Job Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is seeking a mid-level Ecologist to join our Water/Wastewater Permitting team to support our expanding business across a range of sectors, including municipal, oil and gas, renewable energies, and linear utilities. The successful candidate will assist in the management of environmental permitting projects and lead environmental permitting for projects located in New York. The ideal candidate will be proficient in stream/wetland determination/delineation methods and be responsible for leading wetland and waterbody delineations, field biology/habitat assessments, and general environmental assessments.

The position will require a candidate to work collaboratively with a diverse team and have the capacity to balance varying priorities, including field work. Arcadis offers a flexible working environment and follows a hybrid work structure. A successful candidate can expect to work remotely and from the office, as needed, based on demands of project and client teams. There will also be the need to lead wetland and waterbody delineation surveys and site reviews with regulatory agencies and clients, with associated periodic travel outside of New York (approximately 15%). Most travel will be within New York State.

Role accountabilities:

As a mid-level Ecologist, you will use your expertise to deliver quality support for planning and permitting across water, wastewater, oil and gas, renewable energy, and utility projects. This includes assisting in developing proposals, managing task budgets and project schedules, assisting with developing permitting strategies, leading field surveys, leading the preparation of permit applications, and coordinating with both regulatory agencies and clients to ensure successful project outcomes. Therefore, it is expected that you have demonstrated experience with New York laws and regulations, including Article 24 and Article 15 permitting, and the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). Experience with federal wetland and stream permitting is also a necessary component of this position.

In this role, you will use your excellent technical writing and communications skills to provide support to project teams and will be involved in mentoring junior staff. You will also assist with the growth of new and existing client relationships through delivery of quality work and data. You will be an important member of the Permitting team and will interact with other ecologists, cultural resource specialists, planners, engineers, senior technical experts and project/program managers as part of an interdisciplinary team

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, ecology, or similar environmental discipline
• Capable of leading wetland delineations in accordance with federal and New York methodologies
• 3-5 years of experience in environmental permitting in New York
• Experience developing permit applications, including NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Article 24/Article 15 permits and United States Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permits
• Experience with SEQRA process and permitting
• Experience task managing and assistant project managing multiple projects at once
• Experience working in collaboration with scientists, engineers, archaeologists, and other specialists in developing environmental documents for a variety of projects

Preferred

• A minimum of one-year leading wetland delineation field teams

Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $75,000 - $10,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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