Team Leader – NEPA Compliance Section; Environmental Manager

Grade 19 (8437) SP# 26-50-09

The State Highway Administration's (SHA) Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering (Baltimore City) is currently recruiting for a Team Leader – NEPA Compliance Section (Environmental Manager I) position. This position is open to anyone who meets the minimum and selective qualifications listed below. All eligible candidates must meet the minimum and selective qualifications by the closing date. This is a position specific recruitment.

The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this vacancy or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitment conducted for this job classification.

As a team leader in a senior-level professional classification, this position supports the Assistant Division Chief (ADC) in training, supervising, mentoring/coaching, managing, and directing in-house and consultant environmental analysts daily in the identification, agency coordination, technical evaluation, and documentation of environmental impacts associated with all SHA projects (major capital improvement projects and minor system preservation projects in planning, design, or construction, including traffic and safety, bridge remedial, areawide/statewide projects, and local/county government projects receiving federal aid or grants, as well as maintenance activities).

This position also supports the ADC in managing consultant contracts and interpreting and overseeing the application of state and national laws and regulations to SHA projects. This position serves as an environmental manager (EM) for major, complex, and politically sensitive planning and design projects, including projects that span state boundaries. Major work products for this unit include technical analysis reports and other environmental/engineering documents which support project decision‑making.

The team leader position requires the use of independent decision making to navigate towards resolution of project issues with diverse groups of individuals and organizations with competing values and interests. Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act/Maryland Environmental Policy Act (NEPA/MEPA), and other federal/state/local regulations is essential to ensure that Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (SHA) projects/actions remain eligible for federal/state funding.

In addition, this position serves as a senior reviewer providing oversight of one or more environmental technical areas such as natural environmental analyses, noise, community effects, hazardous materials, sustainable growth and planning, indirect and cumulative effects, air quality, and Section 4(f) analysis. This includes the interpretation and application of state and federal laws and guidelines and supervising, training, and directing consultant staff about these environmental technical areas.

MDOT offers a generous and competitive benefits package. You can learn about our amazing benefits here MDOT Benefits Guide.

The State Highway Administration (SHA) has been named a Training magazine Training Awards winner for the seventh consecutive year.

Education:

Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in natural sciences, earth science, physical science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, biology, agronomy, forestry, horticulture or related sciences, geography, environmental planning, civil engineering, sociology, economics, planning, anthropology, architectural history, or related fields such as ecology, landscape architecture, or environmental engineering.

Experience:

Seven (7) years…