Description

About WSDOT
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is the steward of an integrated, multimodal transportation system that helps to ensure people and goods move safely and efficiently throughout the state. In addition to building, maintaining, and operating the state highway system, WSDOT operates the largest ferry system in the nation, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and recently completed the world's widest tunneling project.

The Opportunity
WSDOT Environmental Services Office (ESO) is currently seeking a Compliance Assurance Program Manager in Olympia, WA. This position is responsible for leading, managing, and facilitating an effective statewide environmental compliance assurance program that delivers strategic environmental compliance assurance services to support transportation project delivery and review. In this role you will need to maintain a current understanding of customer environmental compliance support needs and improvement opportunities by regularly reviewing statewide compliance data and collaborating with customers and other ESO Program Managers. This position is also responsible for supporting the development and implementation of statewide environmental compliance policy, procedures, and workforce development efforts.

What to Expect
Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, you will:

• Lead, manage, and facilitate an effective statewide environmental compliance assurance program.
• Manage and track workflow to ensure WSDOT business needs, and customer expectations are met.
• Manage a biennial budget of approximately $1 million including all financial aspects and associated planning.
• Facilitate a statewide Environmental Coordinator Roundtable communication forum to share emerging environmental permitting and compliance issues, lessons learned, and communicate legislative/rule/WSDOT policy changes.
• Recommend and provide input on statewide environmental policy changes, particularly policy related to environmental compliance in coordination with your supervisor and ESO Branch Managers.
• Provide input and support to ensure the WSDOT Environmental Manual, and other WSDOT manuals containing environmental compliance policy maintains current and accurate environmental compliance policy information.
• Provide environmental workforce development services to ensure WSDOT employees and consultants who are responsible for implementing environmental compliance policy have the knowledge necessary to consistently implement the policy and corresponding procedures.
• Track and review proposed federal, state, and local agency legislative bills, fiscal notes, and assess proposed regulations (primarily federal and state) to determine the potential impacts to WSDOT’s environmental compliance policy and business practices.
• Represent WSDOT in interagency state and local agency environmental compliance committees, discussions, and work groups.

Qualifications
To be considered for this opportunity, the following are required:

• Five (5) years of professional work experience working on transportation or other linear infrastructure projects with direct responsibilities in all the following:
  • Collaborating and fostering positive professional work relationships with peers, customers, and key delivery partners based on mutual trust, respect, competence, and understanding.
  • Leading, managing, or producing deliverables to support environmental permitting.
  • Leading, managing, or producing deliverables to support environmental compliance.
  • Communicating environmental permitting or compliance information to a diverse range of customers, delivery partners, and interested parties.
• A Bachelor’s degree in environmental policy, environmental planning, environmental education, physical, natural, biological, or environmental sciences, or a closely related environmental discipline.
• Knowledge of the typical federal, state, and local agency environmental permits and approvals needed for state transportation projects.
• Multi-agency collaboration and building effective long-term strategic relationships based on mutual trust and understanding.
• Experience supervising, guiding, coaching, and supporting others to complete work tasks.
• Effectively communicating in writing, verbally, and in presentations with a variety of audiences, including the public, regulatory agency managers and staff, WSDOT managers and staff, and project engineers.

It is preferred that qualified candidates also have:

• Knowledge of and experience implementing Chapter 47.85 RCW, Transportation Project Delivery and Review.
• Advanced knowledge of design-bid-build and design-build project delivery contracting methods.
• Advanced knowledge of environmental laws, regulations, and FHWA and WSDOT policies pertaining to environmental permitting and compliance for WSDOT transportation projects.
• Community Engagement/Public Outreach experience (with regulatory agencies, Tribes, or community groups) in conjunction with environmental permitting or compliance work.

Important Notes

• This recruitment may also be used to fill additional positions per business needs.
• This position offers flexible/hybrid remote work options.
• In addition to base salary, employees may be entitled to other forms of compensation depending on the type, duties, or location of the position. For union-represented positions, more information on other forms of compensation can be found in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements. Information on other compensation types for non-represented positions can be found in Chapter 357-28 of the Washington Administrative Code.
• Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 357-16-197 mandates that all employees who work for executive cabinet agencies (which includes the Department of Transportation) must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Compliance with this mandate is a condition of employment with WSDOT. Exemption may be granted for religious or medical purposes; however, accommodations will be subject to approval based on the essential functions required of the position.
• WSDOT does not use the E-Verify system. For more information, please visit www.uscis.gov

Why WSDOT

• Work-Life Balance – We offer flexible work schedules that allow you time for your life outside of this excellent opportunity.
• Paid Leave – In addition to 12 paid holidays, full-time employees may earn up to 25 paid vacation days per year!
• Tuition Assistance – Permanent employees have several options for assistance with education expenses, including tuition reimbursement programs, government discounts at participating colleges throughout the state, and eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness.
• Plan For Your Future – WSDOT offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a variety of healthcare options. Employees also have their choice of state retirement programs, and much more. Go to State Benefits for more information.

Check out this video to learn more: Why WSDOT?

How to Apply
Applications for this recruitment will be accepted electronically. Your relevant experience may be evaluated to determine salary. Therefore, it is very important that the “Work Experience” portion of the application be completed in as much detail as possible.
In order to be considered for this opportunity, please include the following with your online application:

• An attached Cover Letter that further explains your qualifications, and indicates why you believe you are a viable candidate for this role.
• Contact details for a minimum three (3) individuals who can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job-related competencies. This information can be entered in the “References” section of the online application; does not require an additional attachment.

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WSDOT is an equal opportunity employer. We value the importance of creating an environment in which all employees can feel respected, included and empowered to bring unique ideas to the agency. Our diversity and inclusion efforts include embracing different cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints while fostering growth and advancement in the workplace. All persons, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, and/ or gender identity, are encouraged to apply. Persons with disabilities needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the listed Recruiter.

WSDOT does not use the E-Verify system. For more information, please visit www.uscis.gov

Contact us
For inquiries about this posting, you may contact the assigned Recruiter, Rachel Giese at GieseR@wsdot.wa.gov. Please be sure to reference 23DOT-HQ-00491 in the subject line.