Natural Resource Specialist II - Watershed Restoration

Under general supervision, this position serves as a professional project manager within the Watershed Restoration Section’s Stream Restoration Program in the Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability.

• Implements water quality and watershed improvement projects, such as stream restoration using approaches such as adaptive natural channel design and floodplain reconnection, to achieve pollutant reduction and ecological restoration.
• Assists with resource assessment, prioritization, funding, design, technical review, permitting, construction and post‑construction monitoring of environmental capital projects.
• Serves as lead project manager working collaboratively with professional design consultants, contractors, Federal and State Agencies, other professional staff and citizens of Baltimore County.
• Oversees project funding and assists with grant management and Capital Budget programming.
• Assists in the preparation of technical studies and reports on environmental problems.
• Performs field assessments of existing and potential stream restoration projects.
• Provides technical assistance to property owners requesting assistance with stream bank erosion.

• Represents the department before community groups and serves as the department's representative on intra‑county, community, or other committees.
• Assists other professionals in technical studies, research and preparation of reports.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in environmental, regional, urban or city planning, or in a natural resource, environmental or a biological science.
• Two years’ professional experience in a planning, science or related field (or equivalent education).

• College coursework, internships and/or work experience in stream restoration, watershed science, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology and hydraulics, water quality, and/or stream ecology.
• Experience as a Project Manager/Stream Restoration Specialist managing environmental assessments and engineering plan development, including design, technical review, construction oversight, monitoring, and approval of capital stream restoration, water quality improvement BMPs, and floodplain/wetland creation.
• Experience with negotiation and resolution of complex technical issues.
• Ability to read and comprehend contracts, specifications, and construction plans.

Possession of a valid non-commercial class C Maryland Driver’s license or an equivalent is required at the time of appointment.

The work of this position requires walking, bending, stooping, and carrying moderately heavy objects. Field investigations may involve exposure to inclement weather.