Planner III Environmental Review Environmental Management Group SFPUC (5298) (164124)

About the Environmental Management Group
As part of the SFPUCs Infrastructure Division Environmental Management Group (EMG) manages California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) approvals for SFPUCs capital projects in collaboration with the San Francisco Planning Department (CEQA lead agency) and various federal agencies (NEPA lead agency). EMG also acquires resource agency permits (e.g. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Water Quality Control Board California Department of Fish and Wildlife) and ensures environmental compliance during construction. With a variety of power water and sewer infrastructure from OShaughnessy Dam in Yosemite National Park to the San Francisco Bay our team enjoys working on diverse projects across urban agricultural and natural landscapes.

About the Position
Under the direction of the Environmental Management Group Manager the Planner III Environmental Review will manage and perform complex planning and environmental review. This position will develop project descriptions project management analyze environmental impacts and mitigation measures manage and review technical studies and reports and provide information on environmental matters to other SFPUC enterprises/bureaus/divisions City Departments and the public.

The essential duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

1. Advises project teams on strategies to avoid or minimize the environmental impacts of projects during the planning design and environmental review phases and to streamline environmental review and permitting.
2. Interprets plans policies permits CEQA or NEPA documents laws and regulations and ensuring that SFPUC activities are compliant.
3. Scopes and manages consultant contracts including scheduling and budget management.
4. Prepares and/or directs consultants in the preparation of various environmental reports including exemptions Mitigated Negative Declarations and Environmental Impact Reports pursuant to the CEQA and exclusions Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements pursuant to the NEPA.
5. Prepares and directs consultants in complex analysis and preparation of technical reports for a range of environmental matters such as air quality health risk noise traffic hazardous materials biological resources water quality hydrological paleontological and cultural resources.
6. Manages consultants conducting field work during environmental review such as wetland delineations special status species surveys ambient noise monitoring and cultural surveys. 
7. Analyzes and reviews documents prepared for compliance with local state and federal laws. 
8. Prepares technical reports and correspondence.
9. Collaborates and coordinates with multidisciplinary staff from other SFPUC enterprises/bureaus/divisions and City Departments.
10. Interprets and explains technical and procedural aspects of environmental review to the public boards and commissions.
11. Represents SFPUC at public hearings and construction site visits with other agency staff.
12. May perform environmental permitting and construction compliance related duties.
13. May supervise train and evaluate subordinates.

The Planner III-Environmental Review position also performs other duties as assigned to Class 5298.

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualifications:
1.  Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND four (4) years (8000 hours) of verifiable full-time equivalent experience either:

     A. performing environmental review functions OR

     B. in a city/regional/urban planning environment preparing documents for entities such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) California Department of Fish and Game U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regional Water Quality Control Board Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

OR

2.  Masters degree from an accredited college or university in city/regional/urban planning environmental studies architecture law earth sciences geography economics landscape architecture civil engineering urban studies or public administration AND two (2) years (4000 hours) of verifiable full-time equivalent experience either:
 
      A. performing environmental review functions OR

      B. in a city/regional/urban planning environment preparing documents for entities such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) California Department of Fish and Game U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regional Water Quality Control Board Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

AND
License: Possession of a current valid California Drivers License.

Note: One (1) year of full-time employment is considered equivalent to two thousand (2000) hours. Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Desirable Qualifications: The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in environmental studies/science biology natural resources cultural resources or a closely related field.
• Experience managing or overseeing CEQA Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) or Mitigated Negative Declarations (MNDs) or NEPA Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) or Environmental Assessments (EAs).
• Experience in applying requirements of Chapter 31 of the San Francisco Administrative Code.
• Experience conducting CEQA and/or NEPA for water power and/or sewer infrastructure projects.

Verification of Experience and/or Education:
Every application is reviewed to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the job ad. Please review our articles on Employment Application and Minimum Qualifications and Verification of Experience and/or Education for considerations taken when reviewing applications. 

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required information on how to verify education requirements including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency can be found at How to Verify Education Requirements.

Failure to provide the required verification may result in rejection of the application and/or removal from eligibility for referral and appointment in this class.

Note: Falsifying ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience education training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Selection Procedures:
After application submission candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process which includes the following:

1. Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ) (Weight: Qualifying):
Candidates will be required to complete a MQSQ as part of the employment application at a later time. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicants experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

2. Supplemental Questionnaire Examination (Weight:100%): Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be sent a Supplemental Questionnaire Examination via a separate email after the closing of the application filing period. The Supplemental Questionnaire Examination is designed to measure the knowledge skills and/or abilities in job-related areas required for the position which may include but are not limited to the following:

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of environmental analysis.
• Knowledge of methods and data sources for environmental investigations; and accepted practices in implementation of environmental law.
• Ability to carry out assigned tasks decisively and accurately.
• Ability to exercise judgment in the critical analysis of the work of a wide variety of specialized environmental consultants.
• Ability to establish effective working relationship and deal tactfully with the general public government officials professional and technical persons and other city employees.
• Ability to prepare clear and concise reports technical documents memos and correspondences and maintain organized records.

Applicants will be given a deadline to return the Supplemental Questionnaire Examination. Those who do not respond by the established deadline will not be eligible to continue in the examination process and will not be added to eligibility list resulting from this process. All applicants responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire Examination are subject to verification.

A passing score must be achieved on the Supplemental Questionnaire Examination in order to continue in the selection process and be placed on the eligible list/score report.

Candidates will be placed on the eligible list/score report in rank order according to their final score. Candidate scores on this examination may also be applied to other announcements involving other job titles when directed by the Human Resources Director.

The department may administer additional position-specific selection procedures to make the final hiring decision.

NOTE:  Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to advance through all of the steps in the selection process.

Additional Information :

Eligible List/Score Report: A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established so applicants can view the ranks final scores and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information including names of applicants on the eligible list shall not be made public unless required by law. However an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection upon request once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g. as a result of appeals) as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be of twelve (12) months and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

Certification: The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be Rule of Ten (10) Scores.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights: Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement including requirements time periods and other particulars except when superseded by federal state or local laws rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at Careers with purpose City and County of San Francisco.

The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is abuse of discretion or no rational basis for establishing the position description the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date. Information concerning other Civil Service Commission Rules involving announcements applications and examination policies including applicant appeal rights can be found on the Civil Service Commission website at  Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

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HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit  and begin the application process. 

    Select the Apply Now button and follow instructions on the screen 

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and @). 

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records.

Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact the analyst Vivian Yeung at .    

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time