NEPA Environmental Program Consultant - 2 Openings!

The NC Department of Transportation is hiring two Environmental Program Consultants to ensure compliance with environmental policies for transportation projects in North Carolina. Responsibilities include reviewing project documentation, providing consultations, training, and coordinating with technical disciplines. Candidates should have a Master's degree in a related field and at least 3 years of relevant experience. The salary ranges from $50,238 to $85,115, and the application deadline is March 26.
How to Apply

You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/4yna8hyy by March 26.

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Salary: $50,238 - $85,115

The Challenge

We are looking for 2 Environmental Program Consultants to join our Environmental Policy team that ensures our transportation projects comply with all state and federal environments policies and regulations.

In this role, you will:

⦁ Review transportation project documentation for consistency and adequacy.

⦁ Provide consultations and guidance for the efficient development of projects and associated environmental analysis decision-making.

⦁ Provide training (formal/informal) to internal and external environmental and engineering practitioners supporting transportation project development.

⦁ Review day-to-day NEPA/SEPA tasks to inform and enhance NCDOT knowledge of regulatory and NEPA/SEPA best practices.

⦁ Work with Environmental Policy coworkers to implement improvements enhancing compliance and streamlining project delivery.

⦁ Participate in merger meetings to support project advancement through the Section 404/NEPA Merger Process.

⦁ Coordinate with other NCDOT technical disciplines to ensure project compliance and delivery.

⦁ Pursue environmental streamlining opportunities throughout project planning and design.

⦁ Ensure that decisions and supporting analyses are adequately presented in project-specific environmental documentation.

⦁ Coordinate cross-discipline to ensure documents contain sufficient information and analysis to support project decisions that can be relied upon for permit development and issuance by regulatory agencies.

What You Bring

⦁ Knowledge of the concepts, practices, and theories used in transportation analyses, including extensive knowledge of environmental principles related to transportation planning and environmental assessment.

⦁ Transportation constructability issues and regulatory compliance experience.

⦁ You work best in a multi-disciplinary team setting, promoting teamwork, and fostering communication with senior leadership, stakeholders, citizens, and among project team members.

⦁ Experience with transportation and environmental decision-making, and/or transportation alternatives analysis in support of NEPA/SEPA documents.

⦁ Experience solving problems, resolving conflicts, and applying critical thinking to complex environmental and engineering issues.

Education & Experience

⦁ 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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