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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.
Questions?
Call me: Connie Strickland at 919-707-2540.