Assistant DTD Director for Environmental Programs

About the Work Unit

This position is within CDOT’s Division of Transportation Development (DTD) and is responsible for Environmental Programs. The Environmental Programs Branch supports compliance with a broad range of environmental regulations, executive orders, interagency agreements, and policies including NEPA (mainly for 3 federal agencies: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)), and many other federal/state regulations and requirements. Environmental compliance issues must be addressed in planning, design, construction, and maintenance activities. A key purpose is to foster partnerships with CDOT Regions and with federal and state resource agencies to ensure that environmental issues are addressed consistently.  

About the Position

As the Assistant DTD Director for Environmental Programs, you will manage the Environmental Programs Branch. This branch currently includes 33 full-time employees, including 5 subordinate supervisors. These employees provide services technical expertise in a number of unique environmental specialty areas including air quality, noise abatement, history, paleontology, archaeology, Department of Transportation Act Section 4(f), water quality (including providing certification training for contractors), wetlands, wildlife (including wildlife crossings and migratory bird protections), endangered species, landscape architecture, visual resources, scenic/historic byways, and equity/community engagement.

This position must work collaboratively with a wide variety of stakeholders, effectively utilize budgets (approximately $17 million) allocated to environmental programs, and ensure that executive management direction is incorporated into the annual work program activities. This position must anticipate and guide future decisions and strategically approach changes in regulation, policy, and direction of the environmental program for the support of the Governor’s and the Department’s goals.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience Only:

• At least ten (10) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position, two (2) of which must have included experience with public or business administration, establishing goals and objectives, as well as developing and managing a budget to achieve program goals and objectives.
  • Up to four (4) years of this experience may include general environmental, natural resources, or natural sciences experience.
  • At least six (6) years of experience must have a primary focus on environmental project management, NEPA clearance, pre-NEPA planning processes, or environmental policy will be considered. This experience must include:
• At least two (2) years of experience with a primary focus on environmental project management for transportation projects, and
• At least two (2) years of experience supervising environmental project personnel.

OR

Education and Experience:

• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to ten (10) years, two (2) of which must have included experience with public or business administration, establishing goals and objectives, as well as developing and managing a budget to achieve program goals and objectives.
• Education from an accredited college or university with coursework in environmental science, environmental studies, environmental engineering, natural resources management, natural sciences, or another field of study related to the duties of this position will be considered.
• Experience with a primary focus on environmental project management, NEPA clearance, pre-NEPA planning processes, or environmental policy will be considered. This experience must include:
• At least two (2) years of experience with a primary focus on environmental project management for transportation projects, and
• At least two (2) years of experience supervising environmental project personnel.