Senior Environmental Scientist

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

HNTB is seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to join our growing Environmental, Climate Resilience and Sustainability team as part of the NY Planning & Mobility department. We are looking for a technically sound senior environmental scientist with strong leadership skills who is ready to be challenged and lead environmental planning, documentation and permitting tasks for major transportation clients.

This position includes providing oversight and guidance to younger professionals and involves a mixture of office and field duties including but not limited to preparation of environmental reviews in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) and New York City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR), wetland delineation, ecology/habitat surveys, mitigation, site suitability evaluation, construction/post-construction monitoring, and environmental permit preparation (federal and state).

What You'll Do:

• Under minimal direction, leads the collection and analyzing of data obtained for projects.
• Determines or develops best methodology and technical approaches for conducting analysis in field work; sets up test equipment as necessary to obtain scientific data.
• Examines and evaluates present and future potential environmental science effects relating to the planning, design, and construction of proposed projects.
• Serves as task lead or principal author in the preparation of reports, on environmental science effects of projects.
• Provides technical scientific support on environmental issues to project managers during the planning, design or construction of projects.
• Performs review of work to ensure the design or construction are in compliance with design criteria and scientific specifications and determines the need for additional investigations, studies, or alternate plans or designs if necessary.
• Prioritizes and participates the marketing and proposal preparation of potential opportunities or projects.
• Leads the preparation of applications and supporting documents for local, state, and federal environmental permits as well as other regulatory compliance laws and regulations.
• Organizes and participates in public meetings. Attends various meetings with clients, other engineering firms, and staff and may lead discussion on environmental science issues.
• Mentors junior staff, provides recruiting recommendations and performance feedback.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 8 years relevant experience, or
• Master's Degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 7 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:

• Experience with state and local permitting, including New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) and New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP).
• Experience with federal environmental permitting, including U.S Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) and United States Coast Guard (USCG).
• Excellent project management skills.
• Highly collaborative, positive and proactive communication skills.
• Generates original ideas, data, and methodologies tailored to specific conditions or projects. 
• Provides technical oversight and guidance in the development of new ideas, data, and methodologies and how to apply it to techniques more broadly. 
• Develops the standards of practice for the team by presenting new methods and approaches to scientific and environmental analysis for application to the project. 
• Leads marketing and proposal efforts (i.e., may serve as pursuit champion or oversee production and review of proposals).
• Review monitoring protocols to ensure compliance with design criteria, scientific specifications, and regulatory approvals/permits.
• Serves as senior reviewer of technical reports in their entirety, providing guidance to less experienced staff.
• Serves as a recognized expert in established analytical methods with extensive experience in their application.

What We Prefer:

• Experience with the following agencies: NYSDEC, NYSDOS, N