Job Description
Company Description
We are Olsson, a team-based, purpose-driven engineering and design firm. Our solutions improve communities, and our people make it possible.
Our most meaningful asset is our people, and we are dedicated to providing an environment where they can continue to learn, grow, and thrive. Our entrepreneurial spirit is what has allowed us — and will continue to allow us — to grow. The result? Inspired people, amazing designs, and projects with purpose.
Job DescriptionAt Olsson, we help our clients to navigate complex regulatory landscapes with ease. We ensure proactive compliance with key environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and NEPA. Our approach and use of the latest and best methods help clients achieve their project goals while protecting our natural resources.
As a Senior Environmental Scientist, your role is multifaceted and critical in ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and promoting sustainable transportation projects. You may manage projects, work with regulators (Nebraska Department of Transportation [NDOT], Nebraska Game and Fish (NZGF), Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ), Federal Highway Administration [FHWA], U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE], U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS]), coordinate with clients, and collaborate with team members. You may also mentor and train others on complex work and lead client and regulatory meetings.
Join us and be part of a team that’s making a real impact!
Your key responsibilities include:
Regulatory Compliance: Navigating federal, state, and local regulations, and liaising with agencies like NDOT, FHWA, USACE, and USFWS, and keeping a pulse of evolving environmental law.
Public Engagement and Outreach: Organizing public meetings and workshops and gathering community input, soliciting community input to shape projects, communicating project details transparently, and effectively engaging stakeholders.
Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Work: Engaging with engineers, architects, and urban planners to integrate environmental considerations and facilitating cross disciplinary work.
Project Management: Overseeing transportation projects from start to finish, managing timelines, budgets, and deliverables, and coordinating with subconsultant, clients and agencies.
Comprehensive Background In: Environmental regulatory compliance, transportation projects and coordination with FHWA or state DOT, and Nebraska-specific projects.
We will consider candidates interested in being located in Phoenix, AZ, Omaha, NE or Lincoln, NE.
Field Work: Conducting field observations and site visits.
QualificationsYou are passionate about:
You bring to the team:
Olsson is a nationally recognized, employee-owned firm specializing in planning and design, engineering, field services, environmental, and technology. Founded in 1956 on the very mindset that drives us today, we’re here to improve communities by making them more sustainable, better connected, and more efficient. Simply put, we work to leave the world better than we found it.
As an Olsson employee, you’ll receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.), plus you’ll:
Olsson is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.
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