Description:
Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Performs difficult environmental impact evaluations of projects including preparation and review of complex technical reports such as Environmental Impact Reports and other compliance reports related to local, state and federal environmental laws; evaluation of projects include interpreting mathematical modeling, surveys, analyses, and forecasts as applied to a range of environmental matters such as water, energy, waste and endangered species; applies for permits and agreements from local, state, and federal agencies, and ensures compliance with permit requirement, local, state and federal laws and regulations, and SFPUC plans and policies; communicates directly with local, state, and federal agencies regarding these reports and other permit related matters.
- Supervises staff members in the preparation of compliance reports, and categorical exemption reports and ensures compliance with permit requirements, local, state and federal laws and regulations, and SFPUC plans and policies; supervises subordinate surveys, clerical and office personnel in the preparation of various environmental impact documents.
- Coordinates with SFPUC bureaus/divisions and other City departments in completing environmental impact review of projects, including preliminary conferences, consultations with consulting specialists and submission of reports to the City Planning Department; works with multidisciplinary teams, departmental officials, managers, staff, regulatory personnel, and the public; represents SFPUC interests to external stakeholders and partners.
- Analyzes maintenance and operations activities to determine the appropriate level of environmental review, documentation, and/or permitting requirements; directs, reviews, and evaluates the work of consultants in the preparation of various environmental and cultural resources analyses for operations and maintenance projects; prepares and reviews CEQA compliance documentation for maintenance and operations activities.
- Applies and interprets local, federal, and state laws, regulations, and ordinances, and SFPUC plans and policies; explains legal, technical and procedural aspects of environmental review to the public; prepares technical reports and correspondence, and proposes possible project modifications and/or best management practices to minimize environmental impacts.
- Reviews, documents, and reports complex environmental and regulatory compliance documents and project proposal; communicates and prepares technical correspondence on behalf of SFPUC interests on a wide range of environmental and other issues to regulatory agency personnel.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: Minimum qualifications reflect the lowest level of acceptable education and/or experience required of an individual such that the individual reasonably could be expected to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position. Candidates must meet all the requirements established by the MQs to be considered for the position.
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university AND
- Four (4) years (8,000 hours) of verifiable full-time equivalent experience either:
- performing environmental review functions OR
- in a city/regional/urban planning environment preparing documents for entities such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)