Senior Natural Resources & Permitting Specialist
CME Associates · Hartford, CT · 1 mo ago
HybridFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
First, there is introductory paragraph about company culture, flexible/remote work, etc. That could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
We have:
- Intro: "Creativity. Innovation... We are seeking an experienced Senior Natural Resources & Permitting Specialist to lead and manage environmental permitting efforts..." This is about the role. So we can put under
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
First, there is introductory paragraph about company culture, flexible/remote work, etc. That could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
We have:
- Intro: "Creativity. Innovation... We are seeking an experienced Senior Natural Resources & Permitting Specialist to lead and manage environmental permitting efforts..." This is about the role. So we can put under About the role
a paragraph summarizing that.
- Then "Key Responsibilities" list: bullet points. So Responsibilities
with - each.
- Then "Skills, Knowledge And Expertise": includes Bachelor's degree, 8+ years experience, etc. That's qualifications/skills. Could split into Requirements and Skills? The instruction says we can have sections Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide what to put where.
We have: "Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Ecology, or related discipline", "8+ years of experience in environmental permitting, including project management responsibility", "Demonstrated experience managing permit submissions under local, state, and federal environmental regulations", "Strong working knowledge of Connecticut environmental regulatory frameworks", "Professional certification such as Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or Professional Soil Scientist strongly preferred", "Experience with projects such as: Ecological restoration Infrastructure repair and replacement (bridges, culverts, dams) Redevelopment projects", "Proven ability to manage multiple permitting efforts simultaneously", "Strong coordination and communication skills with agencies and multidisciplinary teams", "Proficiency with Microsoft Office; ArcGIS and project management software are a plus". These are qualifications/skills.
We could put under
Qualifications
the education and experience, and under Skills
the specific skills like coordination, communication, software proficiency. But we can also combine.
The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine qualifications and skills into one section "Qualifications and Skills". But headings list includes Skills separate. However we can still include Skills if we have content. Let's see.
We also have benefits: "We've prioritized work-life balance by offering flexible/remote work opportunities, part-time benefits, and generous PTO." Then later: "Why You’ll Love Working with Us Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life. Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health benefits to keep you and your family healthy. Continuous Learning: Access to online courses, conferences, and learning materials to fuel your professional growth. Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge with our generous paid time off policy. Career Advancement: Clear paths for promotions and the opportunity to take on new challenges. Fun Team Culture: Regular team-building activities, happy hours, and company outings."
Also: "This is a hybrid role, offering the best of both worlds—collaborate in-office with a high-performing team and enjoy the flexibility of working remotely part of the week."
Pay: "The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location." This is vague; no actual numbers. According to rule: do NOT create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It says "The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting." but they didn't actually give numbers. It's just a statement that range is indicated but not shown. Likely we should not include Pay section because no specific numbers. The instruction: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". This is similar: they say range is indicated but not given; it's placeholder. So we should omit Pay.
Schedule: we have "Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life." Also "This is a hybrid role...". So we have schedule info. So we can include Schedule
with paragraph.
Benefits: we have health benefits, PTO, continuous learning, career advancement, fun team culture, flexible/remote work, part-time benefits. So we can include Benefits
with list.
Now About the role: we need to include the introductory paragraphs about company mission and role description.
Responsibilities: we have list.
Qualifications/Skills: we need to decide.
We could have Qualifications
with education, experience, certifications, project types. And Skills
with coordination, communication, software proficiency. But that may be thin. However we have enough content for each.
Let's extract:
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Ecology, or related discipline
- 8+ years of experience in environmental permitting, including project management responsibility
- Demonstrated experience managing permit submissions under local, state, and federal environmental regulations
- Strong working knowledge of Connecticut environmental regulatory frameworks
- Professional certification such as Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or Professional Soil Scientist strongly preferred
- Experience with projects such as: Ecological restoration, Infrastructure repair and replacement (bridges, culverts, dams), Redevelopment projects
- Proven ability to manage multiple permitting efforts simultaneously
Skills:
- Strong coordination and communication skills with agencies and multidisciplinary teams
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office; ArcGIS and project management software are a plus
We could also include "Mentor and train early-career staff" under Responsibilities? Actually that is in responsibilities list: "Mentor and train early-career staff in wetland delineation, environmental permitting, and project management practices". So that belongs under Responsibilities.
Now Benefits: list items:
- Flexible/remote work opportunities
- Part-time benefits
- Generous PTO
- Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life.
- Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health benefits
- Continuous Learning: Access to online courses, conferences, and learning materials
- Paid Time Off: generous paid time off policy (maybe duplicate with PTO)
- Career Advancement: Clear paths for promotions and opportunity to take on new challenges
- Fun Team Culture: Regular team-building activities, happy hours, company outings
- Hybrid role: collaborate in-office and remote part of week
We should avoid duplication. Combine similar.
Schedule: we have "Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life." and hybrid role info. So schedule section can include that.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences.
Let's craft:
About the role
... paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Qualifications
- ...
...
Skills
- ...
...
Benefits
- ...
...
Schedule
...
We need to ensure we don't include headings with empty content.
Now let's write the About the role paragraph: combine the introductory sentences.
Original: "Creativity. Innovation. A desire to effect positive change. That’s what it takes to work at Fuss & O’Neill – because that’s what we do for the communities in which we work: we create, innovate, and design long-lasting improvements that improve quality of life. Quality of life is also important on the job, so we’ve prioritized work-life balance by offering flexible/remote work opportunities, part-time benefits, and generous PTO. We believe that each day is an opportunity to support one another, to support our clients, and to support our communities. If you feel the same, then you’ve found your future. We are seeking an experienced Senior Natural Resources & Permitting Specialist to lead and manage environmental permitting efforts with a strong focus on Connecticut regulatory programs and approvals. This role is ideal for a senior-level environmental professional who brings deep permitting expertise, agency coordination experience, and strong project management skills across infrastructure, restoration, and redevelopment projects. The selected candidate will serve as a key permitting lead supporting multidisciplinary teams and clients through complex federal, state, and municipal environmental review processes. While the primary regulatory focus is Connecticut, candidates may be based in Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts, with hybrid flexibility and limited travel. This is a high-impact role supporting critical infrastructure, ecological restoration, and redevelopment projects while helping expand internal permitting capacity and mentoring junior staff."
We can condense but must preserve all substantive information. So we need to keep all details. We'll put as a paragraph (maybe multiple sentences). It's okay.
Now Responsibilities list: from "Key Responsibilities Lead and manage preparation and review of environmental permit applications, with emphasis on Connecticut environmental permittingPrepare and manage applications and reviews including:USACE Sections 404 / 10 / 408CZMA consistency reviewCTDEEP tidal and inland wetlands permits Certificates of Permission Section 401 Water Quality Certifications Floodplain and water diversion permits Coastal and FEMA-related reviews Municipal wetlands, zoning, stormwater, and erosion control permitsCoordinate with regulatory agencies, municipalities, and stakeholders to support timely approvalsManage project budgets, schedules, and permitting strategies across multiple concurrent projectsOversee and coordinate wetland delineations, natural resource evaluations, and field studies supporting permit submissionsAdvise internal teams and clients on permitting risk, strategy, and regulatory pathwaysMonitor regulatory updates and adjust permitting approaches accordinglyMentor and train early-career staff in wetland delineation, environmental permitting, and project management practicesCollaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and environmental teams on infrastructure and restoration projects"
We need to split into sensible bullet points. Let's parse:
- Lead and manage preparation and review of environmental permit applications, with emphasis on Connecticut environmental permitting.
- Prepare and manage applications and reviews including:
- USACE Sections 404 / 10 / 408
- CZMA consistency review
- CTDEEP tidal and inland wetlands permits
- Certificates of Permission
- Section 401 Water Quality Certifications
- Floodplain and water diversion permits
- Coastal and FEMA-related reviews
- Municipal wetlands, zoning, stormwater, and erosion control permits
- Coordinate with regulatory agencies, municipalities, and stakeholders to support timely approvals.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, and permitting strategies across multiple concurrent projects.
- Oversee and coordinate wetland delineations, natural resource evaluations, and field studies supporting permit submissions.
- Advise internal teams and clients on permitting risk, strategy, and regulatory pathways.
- Monitor regulatory updates and adjust permitting approaches accordingly.
- Mentor and train early-career staff in wetland delineation, environmental permitting, and project management practices.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and environmental teams on infrastructure and restoration projects.
We can keep the sub-bullets as part of the main bullet or separate. Simpler: each bullet as a line; for the list of permit types we can include as a comma-separated list within the bullet.
Now Qualifications list:
- Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Ecology, or related discipline
- 8+ years of experience in environmental permitting, including project management responsibility
- Demonstrated experience managing permit submissions under local, state, and federal environmental regulations
- Strong working knowledge of Connecticut environmental regulatory frameworks
- Professional certification such as Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or Professional Soil Scientist strongly preferred
- Experience with projects such as: Ecological restoration, Infrastructure repair and replacement (bridges, culverts, dams), Redevelopment projects
- Proven ability to manage multiple permitting
Qualifications
the education and experience, and underSkills
the specific skills like coordination, communication, software proficiency. But we can also combine. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine qualifications and skills into one section "Qualifications and Skills". But headings list includes Skills separate. However we can still include Skills if we have content. Let's see. We also have benefits: "We've prioritized work-life balance by offering flexible/remote work opportunities, part-time benefits, and generous PTO." Then later: "Why You’ll Love Working with Us Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life. Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health benefits to keep you and your family healthy. Continuous Learning: Access to online courses, conferences, and learning materials to fuel your professional growth. Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge with our generous paid time off policy. Career Advancement: Clear paths for promotions and the opportunity to take on new challenges. Fun Team Culture: Regular team-building activities, happy hours, and company outings." Also: "This is a hybrid role, offering the best of both worlds—collaborate in-office with a high-performing team and enjoy the flexibility of working remotely part of the week." Pay: "The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location." This is vague; no actual numbers. According to rule: do NOT create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It says "The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting." but they didn't actually give numbers. It's just a statement that range is indicated but not shown. Likely we should not include Pay section because no specific numbers. The instruction: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". This is similar: they say range is indicated but not given; it's placeholder. So we should omit Pay. Schedule: we have "Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life." Also "This is a hybrid role...". So we have schedule info. So we can includeSchedule
with paragraph. Benefits: we have health benefits, PTO, continuous learning, career advancement, fun team culture, flexible/remote work, part-time benefits. So we can includeBenefits
with list. Now About the role: we need to include the introductory paragraphs about company mission and role description. Responsibilities: we have list. Qualifications/Skills: we need to decide. We could haveQualifications
with education, experience, certifications, project types. AndSkills
with coordination, communication, software proficiency. But that may be thin. However we have enough content for each. Let's extract: Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Ecology, or related discipline - 8+ years of experience in environmental permitting, including project management responsibility - Demonstrated experience managing permit submissions under local, state, and federal environmental regulations - Strong working knowledge of Connecticut environmental regulatory frameworks - Professional certification such as Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or Professional Soil Scientist strongly preferred - Experience with projects such as: Ecological restoration, Infrastructure repair and replacement (bridges, culverts, dams), Redevelopment projects - Proven ability to manage multiple permitting efforts simultaneously Skills: - Strong coordination and communication skills with agencies and multidisciplinary teams - Proficiency with Microsoft Office; ArcGIS and project management software are a plus We could also include "Mentor and train early-career staff" under Responsibilities? Actually that is in responsibilities list: "Mentor and train early-career staff in wetland delineation, environmental permitting, and project management practices". So that belongs under Responsibilities. Now Benefits: list items: - Flexible/remote work opportunities - Part-time benefits - Generous PTO - Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life. - Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health benefits - Continuous Learning: Access to online courses, conferences, and learning materials - Paid Time Off: generous paid time off policy (maybe duplicate with PTO) - Career Advancement: Clear paths for promotions and opportunity to take on new challenges - Fun Team Culture: Regular team-building activities, happy hours, company outings - Hybrid role: collaborate in-office and remote part of week We should avoid duplication. Combine similar. Schedule: we have "Schedule Flexibility: Customize your work schedule to fit your life." and hybrid role info. So schedule section can include that. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences. Let's craft:About the role
... paragraph ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Schedule
...
We need to ensure we don't include headings with empty content. Now let's write the About the role paragraph: combine the introductory sentences. Original: "Creativity. Innovation. A desire to effect positive change. That’s what it takes to work at Fuss & O’Neill – because that’s what we do for the communities in which we work: we create, innovate, and design long-lasting improvements that improve quality of life. Quality of life is also important on the job, so we’ve prioritized work-life balance by offering flexible/remote work opportunities, part-time benefits, and generous PTO. We believe that each day is an opportunity to support one another, to support our clients, and to support our communities. If you feel the same, then you’ve found your future. We are seeking an experienced Senior Natural Resources & Permitting Specialist to lead and manage environmental permitting efforts with a strong focus on Connecticut regulatory programs and approvals. This role is ideal for a senior-level environmental professional who brings deep permitting expertise, agency coordination experience, and strong project management skills across infrastructure, restoration, and redevelopment projects. The selected candidate will serve as a key permitting lead supporting multidisciplinary teams and clients through complex federal, state, and municipal environmental review processes. While the primary regulatory focus is Connecticut, candidates may be based in Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts, with hybrid flexibility and limited travel. This is a high-impact role supporting critical infrastructure, ecological restoration, and redevelopment projects while helping expand internal permitting capacity and mentoring junior staff." We can condense but must preserve all substantive information. So we need to keep all details. We'll put as a paragraph (maybe multiple sentences). It's okay. Now Responsibilities list: from "Key Responsibilities Lead and manage preparation and review of environmental permit applications, with emphasis on Connecticut environmental permittingPrepare and manage applications and reviews including:USACE Sections 404 / 10 / 408CZMA consistency reviewCTDEEP tidal and inland wetlands permits Certificates of Permission Section 401 Water Quality Certifications Floodplain and water diversion permits Coastal and FEMA-related reviews Municipal wetlands, zoning, stormwater, and erosion control permitsCoordinate with regulatory agencies, municipalities, and stakeholders to support timely approvalsManage project budgets, schedules, and permitting strategies across multiple concurrent projectsOversee and coordinate wetland delineations, natural resource evaluations, and field studies supporting permit submissionsAdvise internal teams and clients on permitting risk, strategy, and regulatory pathwaysMonitor regulatory updates and adjust permitting approaches accordinglyMentor and train early-career staff in wetland delineation, environmental permitting, and project management practicesCollaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and environmental teams on infrastructure and restoration projects" We need to split into sensible bullet points. Let's parse: - Lead and manage preparation and review of environmental permit applications, with emphasis on Connecticut environmental permitting. - Prepare and manage applications and reviews including: - USACE Sections 404 / 10 / 408 - CZMA consistency review - CTDEEP tidal and inland wetlands permits - Certificates of Permission - Section 401 Water Quality Certifications - Floodplain and water diversion permits - Coastal and FEMA-related reviews - Municipal wetlands, zoning, stormwater, and erosion control permits - Coordinate with regulatory agencies, municipalities, and stakeholders to support timely approvals. - Manage project budgets, schedules, and permitting strategies across multiple concurrent projects. - Oversee and coordinate wetland delineations, natural resource evaluations, and field studies supporting permit submissions. - Advise internal teams and clients on permitting risk, strategy, and regulatory pathways. - Monitor regulatory updates and adjust permitting approaches accordingly. - Mentor and train early-career staff in wetland delineation, environmental permitting, and project management practices. - Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and environmental teams on infrastructure and restoration projects. We can keep the sub-bullets as part of the main bullet or separate. Simpler: each bullet as a line; for the list of permit types we can include as a comma-separated list within the bullet. Now Qualifications list: - Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Ecology, or related discipline - 8+ years of experience in environmental permitting, including project management responsibility - Demonstrated experience managing permit submissions under local, state, and federal environmental regulations - Strong working knowledge of Connecticut environmental regulatory frameworks - Professional certification such as Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or Professional Soil Scientist strongly preferred - Experience with projects such as: Ecological restoration, Infrastructure repair and replacement (bridges, culverts, dams), Redevelopment projects - Proven ability to manage multiple permitting