & Engineering"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-19T20:18:46Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"green card filings: 9","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":41,"green_card_filings_12m":9,"median_offered_wage_usd":122500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":33,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.726,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":31,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-21T05:46:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":135000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gannett-fleming-project-environmental-scientist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gannett-fleming-project-environmental-scientist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T09:32:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13455,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":17220},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=17220"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgannett-fleming-project-environmental-scientist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgannett-fleming-project-environmental-scientist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgannett-fleming-project-environmental-scientist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gannett-fleming-project-environmental-scientist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgannett-fleming-project-environmental-scientist"}]}