Environmental Scientist 2

About the role

We are seeking an Environmental Scientist to join our dynamic team at HDR. This role offers opportunities to support complex environmental compliance and natural resource projects, contributing to the sustainable management of water resources.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an Environmental Scientist supporting natural resources field studies and environmental permitting efforts.
• Perform wetland delineations and ecological/biological field surveys, including flora/fauna surveys, threatened and endangered species field surveys, data collection, interpretation, analysis, and technical report preparation, with oversight from senior staff.
• Prepare wetland and watercourse delineation reports, biological assessments, monitoring reports, mitigation plans, and related environmental documentation.
• Support development of federal permits and compliance documentation, including Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401 and NEPA documentation.
• Affiliate with permit development, compliance documentation, and planning in NYS including: Joint Permit Applications, NYSDEC Protection of Waters, Coastal Erosion Management, Freshwater/Tidal Wetlands Permits, Industrial SPDES, SEQRA, and other environmental related permits.
• Affiliate with NYC permitting and planning including: CEQR, NYC Dept City Planning Waterfront Revitalization Program, NYC Landmark Preservation Commission NYC Parks and Recreation, and NYCDEP SWPPP approval process.
• Define the level of environmental analysis needed including assessing and analyzing project impacts to identify permitting requirements; develop strategies to avoid or minimize project impacts, and prepare environmental constraints mapping.
• Prepare and review technical sections of environmental impact statements (EIS), environmental assessments (EA), natural resource reports, and other environmental documents.
• Conduct field work, including potential multi-day field assignments.
• Manage multiple tasks concurrently and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science or closely related field.
• 5 years technical and/or field experience preparing environmental documents.
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel).
• Strong environmental writing and communication skills.
• Experience using mobile data collection tools and GPS equipment, and familiarity with ArcGIS software.
• Ability to travel for field assignments.
• 40 Hour HAZWOPER Training.
• Other potentially applicable certifications including: Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or Wetland Professional in Training (WPIT), Certified Wildlife Biologist (CWB), International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Arborist, Professional Ecologist, Certified Ecological Landscape Restoration Practitioner (CERP).
• Experience with rare plant species survey protocols and agency coordination is a plus.

Skills

Our ideal candidate will possess significant experience performing wetlands, aquatics, terrestrial or other field surveys to support permitting and environmental compliance related tasks. They should also have excellent written and verbal communications skills, and experience coordinating with federal, state and local regulatory agencies.

Benefits

At HDR, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Environmental Sci and Planning