Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson ยท 1 month ago
Environmental Scientist (Natural Resources)
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expJohnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering and related services. The Environmental Scientist will be responsible for coordinating environmental investigations, assessments, and compliance activities for local governmental projects, ensuring adherence to environmental laws and regulations.
Civil Engineering
Responsibilities
Respond to Environmental Service requests for designated projects as submitted by various Divisions of the agency and manage subsequent environmental support tasks
Manage consultants as necessary to perform designated support tasks, including requesting, reviewing, and approving proposals and bids to perform work and providing quality control and quality assurance of deliverables received from consultants and contractors
Attend project team meetings and provide environmental compliance recommendations and status updates. Ensure compliance with Federal, State, and local environmental laws, rules, and regulations
Support communications with the public and with environmental organizations, and coordinate with other District departmental staff, other local governments, State and Federal governments, and non-profit organizations to facilitate joint use projects within agency facilities
Provide project management for environmental research and investigations, as required, and track projects in the District's applicable project tracking database
Perform other duties that may be added or changed as the course and scope of the job directs
Perform other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Must successfully complete and pass JMT's Motor Vehicle screening
Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in any one of the natural or earth sciences, environmental planning, or a related field
At least five (5) years of experience in the management of projects for environmental compliance and Section 404 Clean Water Act permitting
Requires experience in the review of detailed environmental site evaluations, including wetland delineations, and jurisdictional determinations of waters in the United States, threatened and endangered species habitat assessments and surveys, and cultural resources desktop reviews and surveys
Expertise with USACE regulatory permitting under CWA Section 404 and/or RHA Section 10
Preferred
Master's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in any one of the natural or earth sciences, environmental planning, or a related field
Experience using ESRI ArcGIS or similar digital mapping software
Advanced wetland delineation and/or hydric soils training
Experience coordinating permit actions with the Regulatory Division of the USACE Galveston District
Familiarity with the 1987 Corps Delineation Manual, the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, and the Great Plains Regional supplemental manuals
Experience preparing and/or overseeing preparation of biological consultation documents for ESA Section 7 and/or 10, including Biological Assessments and Biological Evaluations, and obtaining concurrence from USFWS
Ability to evaluate projects for potential impacts to Federal and State civil works projects. and compliance with applicable environmental laws
Professional Certifications (e.g., Professional Wetland Scientist, Certified Wetland Delineator, Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Environmental Professional, Project Management Professional, etc.)
Scientific collections permit from TPWD and/or USFWS for various species of plant and/or animal species (e.g., freshwater mussels, reptiles, amphibians, avifauna, fish, mammals, etc.)
Experience using Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
Company
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is an employee owned, multi-disciplined firm.
1001-5000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Matthew Natale, P.E.
Chief Operating Officer
Reece Schuler
Senior Vice President | NC Operations Manager at Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson
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