Environmental Scientist I- Nepa Specialist

Environmental Scientist I- NEPA Specialist

Raba Kistner, Inc. is a premier Engineering Consulting and Program Management firm. Our purpose is to build a better and more sustainable world for our employees, their families, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our Core Values are:

• Community We care for our communities
• Integrity We act with integrity
• Passion We infuse passion into everything we do
• Quality We believe quality comes from a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
• Growth We dedicate ourselves to personal and business growth

Raba Kistner, Inc. is seeking for an Environmental Scientist I- NEPA Specialist to join our Environmental team at either our Houston, TX or San Antonio, TX location. Responsibilities will include assisting with the execution of compliance, natural resource, and geoscience tasks under the supervision and guidance of Senior Project Manager, NEPA/Natural Resources. The Environmental Scientist I will be responsible for performing field activities including but not limited to, natural resource desktop and field investigations, environmental planning studies, stormwater inspections, and hazardous materials investigations. Additionally, they will carefully analyze data and prepare high quality technical reports.

• Conduct field work and data reduction to support environmental projects.
• Interpret technical information and assist with preparation of technical reports.
• Assist with preparation of correspondence, permits and other submittals required by federal, state, or local agencies for our clients.
• Perform desktop studies and coordinate with resource agencies to identify project related environmental constraints (NMFS, TPWD, USFWS, TCEQ, and others).
• Assist with environmental construction monitoring for various projects.
• Coordinate activities of subcontractors on assigned projects.
• Participate, as needed, in Phase I and/or Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, geophysical evaluations, storm water inspections, public involvement activities, and in natural resources and NEPA-related studies.
• Interact with clients as necessary and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree or higher in environmental science/engineering, chemistry, geology, biology or related field. 1 to 3 years of experience in GIS (e.g. ESRI ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro) for environmental studies and natural resources (NEPA, wetland and waters of the US delineations) and geosciences (environmental site assessments and environmental due diligence). Must possess a valid Texas driver's license and meet company's auto insurability requirements. Able to drive vehicle short and/or long distances. Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite. (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher). Must be able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner, work in a team environment, and with all levels of people within the organization and outside the company. Ability/desire to learn new software systems, as needed, to support technical environmental studies (e.g. mapping and modeling software). Must be able to work independently on a job site. Knowledge of and/or capability to learn field sample collection (air, soil, groundwater, surface water) protocols and processes, and learn how to operate geographic data collection (e.g. GPS) and other scientific data collection equipment. 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training preferred.

Ability to read and understand instructions, labels, reports, etc. Ability to effectively communicate information both written and oral and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, stop, and talk. Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to, 25 pounds. Frequently required to use hands and reach. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, far vision, color vision, peripheral vision, focus vision, depth vision. Work environment may requires potential exposure to movement of heavy equipment on construction or roadway sites; potential exposure to varying weather conditions, hazardous dangerous chemicals and solvents, noise, dust, fumes, grease and oils, radiant and electrical energy, and vibration; all of which would require employee to follow proper safety procedures and utilize appropriate protective equipment.

This position may require protracted or irregular hours. Flexibility to work irregular hours is necessary due to client needs.

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