Department of Transportation
ASSOCIATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER (NATURAL SCIENCES)
Job Description and Duties
Under the general direction of a Senior Environmental Planner or Senior Environmental Scientist, the incumbent supports the development and delivery of biological mitigation for multiple transportation projects. Incumbent performs assigned tasks for the function of the North Region Office of Environmental Stewardship, including: development and management of task orders, service contracts, and inter-agency agreements; project tracking (scope, schedule and cost), report writing, document review, inter agency coordination, and other duties related to securing and implementing biological mitigation. Incumbent makes recommendations to the project development team, including District and North Region management, for the appropriate courses of action for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and a multitude of other state and federal laws.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Associate Environmental Planner (Natural Sciences) exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
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