Senior Environmental Planner SFO

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Department: San Francisco International Airport
Job class: 5299-Planner IV-Environmental Review
Salary range: $ - $
Role type: Permanent Civil Service What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time
Exam type: Position Based Test
Rule: Rule of 10
List type: Combined Promotive and Entrance

Amended on August 11, 2025, to reflect updated Final date to receive applications.

Application Opening:Monday, July 14, 2025

Final date to receive applications:Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this announcement may close at any time after 5:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, August 18, 2025.

Annual Compensation: $ 150,384 - $ 182,702

San Francisco International Airport (SFO), an enterprise department of the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), has approximately 1,700 CCSF employees and strives to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employer.

SFO’s mission is delivering an airport experience where people and our planet come first and our core values are Safety and Security, Teamwork, Excellence, Care, and Equity. Learn more about careers at SFO.

Under general direction from the Environmental Affairs Manager, the Senior Environmental Planner will successfully prepare and manage federal and state environmental reviews supporting critical airport projects/programs, and obtain resource permits when required. The Senior Environmental Planner will work collaboratively in a team environment.

• Manage and analyze complex federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental reviews that are prepared according to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Orders 1050.1F and 5050.4B implementing NEPA; and state California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental reviews according to State CEQA Guidelines, CEQA Statute, and Chapter 31 of the SF Administrative Code, to advance Airport strategic goals, objectives, and the capital program.
• Obtain regulatory permitting for projects by formulating and executing streamlined permitting strategies to successfully comply with special purpose laws and other relevant statutes.
• Review engineering, airport planning and programming studies that are carried forward into environmental reviews, FAA submittals, and regulatory permits.
• Supervise tasks and assignments performed by other staff planners, administrative support staff, and technical consultants supporting projects.
• Review off-airport development projects and prepare responses maintaining the importance of airport land use compatibility, according to FAA rules and regulations and state laws.
• Promote positive public relations, identify solutions, and serve as liaison to outside agencies and communities, including but not limited to the FAA, local municipalities, and airlines/pilots, to advance airport strategic goals and objectives.
• Prepare presentations, briefings, memos, recommendations, and reports on environmental planning/permitting for projects to Airport leadership, Airport Commission, internal staff, regulatory agencies such as the FAA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other external stakeholders and entities.
• Manage, draft, and administer competitive procurements, professional services contracts, invoices, task and contract budgets to effectively execute environmental review and permitting projects.
• Review, evaluate, and communicate proposed relevant legislation, studies, and policies affecting environmental planning and permitting.

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the areas of planning, environmental review, or environmental law, of which at least four (4) years must be in environmental review or environmental law, including management and scheduling experience.

Advanced degrees in related fields of planning, science or law may be substituted for up to two years of experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.