Full-Time Environmental Program Consultant – NEW HIGHER SALARY!
Job Description
- Ensures that all federal/state environmental laws/regulations are followed in NCDOT transportation studies and all necessary environmental permits are applied for and received to ensure NCDOT project are delivered on schedule.
- Adheres to avoidance and minimization guidelines and mitigating unavoidable impacts.
- Makes sure that all natural resources associated with transportation projects are properly accounted for and all environmental permits are acquired.
- Serve as a technical expert for natural resources evaluation and permitting for NCDOT and ensure our compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, and policies related to natural resource evaluations and permitting.
- Ensure that the natural resources associated with transportation projects are properly accounted for and that any impacts to those resources are avoided, minimized, or mitigated.
- Lead the acquisition of all environmental permits to enable highly complex projects to be constructed.
- Assist junior staff and lead trainings to ensure staff are current with state/federal regulations/guidelines and are using the latest scientific information and protocols.
- Coordinate with Private Engineering Firms (PEFs) and evaluate their work for completeness/technical accuracy, review and approve scopes of work, estimate labor and costs, negotiate fees, and process invoices.
- Plan, schedule, assign, track, and report work tasks.
- Participate in project team meetings.
- Coordinate with project teams and NCDOT Divisions to ensure natural resource investigations are conducted in compliance with applicable laws, NCDOT policy, and in keeping with project schedules.
- Work very independently while interacting with engineers, project managers, and regulatory agencies to collect, evaluate, analyze, and tabulate data for inclusion in project environmental documents and permits.
- Knowledge of the principles of natural science and environmental science related to transportation planning and environmental assessment.
- Thorough knowledge of wetland systems, biological communities, and the relationship of highways/highway development to streams and wildlife.
- Knowledge of federal/state environmental laws and regulatory requirements – NEPA/SEPA, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA).
- Familiarity with the techniques and methods used in conducting ecological field inventories, stream delineations, wetland delineations, and protected species surveys.
- Computer skills in Microsoft Office, ArcMap, and MicroStation (or similar mapping and CAD software).
- Problem solving experience.
- Conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to apply critical thinking to complex environmental issues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey complex technical information to a variety of 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.
- Though you will be assigned to the ECAP Eastern Region, you may work on projects across NC.
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