Senior Environmental Compliance Coordinator​/Deputy Project Manager

Senior Environmental Compliance Coordinator/Deputy Project Manager

Full-time | Advanced (5-10 yrs)

AECOM | Posted Feb 28, 2026

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand.

We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

AECOM is actively seeking an experienced Senior Environmental Compliance Coordinator/Deputy Project Manager to join our Environmental Planning & Permitting group in southern California. This hybrid role can be based in any of our California offices (Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo). Experience and expertise in California environmental compliance and ecology is required.

This position provides office‑based oversight to environmental compliance efforts involving natural resources, cultural, paleontological, hazardous materials, stormwater monitoring, and air quality. The ideal candidate demonstrates experience with overseeing and implementing these disciplines and excels at verbal and written communication and organization. Projects are complex, large‑scale, and varied in sector. The role supports large teams in a fast‑paced work environment on all stages of a project including constraints, environmental clearance and permitting, compliance, and closeout.

Under the guidance of the Project Manager, deputy project management tasks will also be completed, including subcontractor coordination, invoice review, progress report preparation, and tracking of schedules, hours, and budgets across the team.

• Act as Environmental Compliance Coordinator/Deputy Project Manager on multiple projects; including review and interpretation of project plans and permits; schedule and staff surveyors, monitors, and technical experts; and coordinate compliance with clients, contractors, and resource agencies.
• Work closely with the project manager, clients, contractors, and internal staff on permitting strategies and compliance concerns requiring solutions, proactive planning, and adapting.
• Prepare and provide senior review of technical memorandums, environmental permitting documents, compliance forms and reports, and other technical reports.
• Support Project Manager in deputy project management functions, including team oversight, administrative tasks, budget tracking and allocation, and invoice review.
• Travel out of town overnight for occasional, infrequent field visits to a project site.

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team connected through a well‑developed, worldwide internal technical practice network. AECOM is an industry‑leading, world‑class environmental firm that wants you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for award‑winning technical excellence, leading‑edge science, and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide‑ranging environmental problems.

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Land Use Planning, or a related field.
• 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education as an Environmental Compliance Monitor and/or Coordinator on projects involving regulatory compliance, pre‑construction surveys, and construction monitoring for a variety of environmental resources.
• Valid…