SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER

Supervising Transportation Engineer

Under the general direction of the Chief of the Office of Delivery Improvement & Agreements (ODIA), a Supervising Transportation Engineer will identify and improve project delivery processes, with an emphasis on environmental issues. In that capacity, the incumbent will plan and lead meetings, participate in meetings planned by others, and maintain records in establishing new project delivery processes, guidelines, and/or policies. The incumbent will help ensure the proposed processes, guidelines, and/or policies comply with applicable laws, regulations, and department policies and procedures. The incumbent encourages subject matter experts and team members to preemptively identify potential risks and offer alternatives that the offices or divisions can implement. The incumbent will be responsible to oversee the workplan and deliverables for Transportation Permitting Task Force, authorized by Assembly Bill 1282 (2017). This task force brings together transportation and state permitting agencies to collaboratively address statewide transportation permitting challenges. The incumbent will participate, as necessary, in subgroups as the deliverables and schedules for each recommendation are established. The incumbent will act as a liaison between the Division of Project Management and other Project Delivery Divisions and Programs within Caltrans and Permitting Agencies to build consensus and ownership of the solutions developed. The incumbent will help ensure that the Project Delivery Chief Engineer and Project Management, Environmental Analysis, Right of Way and Land Surveys, and Design Division Chiefs are informed of any and all major issues that cannot be resolved at the staff level. The incumbent will support the Division of Project Management in their effort to support the Advance Mitigation Program (authorized by Senate Bill 1 (2017)). The incumbent will assist in identifying, or responding when others identify areas where inherent obstacles impact the efficiency or timely delivery of advance mitigation projects. The incumbent will also assist in identifying, or responding when others identify inherent obstacles that prevent the efficient or timely delivery of advance mitigation projects within the SHOPP. The incumbent must understand and have experience with the role environmental has in project project delivery. The incumbent must understand the Caltrans' functional organization to engage and collaborate with subject matter experts and policy owners, both in HQ and the districts. The incumbent will be required to study and understand a wide variety of Caltrans' policies and procedures, including those in Project Delivery, Finance, Planning, Maintenance, and Traffic Operations.