Senior Ecologist

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis seeks a Senior Ecologist to join our Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Ecology Support Services team as a Special Projects Team team is known for innovation and outstanding client service and will continue to build on these is a unique opportunity for a dedicated full-time role managing a team of ecologists responding to under construction and emergency project needs compliance issues and ongoing program level Ecology Initiatives.

Role accountabilities:

• Manage a team of GDOT ecologists to ensure timely and quality completion of the following technical and administrative tasks:
  • Complete reviews of under construction plan revisions and associated ecology reporting and environmental permitting requirements.
  • Respond to emergency projects and complete required agency coordination reporting and permitting
  • Assist the GDOT Environmental Compliance Bureau and Construction Office with compliance issues.
  • Review Environmental Special Provisions and commitments included in contractor bid packages and coordinate with GDOT Offices and regulatory agencies as needed.
  • Assist with management of Environmentally Sensitive Area identification maintenance and/or protection
  • Ecology submittals inbox monitoring and assignment
  • Complete reporting for Section 7 Endangered Species Act consultation (Joint Coordination Procedures) and Section 404 Clean Water Act permitting (Local Coordination Procedures)
• Develop guidance documents for the GDOT Office of Environmental Services and other GDOT offices as needed.
• Review proposed soil borrow pit locations to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal environmental rules and regulations
• Manage consultants and partner agencies/organizations for plant conservation and migratory bird protection

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in biology ecology natural resource management or environmental science/engineering/planning/management.
• 10 or more years experience completing ecology special studies on behalf of GDOT including wetland/stream delineation protected species survey Section 7 Endangered Species Act consultation Section 404 Clean Water Act permitting and Georgia buffer variance applications.
• Experience working with regulatory agencies responsible for oversight of federally funded transportation projects in Georgia.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Be highly organized responsive work well under tight deadlines and have strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Experience managing multiple concurrent project tasks meetings and schedules; and communicating effectively with multi-disciplinary project teams and regulatory agencies.
• Proven experience delivering complex GDOT ecology reports and permit applications
• Must work well in a collaborative environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in biology ecology or a natural resources field of study.
• Previous experience managing staff completing GDOT ecology special studies or special projects (i.e. under construction/emergency projects)
• Demonstratable proficiency with GDOT Plan Development Process PDP TPro and Primavera P6

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $120000 - $130000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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