Environmental Specialist

About the role

Michael Baker is seeking an experienced Environmental Specialist to join our growing team in Ocean Springs. In this role, you'll collaborate with a highly skilled team of environmental scientists, planners, and engineers to support a diverse portfolio of transportation and infrastructure projects throughout the region. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional who enjoys balancing office-based technical work with hands-on field investigations. You'll play a key role in guiding projects through the environmental review process while helping clients deliver sustainable, community-focused solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support environmental planning and compliance efforts, including the preparation of Feasibility Studies, Categorical Exclusions (CEs), Environmental Assessments (EAs), and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs).
• Conduct field investigations and collect environmental data.
• Prepare professional technical reports, permit documentation, maps, exhibits, tables, charts, and other project deliverables.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop practical and environmentally responsible project solutions.
• Assist with public meetings, stakeholder engagement efforts, and community outreach activities.
• Travel periodically for field assignments, including occasional overnight travel, primarily within Mississippi.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Environmental Science, Biology, Ecology, Natural Resources, or a related field.
• 5+ years of environmental consulting, planning, or regulatory compliance experience.
• Strong technical writing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with GIS is preferred.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment.

Pay

The approximate compensation range for this position is $59,910 - $85,047 per year. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous paid time off
• Commuter and wellness benefits

About Us

Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction, and program management, has been solving some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 85 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation, and integrity. Based in Pittsburgh and with over 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration, and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable, and more prosperous. We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.