Sam Schoevaars

About Sam Schoevaars

Sam is an Environmental Planner, Permitting Specialist, and Client Services Lead with 10 years of experience in supporting tribal, water, renewable energy, transportation, and utility projects. Sam is a diligent problem solver who works well independently and thrives when collaborating in diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams. Sam provides program, project, and task order management support and prepares scopes of works, assumptions, cost estimates, invoices, progress reports, and schedules. Sam conducts research, participates in fieldwork and collects photos and data, and prepares, reviews, and conducts Quality Assurance/Quality Control of project descriptions, technical studies, and legally defensible environmental documents and permit applications in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations for multidisciplinary projects. Sam engages and coordinates with clients, subconsultants, contractors, stakeholders, and agencies. Sam identifies opportunities to diversify and expand business and to coordinate pursuit and teaming strategies. Contributing innovative solutions, Sam efficiently draws from direct experience to build lasting partnerships with, and relationships at organizational levels for, clients and in the communities that his projects are located within.

Experience

1. Environmental Planner, Permitting Specialist, and Client Services Lead

   Jacobs

   Apr 2019 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Provides biological, environmental, water quality, and permitting technical services, program, task order, and project management support, and health, safety, and logistic support for water, renewable energy, transportation, and utility projects-Prepares Task Orders (including Scopes of Work, Assumptions, and Cost Estimates), Invoices, Progress Reports, and schedules-Researches, determines, and discusses Federal, State, and Local environmental compliance, permitting (including consultation processes), and approval requirements-Prepares, conducts peer and senior review, and conducts Quality Assurance/Quality Control of Project Descriptions, technical studies, legally defensible California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and State Environmental Policy Act environmental compliance documents in compliance with the accessibility requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and permit application packages -Prepares public outreach materials for agency, elected official, and individual hearings/meetings and websites-Prepares and reviews Risk Registers, Plans, Specifications, and Estimates packages, and Habitat Mitigation and Monitoring Plans-Conducts site surveys, collects data on mobile devices using the Environmental Systems Research Institute’s proprietary Geographic Information System ArcGIS Online platform, and prepares data sheets and photo logs-Builds strategic business partnerships with, and develops and maintains client relationships at all organization levels within, water and transportation agencies, utilities providers, and private developers-Provides input to, and plays a leadership role in, Business Development planning and reporting activities and processes-Leads a Client Services Team, coordinates specific activities and actions, and identifies opportunities to diversify and expand new business and to coordinate local market pursuit and teaming strategies

Education

• University of California, Davis

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Environmental Science & Management

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• Analysis
• Microsoft Outlook
• Data Research
• Punctuation
• Research
• Environmental Awareness
• Environmental Planning
• Gis
• Accepting Responsibility
• Environmental Science
• Public Speaking
• Organization Skills
• Decision-Making
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Problem Solving
• Public Transport
• Data Analysis
• Water Resource Management
• Data Collection
• Ceqa
• Wetland Science
• Transportation Planning
• Adaptive Learning
• Watershed Management
• Nepa
• Environmental Analysis
• Transportation
• Conflict Resolution
• Environmental Policy
• Arcgis
• Customer Service
• Critical Thinking
• Interpersonal Communication
• Dispatching
• Teamwork
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Time Management
• Wetland Restoration