Job Description

• • Contributes to the planning, permitting, streamlining, and overall program delivery of transportation projects.
  • Coordinates with civil, hydraulic, structural engineers, other professionals, and technical experts.
  • Provides indirect and cumulative impact (ICI) analysis for water quality and federally protected species.
  • Develops conservation measures to minimize the impacts of indirect and cumulative effects.
  • Develops cost-effective onsite wetland, stream, and buffer mitigation opportunities for impacts resulting from transportation projects.
  • Develops & implements Project ATLAS – our enterprise application of 3 Search, Screen and Workbench tools relying on GIS data and spatial analysis to advance project development and program delivery.
  • Oversees and coordinates with NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services (NCDMS).
  • Creates and manages NCDOT’s Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI).
  • Manages NCDOT mitigation resources through our Mitigation Geodatabase, Onsite Mitigation debit ledger, and 3rd party transfers of mitigation sites.
  • Develops GIS-based wetland and stream predictive models.
  • Provides advanced remote environmental screening for transportation projects on the State Transportation Improvement Projects (STIPs).
  • Uses emerging technologies such as UAV monitoring of mitigation sites to help expedite project delivery.
  • Develops and maintains our STIP impact projection database.

• • Coordinate major aspects of programs managed under the Mitigation and Modeling Group (M&M) requiring advanced GIS analysis and knowledge. These programs include the Mitigation program with DMS and UAV environmental analysis.
  • Act as an NCDOT liaison for NCDMS, including coordinating quarterly invoices and payments, developing STIP impact projections using GIS analysis, and overseeing NCDOT’s mitigation order and mitigation reconciliations.
  • Serve as our lead in the development of EAU’s UAV environmental analysis and the EAU liaison to the Department of Aviation.
  • Be responsible for helping identify GIS data, new technologies, streamlining opportunities, and communicating this intel to Central/Division offices, resource agencies and other external stakeholders.
  • Manage outsourcing contracts for our M&M team, including coordinating scopes of work, PEF estimates, and approving invoices.
  • Perform field work including wetland delineations, NCWAM/ NCSAM assessments, field reconnaissance, county tax office research, and landowner meetings.
  • Lead special projects supporting M&M project delivery.
  • Maintain a solid understanding of the Clean Water Act, 404 and 401 permitting, NEPA, and the Federal Mitigation Rule and how they relate to our transportation projects.

• • Computer expertise in ESRI ArcGIS, including ArcCatalog, ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, or other web mapping service, plus Trimble GPS Units and associated desktop software.
  • Knowledge of mitigation, impact projections, mitigation banking and NCDMS processes.
  • Knowledge of wetland delineation, stream identification, and environmental uses of UAS technology and GIS mapping.
  • Experience planning and coordinating work, managing project schedules and deliverables, and evaluating and reviewing work done by others, including supervising consultants.
  • Knowledge of federal/state environmental laws and regulatory requirements – NEPA/SEPA, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act.
  • Thorough knowledge of wetland systems, biological communities, and the relationship of highways and highway development to natural resources.
  • Demonstrated ability to solve problems, resolve conflicts, and apply critical thinking to complex environmental issues.  
  • Solid verbal and written communications skills to convey complex and technical information to varied audiences.

• • Master’s degree in agricultural, biological, engineering, environmental or natural resource sciences, or a closely related curriculum, and
  • 3+ years of relevant environmental experience; or
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience.

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: Award Winning, engineering, Environmental, Government, great place to work, Living Wage Employer, ncdot, Public Sector, and Veteran Friendly. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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