Environmental Restoration Planners
Government and Public AdministrationO*NET 19-2041.02United States
Collaborate with field and biology staff to oversee the implementation of restoration projects and to develop new products. Process and synthesize complex scientific data into practical strategies for restoration, monitoring or management.
- Median annual earnings
- $82,282
- Projected change
- +7.7%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 92.37K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
59.1% of the workforce
Growing to 99.51K by 2035
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The work
What environmental restoration planners do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Develop environmental restoration project schedules and budgets.
- Provide technical direction on environmental planning to energy engineers, biologists, geologists, or other professionals working to develop restoration plans or strategies.
- Create habitat management or restoration plans, such as native tree restoration and weed control.
- Conduct site assessments to certify a habitat or to ascertain environmental damage or restoration needs.
- Collect and analyze data to determine environmental conditions and restoration needs.
- Supervise and provide technical guidance, training, or assistance to employees working in the field to restore habitats.
- Plan environmental restoration projects, using biological databases, environmental strategies, and planning software.
- Communicate findings of environmental studies or proposals for environmental remediation to other restoration professionals.
- Apply for permits required for the implementation of environmental remediation projects.
- Inspect active remediation sites to ensure compliance with environmental or safety policies, standards, or regulations.
- Develop natural resource management plans, using knowledge of environmental planning or state and federal environmental regulatory requirements.
- Identify environmental mitigation alternatives, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, laws, or regulations.
- Identify short- and long-term impacts of environmental remediation activities.
- Write grants to obtain funding for restoration projects.
- Notify regulatory or permitting agencies of deviations from implemented remediation plans.
- Plan or supervise environmental studies to achieve compliance with environmental regulations in construction, modification, operation, acquisition, or divestiture of facilities such as power plants.
- Review existing environmental remediation designs.
- Develop and communicate recommendations for landowners to maintain or restore environmental conditions.
- Conduct feasibility and cost-benefit studies for environmental remediation projects.
- Conduct environmental impact studies to examine the ecological effects of pollutants, disease, human activities, nature, and climate change.
- Create environmental models or simulations, using geographic information system (GIS) data and knowledge of particular ecosystems or ecological regions.
- Create diagrams to communicate environmental remediation planning, using geographic information systems (GIS), computer-aided design (CAD), or other mapping or diagramming software.
- Develop environmental management or restoration plans for sites with power transmission lines, natural gas pipelines, fuel refineries, geothermal plants, wind farms, or solar farms.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $52,399
- 25th percentile
- $64,434
- 50th percentile
- $82,282
- 75th percentile
- $108,266
- 90th percentile
- $140,930
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $82,282 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+7.7%faster than average
202592,365 jobs
2035 projected99,507 jobs
7,142 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 59.1%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 40.9%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Science
- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Environmental Coordinators382 postings
- 02Environmental Managers256 postings
- 03Restoration Technicians195 postings
- 04Rehabilitation Therapy Aides191 postings
- 05Commissioned Officers168 postings
- 06Environmental Interns162 postings
- 07Environmental Services Coordinators113 postings
- 08Environmental Specialists107 postings
- 09Staff Scientists94 postings
- 10Environmentalists88 postings
- 11Scientists82 postings
- 12Guest Environment Experts74 postings
- 13Intervention Specialists72 postings
- 14Environmental Analysts66 postings
- 15Environmental Compliance Coordinators63 postings
- 16Environmental Educators60 postings
- 17Environmental Projects Coordinators60 postings
- 18Environmental Laboratory Analysts59 postings
- 19Environmental Project Managers58 postings
- 20Environmental Services Workers58 postings
Top employers
- 01Aya Healthcare287 postings
- 02National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration200 postings
- 03Eurofins157 postings
- 04Parexel106 postings
- 05Terracon Consultants101 postings
- 06Jacobs Solutions99 postings
- 07Marriott International83 postings
- 08Waste Management82 postings
- 09State of Minnesota67 postings
- 10Stantec64 postings
- 11Ramboll46 postings
- 12CDM Smith44 postings
- 13GHD42 postings
- 14TÜV SÜD41 postings
- 15Pond & Company38 postings
- 16AECOM36 postings
- 17State of Washington35 postings
- 18Baker Hughes33 postings
- 19Arcadis29 postings
- 20Actalent28 postings
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