Environmental Science Senior Natural Resource Management​/Biology

Primary Purpose

Solves moderate to complex environmental problems and leads small projects. Integrates multiple data sources, recommends mitigations, and improves program performance with limited supervision. The Environmental Senior I (Natural Resources) is a key member of the Cultural and Natural Resources (CNR) Team, a collaborative group of scientists in the Environmental Services Department  team’s primary role is to support company projects through cultural and natural resource reviews, permitting, and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.

Teamwork and cross‑functional collaboration are central to the CNR team’s approach, working closely with project managers, planners, engineers, and agency partners to identify requirements early and keep projects on track. The team also leads regulatory tracking, delivers cultural and natural resource training, and helps set the tone for responsible environmental stewardship across the organization.

• Manages wildlife and aquatic permitting, including Incidental Take Permits, Habitat Conservation Plans, Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements, and Clean Water Act Section 404 and Section 401 approvals, and directs supporting technical studies.
• Conducts and oversees natural resource field support, including construction monitoring, and advises staff and contractors on mitigation requirements, resource protection, and compliance obligations.
• Collaborates with consultants, agencies, project teams, construction crews, and management, providing guidance on resource protection, mitigation measures, and compliance expectations.
• Maintains, monitors and updates environmental programs to ensure compliance with current regulations and budget control.
• Guides lines of businesses on regulatory, scientific, technical, and/or professional principles. Recommends and implements corrective/preventive procedures to improve compliance performance.
• Alerts site employees and management to environmental issues to promote environmental awareness.
• Monitors project‑specific metrics continuously and provides regular updates to clients and environmental leadership team.
• Reviews environmental compliance reports; creates and maintains databases; tracks existing regulatory reporting requirements; and coordinates responses to compliance violations.
• Provides oversight for desk‑based research, fieldwork, and/or laboratory work, including measurements, data interpretation, and computer modeling.
• Ensures technical reports and presentations explain research, findings, and recommendations to address, prevent, control, or restore larger‑scale environmental challenges and complex problems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.