
Kimley-Horn is seeking an Environmental Planning Practice Leader to join our office in San Jose, California (CA)!
The successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for an environmental planning practice in San Jose and surrounding communities.
Activities include business development, managing relationships with key clients, support and lead environmental planning projects, and lead and mentor planning team members.
Markets are not limited by geography but driven by relationships.
Leadership responsibilities include: operating with integrity and sound business principals, providing practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships, open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing an environmental planning practice.
Our Practice Leaders are given a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business.
With success, this individual will enjoy the rewards of a performance-based work environment that can advance to ownership.
Bachelors Degree in a related field
15+ or more years of experience managing environmental projects in Northern California
Client contacts and relationships with local municipalities, county, regional and state agencies
Business development and marketing experience including experience writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work
Strong background and experience in CEQA/NEPA
Experience leading, mentoring and managing staff in a positive manner
Ability to cross sell multiple disciplines
Base Salary Range:
At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 17 years!
Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn

Kimley-Horn is one of the nation’s premier planning and design consulting firms. With 9,000+ staff members in more than 140 offices across the U.S., we offer full services in a wide range of disciplines.
Clients know us for the creativity of our solutions and the sense of urgency we bring to each and every project. We take a clients’-eye view of our work, planning and designing to accomplish the client’s goals in the most effective manner.
A quality workplace is equally important to us, and the unique benefits we bring to our staff have been recognized by Fortune magazine (“100 Best Companies to Work For” and "100 Best Workplaces for Millennials") and Civil Engineering News (#1 “Best Civil Engineering Companies to Work For”).