The position and application can be found here: Washington State Department of Transportation | Careers at WSDOT (governmentjobs.com)
The Opportunity
WSDOT’s Environmental Services Office is currently seeking a National & State Environmental Policy Act (NEPA/SEPA) Specialist. The incumbent of this position will support the agency by ensuring compliance with NEPA, SEPA, and other relative laws, regulations, and policies. This position is tasked with the development and implementation of NEPA/SEPA policies, procedures, workforce development, and a lead resource in performance reporting.
What to Expect
Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the NEPA/SEPA Specialist (TPS4) will:
- Serve as a NEPA/SEPA subject matter expert for project environmental documentation, including critical review of documents, analyses, consultation, and issue resolution.
- Guide, advise, and facilitate technical services for WSDOT regions and modes including developing and conducting training.
- Engage and coordinate with appropriate subject matter experts regarding compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, policies, and procedures applicable to developing project environmental documentation.
- Assist project teams in troubleshooting emerging issues and interpreting and implementing new regulatory requirements.
- Support region and modal project teams undertaking Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) studies.
- Conduct quality assurance tasks to expedite the environmental review phase of project delivery and ensure compliance.
- Monitor projects and review NEPA/SEPA work products to determine the adequacy of documents in meeting the substantive and procedural requirements of and consistency with federal and state laws, executive orders, agency policies, and environmental procedures.
- Coordinate the communication and information transfer of regulatory and procedural changes to regional and modal environmental staff and headquarters.
- Serve as liaison between the federal lead agency and project teams in key environmental-related discussions, negotiations, and approvals.
- Assist in reviews of proposed federal and state legislation related to NEPA and SEPA, and identify, recommend, and implement policy and guidance updates needed for WSDOT compliance with proposed and enacted NEPA/SEPA-related legislation.
- Lead and coordinate database updates, communicate changes, and train agency staff, as necessary to accommodate database modifications and other technical upgrades.
