SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST (SPECIALIST)

Caltrans is seeking a Senior Environmental Scientist (Generalist) in Stockton, CA. This advanced position involves leading complex district-wide projects, preparing technical studies and environmental documents, and ensuring compliance with environmental laws. Responsibilities include risk assessment, project impact analysis, and advising management on regulations. The role requires independent work and may involve managing consultant contracts. Candidates must be eligible through the Senior Environmental Scientist exam.
Job Posting:
Senior Environmental Scientist (Generalist)

Job Description and Duties

Under general direction of the Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory), the Senior Environmental Scientist (Generalist) serves in a lead role on highly complex and long lead district-wide projects. This is an advanced journey-level position. In support of District 10 Local Assistance, Maintenance, Emergency, Encroachment Permit, and Planning Programs, the incumbent will prepare and review complex technical studies, analytical reports, mitigation strategies, and environmental documents to ensure accordance with scientific principles and compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, such as the National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act.

The position provides oversight on the most complex locally sponsored projects in District 10. The incumbent is responsible for applying scientific methods in the identification, research, consultation, analysis, and review of transportation project impacts. The incumbent is responsible for risk assessment, project pathway development, identification, and articulation of project impacts on environmental resources, and defining timelines for environmental deliverables and services. The Senior Environmental Scientist (Generalist) will advise and guide the Branch Chief, management, and other project stakeholders on environmental resource regulation, and Departmental policies and standards. The incumbent may manage consultant contracts for environmental studies and efforts associated with the project development process. The incumbent is expected to work in an independent capacity and within programs that may have significant consequences for Caltrans and its constituents. The incumbent must be solution oriented and effectively respond to customer service inquiries.

Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.

PARF 10-5-414 / JC-462391

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