Environmental Impact Specialist

Duties Description

The Environmental Specialist 1/Environmental Specialist Trainee 1/Environmental Specialist Trainee 2 duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide technical expertise and assistance in a variety of assignments related to environmental impacts on transportation projects and programs;
• Topics may include:
• Cultural Resources-Section 106/14.09
  - Section 4(f)
• Water Ecology
• Asbestos and Contaminated Material
• Air Quality
• Prepare reports, mitigation plans, specifications, and assist design squads to meet regulatory requirements for capital projects;
• Use GIS to identify and evaluate environmental resource issues related to proposed transportation projects;
• Perform field work to collect necessary resource information to evaluate a project’s resource impacts;
• Prepare project level correspondence and reports for coordination with involved state and federal regulatory agencies, and secure all necessary approvals and permits;
• Review consultant wetland, asbestos, noise, cultural resource, etc. reports and make recommendations to project managers;
• Provide guidance during preliminary and final design to meet NEPA, SEQRA, and other environmental regulations;
• Review project plans and include appropriate environmental items in contract documents;
• Assist with the implementation of the Region’s MS4 outfall inspection program;
• Promote the Department’s environmental ethic through implementation of environmental initiatives that ensure projects and other actions are conducted in an environmentally sound manner that meet regulatory requirements;
• The duties of this position may require occasional travel. At the time of appointment and continuously thereafter, possession of a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State is required, or otherwise demonstrate the ability to meet the travel requirements of the position;
• Attendance at training and other learning opportunities may be required to stay current and to enhance knowledge of Department and Regional policies and procedures and other design and environmental topics.

• Provide technical expertise and assistance in a variety of assignments related to environmental impacts on transportation projects and programs;
• Topics may include:
• Cultural Resources-Section 106/14.09
  - Section 4(f)
• Water Ecology
• Asbestos and Contaminated Material
• Air Quality
• Noise
• Prepare reports, mitigation plans, specifications, and assist design squads to meet regulatory requirements for capital projects;
• Use GIS to identify and evaluate environmental resource issues related to proposed transportation projects;
• Perform field work to collect necessary resource information to evaluate a project’s resource impacts;
• Prepare project level correspondence and reports for coordination with involved state and federal regulatory agencies, and secure all necessary approvals and permits;
• Review consultant wetland, asbestos, noise, cultural resource, etc. reports and make recommendations to project managers;
• Provide guidance during preliminary and final design to meet NEPA, SEQRA, and other environmental regulations;
• Review project plans and include appropriate environmental items in contract documents;
• Assist with the implementation of the Region’s MS4 outfall inspection program;
• Promote the Department’s environmental ethic through implementation of environmental initiatives that ensure projects and other actions are conducted in an environmentally sound manner that meet regulatory requirements;
• The duties of this position may require occasional travel. At the time of appointment and continuously thereafter, possession of a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State is required, or otherwise demonstrate the ability to meet the travel requirements of the position;
• Attendance at training and other learning opportunities may be required to stay current and to enhance knowledge of Department and Regional policies and procedures and other design and environmental topics.