Environmental Engineer - Entry Level!

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NC Department of Transportation

Full-Time
Closes on Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Job Description

How to Apply
You must apply at https://tinyurl.com/y5jm7wnb by April 22.  

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The Challenge
We are hiring an entry-level engineer to join our Environmental Analysis team that supports the development of sustainable transportation infrastructure minimizing impacts on the human and natural environment.  

In this role, you will:

  • Assist our Environmental Monitoring and Stewardship group with the planning, design, construction, monitoring, and stewardship of NCDOT on-site stream, wetland, and buffer mitigation sites statewide.
  • Assist and support senior engineers in the group to ensure timely project delivery of on-site mitigation design plans.
  • Assist in the coordination of post-construction monitoring efforts for on-site stream, wetland, and buffer mitigation sites statewide, ensuring compliance with all environmental permit conditions and schedules.
  • Assist in the management of Private Engineering Firms involving scopes of work, estimates, project management tasks, scheduling, budgets, invoicing, and evaluations.
  • Read & understand transportation project plans, provisions, specifications, policies, procedures, regulations, and laws relating to Compensatory Mitigation.
  • Assist in the management and implementation of NCDOT's Stewardship program, including site inspections and field reconnaissance to resolve issues.
  • Coordinate and communicate with State and Federal Environmental Agencies about permit compliance related to the NCDOT's On-site Mitigation program.

 What You Bring

  • Basic knowledge of the principals and practices of environmental engineering relating to natural stream restoration, wetland restoration, and buffer mitigation design/monitoring.
  • Basic knowledge of federal and state laws, permitting, and compensatory mitigation rules related to environmental matters involving transportation planning, design, and construction.
  • Basic knowledge of NCDOT's organization and operation, including contract proposals and procedures.
  • Experience assisting with aspects of the management of Private Engineering Firms, including scope of work, estimates, and invoicing.
  • Experience reading and understanding highway project plans, provisions, specifications, policies, procedures, regulations, and laws relating to Compensatory Mitigation.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering; or
  • An equivalent combination of training and experience.

Note

  • We may require registration as a professional engineer with the NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.

Questions?
Call me: Michelle Carroll at 919-707-6003.  

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Full-Time 40 NC Department of Transportation
Environmental Engineer - Entry Level! - 127072