Senior Environmental Planner/Scientist

About the role

HNTB is seeking a technically sound environmental scientist with strong leadership skills to lead environmental documentation tasks for major transportation clients such as Amtrak, SEPTA, PA Turnpike, and state DOTs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes data for projects
• Determines or develops best methodology and technical approaches for conducting analysis in field work
• Evaluates present and future potential environmental science effects relating to the planning, design, and construction of proposed projects
• Serves as task lead or principal author in the preparation of reports on environmental science effects of projects
• Provides technical scientific support on environmental issues to project managers
• Determines the need for additional investigations, studies, or alternate plans or designs if necessary
• Prioritizes and participates in marketing and proposal preparation
• Prepares applications and supporting documents for local, state, and federal environmental permits and other regulatory compliance laws and regulations
• Organizes and participates in public meetings
• Attends various meetings with clients, other engineering firms, and staff and may lead discussions on environmental science issues
• Mentors junior staff, provides recruiting recommendations, and gives performance feedback

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 8 years relevant experience
• or Master's Degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 7 years of relevant experience

Qualifications

• Provides technical oversight and guidance in the development of new ideas, data, and methodologies and how to apply it to techniques more broadly
• Develops the standards of practice for the team by presenting new methods and approaches to scientific and environmental analysis for application to the project
• Leads marketing and proposal efforts (i.e., may serve as pursuit champion or oversee production and review of proposals)
• Reviews monitoring protocols to ensure compliance with design criteria, scientific specifications, and regulatory approvals/permits
• Serves as senior reviewer of technical reports in their entirety, providing guidance to less experienced staff
• Serves as a recognized expert in established analytical methods with extensive experience in their application

Preferred

• Experience with permitting and environmental compliance documentation for complex projects for rail and transit related projects
• Experience delivering for Amtrak, SEPTA, PennDOT and the PA Turnpike

What You'll Bring

• Provides technical oversight and guidance in the development of new ideas, data, and methodologies and how to apply it to techniques more broadly
• Develops the standards of practice for the team by presenting new methods and approaches to scientific and environmental analysis for application to the project
• Leads marketing and proposal efforts (i.e., may serve as pursuit champion or oversee production and review of proposals)
• Reviews monitoring protocols to ensure compliance with design criteria, scientific specifications, and regulatory approvals/permits
• Serves as senior reviewer of technical reports in their entirety, providing guidance to less experienced staff
• Serves as a recognized expert in established analytical methods with extensive experience in their application