Conservation Planner - Tennessee

Westervelt Ecological Services (WES), is a national leader in mitigation and conservation. We are a private company established in 2006 that provides conservation and restoration solutions that we design and manage to help meet local, State and Federal compliance requirements for impacts to streams, wetlands, and wildlife. Our professional staff contributed to over 30,000 acres of habitat nationwide, implementing restoration projects protecting and restoring vital natural resources. We challenge ourselves to develop big, complex projects, that maximize local benefits beyond habitat restoration to flood management, water quality, and climate change; we are dedicated to implementing restoration projects that provide long-lasting benefits for future generations Our comprehensive and complex mitigation projects require a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team so we have assembled a team that is considered "Best of Class" in their respective areas of expertise - come join us.

We are looking for an experienced Conservation Planner - Tennessee to join our team in Franklin, TN.

The Conservation Planner assists in the reconnaissance, site acquisition, development, and entitlement of mitigation projects (i.e., permittee responsible mitigation-PRM, mitigation banks, In-Lieu Fee programs-ILFs, and turn keys) in the state of Tennessee. The position will require the ability to work closely with other disciplines within the office as well as with a variety of federal, state, and local resource agencies to achieve regional goals.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
-Works collaboratively with more senior planners developing mitigation plans, developing baseline information about potential sites, and analyzing property ecological and legal constraints.
-Represents WES at trade conventions, conferences, and marketing events in association with senior staff.
-Supports marketing and outreach efforts through technical material preparation.
-Maintains project files.
-Communicates effectively with clients, partners, and agency staff.
-Learns independently and from other project team members about endangered species, soils, plants, and hydrology of a site in order to accurately portray the project in planning documents and in personal interactions with agencies.
-Provides general office support.
-Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Planning, Environmental Studies, Biology, Forestry, Landscape Architecture, or related field.
• Five years experience related to stream and/or wetland restoration in the Southeastern U.S. Experience working with Nashville District USACE and TDEC is strongly preferred.
• Good understanding of federal environmental laws and policies.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with team members of other disciplines.
• Solid writing and reading skills. Experience in writing/developing mitigation documents preferred.
• Previous GIS experience such as ArcMap, ArcGIS or QGIS preferred.
• QHP certification and SQT experience preferred.

The base salary range for this position is $70,800 - $123,300. Actual base salary is based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual