Senior Environmental Scientist
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
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Primary Responsibilities
The candidate must have a background in environmental and related infrastructure development services pertaining to the transmission, renewables, pipelines, and emerging technologies. The position will focus on environmental planning, documentation, permitting, and compliance strategy development and execution for multiple projects and programs across HDR’s portfolio of projects and clients in these industries. The position encompasses five primary roles:
- Senior Technical Advisor/Subject Matter Expert
- Quality Control Reviewer
- Client Development, Client Management and Business Planning
- Staff Mentor
- Project Manager (as needed)
In the role of Senior Environmental Scientist, responsibilities will include:
- Plan and advise medium- to large-size environmental planning and compliance projects for transmission, renewables, pipelines, and emerging technologies, and other programs as identified
- Prepare, plan and analyze/review Route and Site Permit applications, state EA/EIS, feasibility studies/critical issues analyses, and similar reports/documents
- Accomplish work independently and through working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams which may include engineers, planners, environmental scientists, attorneys, and real estate experts
- Preparing and monitoring scopes and budgets for environmental projects/programs
- Support regional or national projects in specific areas of technical expertise
- Be involved in public participation and agency coordination
- Support development of consistent technical quality across a program
- Mentor for junior and mid-level technical staff
- Involvement in business development and client management activities including, scope and fee development, preparation of proposals and presentation delivery.
- Serve as Project Manager on projects, including developing and managing budgets, schedules, and quality of products, as needed
- Perform other duties as needed
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- Bachelor's degree in Environment Science or closely related field
- 10 years experience in complex environmental planning/compliance projects
- Demonstrated knowledge of the NEPA process
- Experience managing large, complex EIS documents for transportation, large facility, land management, or other infrastructure projects
- Technical expertise in the design, implementation, interpretation and presentation of data for environmental studies and investigations in specialized discipline
- Proficient with MS Office
- Self-starter with excellent writing and communication skills
- Strong conceptual, organizational, problem-solving and research abilities
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Staff management experience beneficial
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
