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Environmental Specialist

Alliant Engineering, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 12/23/2024
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/1/2025

You deserve a job that you feel proud of, where you can channel your knowledge and skills into projects that positively affect communities, and where you design your own path. This is Alliant. Become an employee-owner of a growing engineering and consulting firm where we strive to provide a diverse and equitable culture of support and opportunities. Our success is driven by our employee-owners, and we're excited to have you be a part of it.


The Impact You'll Have:


Alliant is seeking to add a motivated and enthusiastic professional to join our growing Environmental Services Group. This is a tremendous opportunity to work with a group of exceptional environmentalists and play a key role in continuing to grow our group within Alliant.


As an Environmental Specialist, you will apply your expertise on environmental compliance, wetland delineation and permitting, wetland mitigation, natural resource inventories, and environmental documentation. You will help develop plans to minimize, improve, or avoid environmental risks found on a project.



Responsibilities:


  • Assist construction projects with environmental permit compliance, primarily the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) construction permit by conducting erosion control inspections
  • Assist designers with Stormwater Pollution Prevent Plan (SWPPP) development
  • Help construction sites anticipate and prevent environmental problems
  • Conduct wetland delineations following the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 1987 Manual and applicable Regional Supplements and develop wetland delineation reports
  • Prepare appropriate environmental permit applications which may include NPDES, USACE Section 404 Clean Water Act (CWA), MPCA 401 Water Quality Certification, Wetland Conservation Act (WCA), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) Public Waters, and MN DNR Threatened and Endangered Species
  • Assist in MEPA and NEPA environmental documentation including Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EA and EAW) and Categorical Exclusions (CATEX)
  • Use ESRI software to map site conditions and natural resources
  • Write technical reports
  • Support and work on a variety of projects in sectors such as transportation, land development, survey, traffic, and planning
  • Ability to work cohesively with a team of environmental specialists and Project Managers and also work independently


Required Qualifications:


  • A Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, Soil Science, Environmental Planning, or related field
  • 1-5 years of relevant experience related to environmental compliance, wetland delineation, wetland permitting, and environmental documentation
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Software
  • Ability to work in locations that feature rough terrain and travel locally/regionally approximately 10-20% of the time as needed


Preferred Qualifications:


  • Experience with Transportation/DOT and/or Land Development projects
  • Working knowledge of software including ArcGIS, Trimble GPS, Field Maps, MicroStation, and/or AutoCAD
  • Certified Minnesota Wetland Professional or Professional In-Training (CMWP or CMWPIT)
  • U of M Certification - Erosion and Sediment Control Installer, Site Management or SWPPP Designer



Benefits:


At Alliant, we take care of our employees by offering a world class benefit package including:

  • Competitive salary with bonus opportunities
  • Generous Profit Sharing, Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP), and 401k Contribution programs
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
  • Company paid Life Insurance, Short-term disability and Long-term disability
  • Flexible spending accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
  • Wellness Programs & Competitions
  • Generous Annual Leave and Compensatory Time Off programs
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Casual work environment
  • Paid Professional Development and Training
  • Community Involvement/Charity Events
  • Numerous Employee Focused Events (Lunch & Learns, Office Recreation Room, Quarterly Off-Site Socials, etc.)


Who We Are:


Alliant Engineering, Inc., an employee-owned company, is a growing engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying firm with a strong culture of customer service, quality, delivery, and innovation. At Alliant we work hard; we have fun; and we love it.

We design solutions that address current needs while paving the way for a brighter future. We provide a culture of diversity, equity, and support, where everyone is given the opportunity to grow and succeed. We approach every project with unwavering confidence yet remain humbly committed to designing work that speaks for itself. At Alliant, our employee-owners are the force behind our success, and we can't wait for you to join us to build better communities with excellence and passion.



The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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