Environmental Compliance Inspector

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Contact Email
: audrey.phillipsginia.gov

Work as a strategic environmental compliance inspector with an interdisciplinary team to provide environmental inspection management, planning, guidance, and technical assistance for transportation projects, and administer and implement the Environmental Commitments and Compliance program for the district or region (as necessary). Monitor construction and maintenance (as requested) projects and advise personnel on proper implementation of the following - water quality permit conditions, environmental document commitments, other state and federal environmental commitments, laws, regulations, guidelines, policies, and environmental-related VDOT Road and Bridge Specifications.

Provide expert environmental technical advice and guidance to construction and maintenance personnel. Anticipate and identify potential environmental issues, and develop and propose options to avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental impacts.

• Act as Environmental Representative and Liaison:
  Act as a liaison between construction staff, residency staff, district staff, state and federal regulatory agency staff, NPDES coordinators, and the District Environmental Manager. Represent the Environmental section at various meetings, including project showings, preconstruction meetings and conferences, project progress meetings, workshops, training sessions, etc. Confirm that contractors, construction inspectors, construction and project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders have a complete and accurate set of environmental commitments.
  
  Coordinate initial and follow-up meetings with applicable stakeholders when the evaluation of compliance assistance on an active project shows environmental commitments are being implemented in an inconsistent manner. Support the facility compliance program, and the identification and implementation of MS4 TMDL projects. Assist with IDDE program, as needed.
• Coordinate and conduct project monitoring and tracking:
  Review proposed instream work plans and support facility submittals (e.g. staging areas) to evaluate consistency with environmental commitments. Recommend the need for additional measures to achieve compliance with commitments. Inspect and monitor all phases of projects within established frequencies to evaluate how environmental commitments are being implemented and managed. Conduct and document all inspections of commitments in accordance with the ECI Guidance Manual and applicable VDOT governance documents.
  
  Serve as the DEM’s project representative and relay pertinent information such as changes to project plans impacting scope, schedule, or project compliance, and any inconsistencies found, and recommend appropriate action. Notify DEM of visits (planned or unplanned) by regulatory or resource agencies. Communicate findings with construction staff while on-site and recommend necessary steps to remedy non‑compliant findings.
• Organize and implement the Environmental Commitments and Compliance Assistance Program for the district or region:
  Provide expert technical assistance, advice, and guidance on proper implementation of and compliance with the following - water-quality permit conditions; environmental document commitments; cultural resources commitments; hazardous materials commitments; threatened and endangered species commitments; other state and federal environmental commitments, laws, regulations, guidelines, and policies; VDOT Road and Bridge Specifications; and VDOT standards. Fulfill ECI duties outside the home district as warranted, based on program needs.
  
  Assist with ECI program training and outreach efforts. Follow established program reporting protocols related to non‑compliance findings and issues.
• Project Management:
  Analyze projects and identify environmental compliance concerns, constraints, and requirements associated with project development, construction, and future maintenance activities. Identify and help solve environmental, design, and constructability issues. Propose recommendations and…