Environmental Resources Analyst

About the role

We welcome you to join our team where we value work/life balance and diversity. The position works under limited supervision of a Technical Analyst Senior, performing technical work and providing expert-level technical input to engineering and other staff in a collaborative team environment focused on the restoration of past mining activities and associated impacted water quality.

Responsibilities

• Research site land and water restoration plans contained in previously issued mining permits, analyze ground data relative to the established plan, and formulate alterations; provide specific recommendations to engineering or other staff via written reports, verbal consultations, or multimedia presentations.
• Prepare technical documents for engineering staff to support bidding on land and water restoration projects at sites impacted by previous mining activity; may assist with, provide input to, or draft technical specifications, bid documents, plans, and cost estimates.
• Utilize computer programs for modeling, drafting, or analysis (e.g., AMDTreat, AutoCAD, Global Mapper) to be efficient in the position.
• Coordinate on‑ground with impacted or involved parties on individual land and water restoration projects on previously mined lands, including local, state, or federal agencies, consultants, contractors, property owners, or the general public.
• Advise program management on program or operational issues related to specific restoration projects.
• Provide technical assistance during planning, implementation of new projects, or review of completed projects.
• Provide training to on‑ground staff related to analysis and findings for these projects.
• Assist engineering and other staff with review or compilation of technical documents, submittals, invoices, inspection reports, change orders, etc.
• Assist engineering and other staff with pre‑bid and pre‑construction conferences as requested.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications: a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university. Alternatively, additional experience may substitute for the required training at a rate of one (1) year of experience for every fifteen (15) semester hours of graduate training and/or every thirty (30) semester hours of undergraduate training. Plus four (4) years of full‑time or equivalent part‑time paid professional experience in the specialty area.

Regular attendance is an essential part of this position. Qualifying applicants must complete an internet‑based profile assessment to compare thinking and reasoning skills, behavioral traits, and occupational interests against the traits determined important for the role. The recommended candidate will be subject to a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) search prior to hire and annually thereafter. All new employees involved with Specific DEP programs subject to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977 must file, prior to final appointment and annually thereafter, a Statement of Employment and Financial Interest (OSM 23).

Skills

Preference is given for AutoCAD experience, AMD water treatment experience, and land reclamation experience.

Benefits

• 12 paid holidays
• Insurance and flexible benefits
• Ample annual and sick leave accrual
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Initiatives
• Optional 457 defined contribution retirement savings plan

Schedule

Flexible work schedules are offered.