Department of Transportation
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST (SPECIALIST)
Job Description and Duties
Under the general direction of the vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) Reduction Program Manager, a Supervising Transportation Planner, the Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) works within the Sustainability Program as the VMT Program Staff to help advance the Department's sustainability and equity goals, with a focus on reducing VMT. The incumbent is responsible for developing and recommending statewide procedures and instructions related to environmental requirements for project planning, programming, and delivery with a focus on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), project initiation document scoping, and sustainable transportation as they relate to Senate Bill 743 and the analysis of VMT.
Caltrans Sustainability values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to fostering an environment that supports, encourages, and celebrates the unique voices of our employees. Sustainability believes diversity inspires innovative solutions to strengthen our work for the people, planet, and prosperity of California.
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) 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.
Multiple positions may be filled from this recruitment.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Minimum Requirements
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
Additional Documents
Desirable Qualifications
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with regional agencies and private sector for successful on-going interaction; knowledge of freight-related planning work done by Caltrans and its role in providing an effective multi-modal transportation system; multi-disciplinary project management experience; strong interpersonal and presentation skills; ability to develop innovative and effective solutions for transportation problems and effectively implement them; and computer skills, including the use of Microsoft software including MS Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, etc.; Smartsheets; Adobe; and other software and tools as required.
Contact Information
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.
Human Resources Contact:
Sarah Jones
(530) 649-7564
sarah.jones@dot.ca.gov
Hiring Unit Contact:
Chris Kuzak
(916) 548-6559
PMPPARFS@dot.ca.gov