Job Posting for Environmental Program Consultant at NC Department of Transportation

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The Challenge

We are hiring an Environmental Program Consultant to join our Mitigation & Modeling (M&M) team that:

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.

Enough about us, let's talk about you. In this role, you will:

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.

What You Bring

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.

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: Michelle Carroll at 919-707-6003.

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