Natural Resource Specialist II – Watershed Restoration

Definition of Responsibility
Under general supervision, this position serves as a professional project manager within the Watershed Restoration Section’s Stream Restoration Program in the Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability.

Essential Functions

Implements water quality and watershed improvement projects, such as stream restoration using approaches such as adaptive natural channel design and floodplain reconnection, to achieve pollutant reduction and ecological restoration.
Assists with resource assessment, prioritization, funding, design, technical review, permitting, construction and post construction monitoring of environmental capital projects.
Serves as lead project manager working collaboratively with professional design consultants, contractors, Federal and State Agencies, other professional staff and citizens of Baltimore County.
Oversees project funding and assists with grant management and Capital Budget programming.
Assists in the preparation of technical studies and reports on environmental problems.
Performs field assessments of existing and potential stream restoration projects.
Provides technical assistance to property owners requesting assistance with stream bank erosion.

Examples of Other Duties

Represents the department before community groups and serves as the department’s representative on intra-county, community, or other committees.
Assists other professionals in technical studies, research and preparation of reports.
Performs other related duties as required.

Required Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in environmental, regional, urban or city planning, or in a natural resource, environmental or a biological science.

Plus

Two years’ professional experience in a planning, science or related field.

Additional education in one of the areas listed may be substituted for the required experience on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

College coursework, internships and/or work experience instream restoration, watershed science, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology and hydraulics, water quality, and/or stream ecology.
Experience as a Project Manager/Stream Restoration Specialist managing environmental assessments and engineering plan development, including design, technical review, construction oversight, monitoring, and approval of capital stream restoration, water quality improvement BMPs, and floodplain/wetland creation.
Experience with negotiation and resolution of complex technical issues.
Ability to read and comprehend contracts, specifications, and construction plans

Salary: $60,729.00 – $69,269.00 Annually

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