Description

Duties

Under the general supervision of the SW Capital Region Manager, this position is designated as the environmental regulatory compliance point of contact (POC) for all Capital Program projects within Southwest Region and is responsible for assuring regulatory compliance has been met for Capital program projects and actions. Specifically, this position provides professional environmental services and functions associated with the Southwest Region team Capital Program and ensures agency compliance, in addition to SEPA, under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Growth Management Act (GMA), the Shoreline Management Act (SMA), the Hydraulic Code, Endangered Species Acts (ESA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Forest Practice Act (FPA), and all other applicable environmental local, state, and federal laws.

This position is responsible for maintaining and providing current, up-to-date knowledge of environmental laws, land use regulations, policies, project work windows, environmental mitigation measures, proposed legislation, best management practices and current technologies and/or other relevant environmental data related to Southwest Region.
Additionally, this position works closely and collaboratively with the Southwest Region Operations Environmental Planner to develop and coordinate a review strategy for all non-Capital Program region specific project and non-project actions to ensure a flexible but timely, cohesive, and comprehensive environmental regulatory compliance/review has been conducted. This position provides expertise and consultation to staff of various programs; or provides planning or policy development assistance to staff from other state agencies, levels of government, or concerned organizations.
Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for managing the regulatory compliance needs for all Capital proposals within Southwest Region. Oversees all official environmental declarations and facilitates complex capital project environmental reviews/compliance which include all facets of environmental regulatory compliance associated with scoping, planning, permitting, contracting, construction, and evaluation of capital projects assigned to the region. Creates site plans, permit applications, or elements of plans and applications compliant with agency standards.
• Acts as the SEPA Responsible Official for all of Southwest Region Operation SEPA threshold determinations and Categorical Exemptions. Works closely and collaboratively with the Southwest Region Operations Environmental Planner, to develop and coordinate a regional SEPA review strategy for all region project and non-project actions to ensure a flexible but timely, cohesive, and comprehensive compliance/review for both Capital and Operations SEPA reviews, as well as, SEPA reviews for FEMA projects, grant projects, park projects, deferred maintenance proposals, partnership proposals, Special Activity Permit proposals, Real Property Agreement proposals, Concession lease proposals, and other projects/agreements as needed.
• Works with the Operations Division Environmental Planner to manage the regulatory compliance planning strategy for effective and timely environmental regulatory compliance/permit acquisition for all actions within Southwest Region in addition to Capital projects as needed; including: operations activities, FEMA projects, grant projects, park projects, deferred maintenance proposals, partnership proposals, Special Activity Permit proposals, Real Property Agreement Proposals, Concession Lease proposals, and other projects/agreements as needed.
• Serves as the Environmental Program's Capital Program representative on the Southwest Region team. Coordinates statewide training of Environmental Regulatory compliance for all Park Staff region wide.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Please Note: This position may be filled at the EP1, EP2, or EP3 level depending on qualifications. If filled at the EP1 or EP2 level, the incumbent will advance to EP3 after satisfactory completion of the EP1 or EP2 training requirements.

Environmental Planner 1:

• Bachelor's degree involving major study in environmental planning, environmental, physical, or natural sciences, or a closely related field.
• A valid driver's license.

Environmental Planner 2:

• Bachelor's degree involving major study in environmental planning, environmental, physical, or natural sciences, or a closely related field.
• One (1) year of experience as an Environmental Planner 1 OR other equivalent professional experience with environmental regulations and permitting.
• A valid driver's license.

Supplemental Information

HOW TO APPLY
To ensure consideration, please complete the online job application and profile at www.careers.wa.gov.
You must attach in your application the following:

• Letter of Interest specifically addressing the qualifications listed in this announcement.
• Current resume.
• Three professional references.