Senior Environmental Engineer

Job Description

Dewberry is currently seeking an Senior Environmental Engineer with 12+years of experience for our NE Environmental Service team. The position will be located in Dewberry’s Boston, MA office. The successful candidate will perform a variety of environmental planning and engineering tasks. Responsibilities will include general project management; close coordinatation and communication with State and Municipal agencies including but not limited to MassDOT and MBTA; review of environmental reports and plans for conformance to local, state and federal regulations; report to, advise and assist the firms’s NE Environmental team with environmental related projects both locally and throughout the northeast market.  

The Senior Environmental Engineer must be flexible, client focused and capable of working independently to support the firm’s client base.  The work required is diverse and ranges from office work, general field support during construction, and review work that requires strong communication skills and a technical working knowledge of current local, state and federal environmental regulations. Other requirements include MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Adobe Acrobat. Knowledge of AutoCAD, Microstation and/or ArcGIS, Bentley software products and current OSHA 40-hr certification and/or other applicable certifications may be required. 

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Managing projects as a Project Manager or task leader.
• Conducting extensive research, data collection, analysis and the preparation of written technical documentation pertaining to land use, policy, demographics including Environmental Justice populations, hazard, risk and vulnerability, transportation and transit, among others.
• Writing and developing comprehensive planning documents and sustainability strategies.
• Working collaboratively with other Subject Matter Experts to complete/review comprehensive environmental documents and preparing environmental applications for permititng.
• Coordinating with federal, state, and local officials; community groups; academia; private sector; and public stakeholders in developing and/or reviewing plans.
• Ability to plan and facilitating meetings, workshops, stakeholder outreach, public meetings and open houses.
• Assigns tasks to engineers, technicians or administrative staff.
• Plans and coordinates aspects of work.
• Prepares and manages scope, budgets, and schedules for assignments.
• Assists with proposals to provide professional services.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• BS in Civil/Environmental Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of experience
• PE license strongly preferred
• A masters in a related field may substitute for 2 years of experience.
• Reports to and supports the NE environmental team.
• Experience with MassDOT and MBTA procedures to achieve environmental compliance throughout all phases of a project.
• Meets project, client and regulatory deadlines.
• Works in a timely fashion to meet project budgets.
• Working knowledge of local, state and federal regulations and requirements related to environmental permitting.
• Communicates effectively with clients, coworkers, sub consultants, and county/agency review staff.
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects concurrently
• Handles multiple public and private sector clients.
• Other duties as required.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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