Environmental Review Specialist, BQE Central

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The Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) is a vital part of New York Citys transportation system and economy. The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) is undertaking a long-term fix of BQE Central the City-owned portion of the BQE from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street in Brooklyn with a focus on safety resiliency and community priorities. While advancing the long-term fix NYC DOT is also continuing interim repairs to maintain the highway in a state of good repair.
The Environmental Review Specialist will be part of the new BQE Special Project Office (SPO) for the BQE Central Project and will serve as NYC DOTs specialist managing environmental review activities for this complex megaproject. The role will collaborate closely with the Division of Bridges Traffic Engineering & Planning (TEP) and NYC DOT staff. The position will ensure full compliance with federal state and city environmental regulations and will guide the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and related processes from development through approval.

Duties include:

-Collaborate with senior staff to oversee the development coordination and completion of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and all related federal state and city environmental
review documents in compliance with NEPA SEQRA CEQR and FHWA/NYSDOT guidance as appropriate.
-Support City and State processes such as CEQR/SEQRA ULURP parkland alienation and other land-use or environmental procedures.
-Supervise consultants performing technical analyses including air quality noise environmental justice natural resources historic and cultural resources hazardous materials and community
impacts.
-Coordinate closely with the Consultant (BQE Joint Venture JV) and TEP to develop all environmental documentation required for federal state and local approvals including categorical
exclusions environmental assessments environmental impact studies re-evaluations technical memoranda and permit submissions.
-Coordinate with government agencies at the city state and federal levels. Collaborate with senior staff on interagency consultations related to Section 106 Section 14.09 Section 4(f) Section
6(f) Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act and other applicable federal state and local statutes.
-Review environmental analyses and coordinate with expert units/agencies for their review and approval including modeling reports and technical appendices prepared by consultants and
coordinate these with regulatory agencies and internal project teams including Traffic Engineering and Planning.
-Ensure environmental assessments meet rigorous technical standards and integrate engineering traffic and design inputs.
-Lead coordination of environmental components for all public meetings required under NEPA SEQRA and CEQR including scoping sessions hearings and comment-response processes.
-Perform other duties related to project administration in support of project development and execution.

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Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time experience in city planning; or

2. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience that is equivalent to 1 above. Graduate
education in city planning urban planning urban design architecture landscape architecture transportation engineering public administration economic development or related fields may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree.

Special Qualification Requirements

Assignment Level III
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III individuals must have after meeting the minimum requirements one additional year of professional experience as described in 2 above.

Assignment Level IV
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV individuals must have after meeting the minimum requirements two additional years of professional experience as described in 2 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time