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Environmental Compliance Specialist

Virginia Department of Transportation
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Please apply online at: 10583 - Env Metrics Spec - VDOT Careers Site Careers

 

Job Identification: 11575

Job Category: Environmental Services

Location: Mechanicsville, VA

Apply Before: 02/05/2026, 11:59 PM

Job Schedule: Full time

Minimum Salary: $71,797.00

Maximum Salary: $116,670.00

Competency Model: Leader

Contact Name: Audrey Phillips

Contact Email: audrey.phillips@vdot.virginia.gov

 

Job Description

Analyze a variety of data from different sources and consult with other subject matter experts on the effective delivery and compliance of environmental programs within VDOT. Ensure compliance with state and federal laws, regulations and policy for complex environmental programs and services. Maintain VDOT's compliance in all aspects of program and project delivery. Provide interpretation, analysis, and application as an environmental compliance subject-matter expert.

 

How you will contribute:

  • Assigned Programs: Provides coordination and oversight of the assigned environmental programs. Ensures effective execution and continual compliance. Determines improvements and works to execute approved changes to benefit the agency.
  • Communication: Responds to legislative, local government, citizen, consultant and other concerns with regard to VDOT's environmental compliance.
  • Facilitates Impact Analysis: Completes legislative impact statements. Coordinates with Environmental Program Managers, Government and Legislative Affairs Division, FHWA, and environmental agencies and others throughout VDOT to determine impacts and provide guidance and recommendations. Comments on bills and proposed rules in accordance with VDOT review procedures established by the Government and Legislative Affairs Division. Works with others to develop the most streamlined procedures to implement laws and regulations and recommend efficiencies. Manages all environmental agreements, and coordinates with the Government and Legislative Affairs Division on reporting of agreements to the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB)
  • Manage the Division Environmental Memoranda (EM) program in accordance with the Department’s Governance Document Program: Manages the primary method for providing required procedures (based on environmental law and regulation), and guidance, to District environmental staff). Develops and reviews new EMs with Environmental Program Managers and Division management in accordance with environmental law and regulation. Updates existing EMs in accordance with changes to environmental law and regulation.
  • Process Improvement: Work with Division’s Environmental Procedure Management lead to adjust processes and requirements. Reviews proposed streamlining procedures to determine compliance with law and regulation to improve the delivery of environmental tasks for project development. Reviews proposed rules to determine impacts to environmental processes and the overall project development schedule and budget related to environmental activities for project delivery. Provides technical insight into VDOT’s compliance with environmental law and regulation to assist in identifying process and performance enhancements.
  • Program Analysis: Analyze proposed and existing environmental law, regulation, and guidance and determine its impact on VDOT operations facilitating VDOT compliance with law and regulation. Reviews and analyzes law, regulation, bills and proposed rules and determines impact on VDOT.
  • Serve as the Division SharePoint lead: Manages and organizes Environmental Division SharePoint site based on VDOT and Division SharePoint standards and protocols. Manages and organizes Environmental Program SharePoint sites based on VDOT and Division SharePoint standards and protocols. Manages multiple SharePoint databases such as the EM database and Environmental Agreements database. Serves as the Division SharePoint expert and provides training in SharePoint use to Division staff.
  • Statewide Projects: Handles Divisional issues with statewide impact such as workload planning, General Assembly impact statements, audit coordination, special programs etc.
  • Technical Consultation: Provides technical advisory subject matter expertise for assigned programs. May also develop and deliver training for assigned programs and projects to a variety of stakeholders.



What will make you successful:

  • Ability to analyze and interpret data.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing to include preparing and delivering presentations regarding construction projects and environmental impacts.
  • Ability to effectively coordinate consultant activities.
  • Ability to plan, organize, and work on multiple technical projects and tasks concurrently.
  • Ability to work with a diverse team of experts to produce a deliverable.
  • Ability to work with project managers to avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental impacts on projects.
  • Demonstrated experience solving problems effectively and making decisions.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal relationship skills.
  • Experience analyzing and reporting on impacts of proposed program procedures related to agency processes.
  • Experience applying analytical techniques to extremely complex problems related to environmental issues and their impacts upon the entire agency.
  • Experience planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating programs.
  • Knowledge of a broad range of environmental issues, and the experience communicating with a broad range of state and federal environmental agencies and specialists.
  • Knowledge of and ability to interpret state and federal environmental laws, regulations, policies, programs, and procedures related to transportation project development and implementation.
  • Knowledge of environmental law and regulation and its relationship to resource planning for project and program execution.
  • Knowledge of legislative process, writing legislation, evaluating program and project legislative impacts and interpreting the status of bills.
  • Knowledge of project management principals and performance management.
  • Knowledge of sources for tracking environmental law and regulation.
  • Negotiation and management skills.
  • Skill in the use of computers and various software applications.

 


Minimum Qualifications:

  • Ability to read, interpret, and apply the Code of Virginia.
  • Experience communicating with a broad range of stakeholders.
  • Experience in the understanding, application of laws and regulations.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in a broad range of legal programs and functions.
  • Knowledge of laws, regulations and the relationship to resource planning.
  • Skill in the use of computers and various software applications.

 


Additional Considerations:

  • A combination of training, experience, or education in Civil Engineering, Planning, Mathematics, Computer Programming, Systems, Geographic Information Systems or related field desired.
  • Experience with state and federal environmental regulations, procedures and policies. Experience analyzing and reporting on impacts of proposed program policies related to agency processes.
  • Experience working in a transportation context.
  • Experience working with SharePoint.
  • Experience working with a diverse team of experts to produce a deliverable.
  • Progressively responsible experience in interpretation and tracking of environmental law and regulation.