Job Description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

HNTB is seeking an experienced environmental compliance specialist to join our growing Environmental team within our NY Planning & Environment Department. This role would support our clients with regulatory needs for a variety of local, state and federal clients. The successful applicant will have a working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations, environmental permitting, and strong technical writing capabilities.

What You'll Do:

• Coordinates and conducts with other staff in the collection and analyzing of data obtained for projects.
• Determines or develops best methodology and technical approaches for conducting analysis in field work; sets up test equipment as necessary to obtain scientific data.
• Examines and 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 during the planning, design, or construction of projects.
• Performs review of work to ensure the design or construction are in compliance with design criteria and scientific specifications and determines the need for additional investigations, studies, or alternate plans or designs if necessary.
• Supports the marketing and proposal preparation of potential opportunities or projects.
• Leads the preparation of applications and supporting documents for local, state, and federal environmental permits as well as other regulatory compliance laws and regulations.
• Assists in organizing, preparation, public meetings as well as possible participation in public meetings.
• Attends various meetings with clients, other engineering firms, and staff and may lead discussion on environmental science issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 6 years relevant experience, or
• Master's Degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 5 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:

• Provide technical expertise, oversite and quality control for environmental permitting and compliance projects related to silica, air quality, noise monitoring, sewer discharge, stormwater, hazardous waste, and waste materials management.
• Competency in environmental regulatory programs including NYSDEC DER-10, NYCDEP/NYSDEC SWPPP, and Local Law 72.
• Experience with air quality monitoring, including preparing community air quality reports, dust emissions monitoring.
• Excellent project management skills and client-facing experience.
• Highly collaborative, positive and proactive communication skills.
• Generates original ideas, data, and methodologies tailored to specific conditions or projects.
• Contributes to scientific articles and trends to assess findings and relevance for environmental documentation and permits. Assesses and synthesizes disparate information for reports and provides recommendations for preferred approaches. Assists in the development of standards of practice for the team.
• Supports marketing and proposal efforts (i.e., serving as lead author for sections of proposals).
• Serves as the field investigator who organizes fields crews, determines methodologies, and guides work to be completed by less experienced staff.
• Reviews and evaluates the field safety plans.
• Prepares and performs environmental compliance monitoring.
• Serves as a reviewer of others analysis in sections of technical reports and providing guidance to less-experienced staff.
• Possesses knowledge to gain an advanced certification in established analytical methods with extensive experience in their application.

What We Prefer:

• Experience with NYCDDC, NYC OER, DSNY, USEPA and NYSDEC projects.
• Professional certifications or ability to obtain professional certification within 2 years (e.g. QEP, CHMM, PE, CEP, PG, CESCP).

Additional Information

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Locations:

New York, NYThe approximate pay range for New York is $83,373.48 - $163,005.83. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.The approximate nation wide pay range for this position is $83,373.48 - $163,005.83. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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