Team Leader - NEPA Compliance Section (Environmental Manager I)

(Open Recruitment)

State Highway Administration

Team Leader - NEPA Compliance Section (Environmental Manager I)

Grade 19 (8437) SP# 25-50-10

YOU MUST APPLY ONLINE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION

http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd

THE RECONSIDERATION PERIOD FOR THIS RECRUITMENT IS THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS

The State Highway Administration's (SHA) Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering (Baltimore City) is currently recruiting for a Team Leader - NEPA Compliance Section (Environmental Manager I) position. This position is open to anyone who meets the minimum and selective qualifications listed below. All eligible candidates must meet the minimum and selective qualifications by the closing date. This is a position specific recruitment. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this vacancy or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitment conducted for this job classification.

Nature of Work: This position supports the Assistant Division Chief (ADC) in training, supervising, mentoring/coaching, managing, and directing in-house and consultant environmental analysts. The Team Leader assists the ADC in the identification, agency coordination, technical evaluation, and documentation of environmental impacts associated with all SHA projects (major capital improvement projects and minor system preservation projects in planning, design or construction, including traffic and safety, bridge remedial, areawide/statewide projects, and local/county government projects receiving federal aid or grants as well as maintenance activities). This position also supports the ADC in managing consultant contracts and interpreting and overseeing the application of state and national laws and regulations to SHA projects.

This position serves as an Environmental Manager for major, complex, and politically sensitive planning and design projects, including projects that span state boundaries. Major work products for this unit include technical analysis reports and other environmental/engineering documents which support project decision making. Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act/Maryland Environmental Policy Act (NEPA/MEPA), and other federal, state, and local regulations is essential to ensure that SHA projects/actions remain eligible for federal/state funding. In addition, this position serves as a senior reviewer providing oversight of one or more environmental technical areas such as natural environmental analyses, noise, community effects, hazardous materials, sustainable growth and planning, indirect and cumulative effects, air quality, and Section 4(f) analysis.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in natural sciences, earth science, physical science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, biology, agronomy, forestry, horticulture or related sciences, geography, environmental planning, civil engineering, sociology, economics, planning, anthropology, architectural history, or related fields such as ecology, landscape architecture, or environmental engineering.

Experience: Seven (7) years of experience in environmental analysis to include the development of plans, specifications, estimates and design, OR seven (7) years' experience in environmental management to include the development, implementation, and monitoring of environmental compliance plans for air quality, storm water management, wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management, pollution prevention, solid waste management or multi-media operations. One (1) year of the experience must have involved functioning as a team leader or overseeing the work of consultants or contractors in an environmental area.

Selective Qualification: Three and a half (3 ) years of the required experience must have involved NEPA/MEPA compliance including environmental resource evaluation and impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation.

*This statement contains a selective qualification, which is more focused in scope than the minimum qualifications for this classification. Selective qualifications are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (i.e., knowledge, skill or ability).

Preferred Qualification:

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, procedures and methodology related to NEPA/MEPA

• Knowledge of standard research methodology, including statistical data collection, organization, analysis and presentation

• Skill in negotiating in an adverse setting with state, federal, local, private, and public agencies in the resolution of conflict

Candidate must possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in state of Maryland.

Special Requirements:

TO APPLY: All applicants must submit an application online at http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd (use of this option allows the application to be saved). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. To receive credit for your work history and credentials you must list the information in the online DTS-1 application form. You may refer to a resume only to expand on information offered in the body of the online DTS-1 application.

Consideration for employment may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for.

If you have held more than one (1) position at the same employer, you must list each position that you held, the length of time that you held each position, and the corresponding duties.

Applications must be submitted online by the closing date.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Administration at the number(s) listed below:
410-545-5554

The selected candidate may be subject to background and reference checks. A conviction is not an automatic disqualification from employment. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

The state of Maryland offers excellent health and leave benefits, 401k benefits, pension plan, a free transit program, and advanced education and training opportunities.

Please Note: The State Highway Administration is not sponsoring new employees in application of the H-1B Visa or providing an extension of an existing H-1B Visa at this time due to budgetary constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal regulations prohibit H-1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship fees, all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer.

Appropriate auxiliary aids and services for qualified individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please call at 410-545-5554.

Applicants who have education obtained outside of the U.S. will be required to provide proof of the equivalent U.S. education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service, such as the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (http://www.naces.org) or World Education Services: International Credential Evaluation (https://www.wes.org/).

The incumbent in this position will not be a member of a covered bargaining unit.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. SHA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.