ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST

at  Department of Transportation

Under the general direction of the Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory), the incumbent is an interdisciplinary team member who will be responsible for preparing and reviewing complex biological studies, and analytical reports to ensure compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and numerous other state and federal environmental resource laws and regulations. The incumbent identifies and analyzes the environmental impacts of transportation systems, corridors and projects on environmental resources and formulates, calculates and quantifies measures to mitigate biological and land use impacts. The incumbent is responsible for gathering data on plant, animal and natural resources; performing environmental analysis, research, surveys, investigations, and studies; preparing reports; preparing routine correspondence; answering questions from the public; preparing regulatory and compliance documents; and do other related work.
This position may review technical studies and permits prepared by consultants; works with confidential and privileged information; and is charged with managing, tracking, and reporting on project schedule and resources within their purview. The incumbent must establish and maintain a professional working relationship with internal project delivery partners, various local partners and interested parties involved with Caltrans’ projects. The incumbent must be solution oriented and will need to investigate innovative solutions to meet deliverables.
Applies scientific principles to actively manage the biological resource aspects of projects, including contributing to the development of project descriptions, project schedules and risk registers. Leads and conducts protocol level field surveys for a variety of plant, animal and natural resources to provide technical data for biological analysis. Uses GIS to prepare maps and conduct impact calculations. Researches, prepares, reviews, and analyzes technical reports on natural resources within the biological study area of transportation projects. Develops and recommends avoidance, minimization and mitigation measures to ensure successful compliance with Federal and California environmental laws, rules, regulations and requirements. Assists the Division with completing environmental and biological analysis on the most complex projects within the District including but not limited to fish passage, wildlife crossings, sea level rise, climate change and climate resiliency, and non-transportation projects such as wildfire reduction, Clean California and the Broadband initiatives.
You must be on the Caltrans examination list to be eligible for this position. Eligibility for hire is determined by your score on the exam. The exam is located here: CalCareers.
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