As-Needed Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist

Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities’ built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek’s culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders’ interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust:  We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect:  We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork:  We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun:  We take our work seriously…not ourselves.
Well-Being:  We care about each other’s health, safety, and total wellness.
Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work.
Learn more about our culture.

About The Job
We are currently seeking a part time, As-Needed, experienced and highly qualified senior environmental compliance specialist (3+ years’ experience or the equivalent) to join our Central Valley (Fresno)-based team.
The ideal candidate will have experience with technical writing and reporting, providing feedback to peers, and familiarity with Central Valley endemic species. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and organizational skills are essential.
Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.

Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.

Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below): 

• Fieldwork throughout the Central Valley
• As-needed biological surveys and environmental compliance services at construction sites
• Preparing and reviewing environmental documentation that will be used for both permitting and ensuring compliance with permit conditions during construction and operations
• Work closely with project managers and environmental resource specialists to complete QA/QC of survey reports, field records, and compliance documentation
• Regular communication with natural resource technical specialists as well as Project Managers.

Minimum Requirements

• MS or PhD or equivalent
• Highly organized with the ability to multi-task.
• Possess sound judgement and able to “think-on-your-feet”.
• Self-motivated with an interest to learn and grow as a project team.
• Previous experience conducting / leading field surveys
• Understanding of environmental regulations.
• Qualified biologist to survey and monitor for special-status wildlife and plant species, including for nesting birds.
• Has experience executing species-specific regulatory protocols.
• Holds special-status species permit and/or certification(s).
• Has experience performing final QA/QC of technical reporting and compliance documents.
• Has experience identifying common and rare plan species and/or using dichotomous keys to identify plants
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment.

* As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre - employment drug test and background check.

Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:

• This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
• This job requires project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
• This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are require