Senior Environmental Scientist

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.•Jacksonville, FL

18h

About The Position

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms. This position is responsible for conducting various environmental investigations, performing wetland impact analyses and permitting, and supporting ecological assessment and/or restoration projects, while applying knowledge of ecological principles, environmental practices, and federal, state, and local regulations. Some project management and business development activities are also required.

Requirements

Knowledge of ecological principles, environmental practices, and federal, state, and local regulations
Experience with environmental investigations
Experience with wetland impact analyses and permitting
Experience supporting ecological assessment and/or restoration projects
Project management skills
Business development skills
Ability to collect resource data, samples during field investigations
Ability to analyze and manage data collected during field investigations
Ability to determine the location, scale, scope, condition of, and impacts to, natural resources
Ability to collect field location data using GPS
Ability to create maps and other graphic materials using GIS software
Ability to collect water quality, vegetation, fish, macroinvertebrate (plankton, benthic) and sediment samples
Ability to document methodologies and findings of research and field investigations
Ability to write natural environmental technical reports, field delineation reports, impact assessments, environmental inspection reports, and similar reports with supervisory input and oversight
Ability to assist and/or manage (with supervisory oversight) various state, federal, and local regulatory permit application processes, such as those for Clean Water Act Section 404/401
Ability to provide documentation as necessary for coordination of compliance with the U.S. Endangered Species Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Magnuson–Stevens Act, etc.
Ability to support preparation of NEPA documents, including writing environmental setting and impact analyses sections
Ability to assist in the preparation of scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to RFPs
Ability to manage projects

Responsibilities

Characterizes and assesses various environmental resources including surface waters, wetlands, forests, streams, soils, plants, and wildlife
Collects resource data, samples during field investigations
Analyzes and manages data collected during field investigations
Determines the location, scale, scope, condition of, and impacts to, natural resources
Collects field location data using GPS; and creates maps and other graphic materials using GIS software
Collects water quality, vegetation, fish, macroinvertebrate (plankton, benthic) and sediment samples
Documents methodologies and findings of research and field investigations
Writes natural environmental technical reports, field delineation reports, impact assessments, environmental inspection reports, and similar reports with supervisory input and oversight
Assists and/or manages (with supervisory oversight) various state, federal, and local regulatory permit application processes, such as those for Clean Water Act Section 404/401, and provides documentation as necessary for coordination of compliance with the U.S. Endangered Species Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Magnuson–Stevens Act, etc.
Supports preparation of NEPA documents, including writing environmental setting and impact analyses sections
Assists in the preparation of scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to RFPs
Manages projects