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Job Description
We are accepting resumes for various Environmental Historic Preservations Specialists (EHP) positions to perform the tasks listed above in the Project Overview.
EHP Specialist positions may include Archaeologist, Architectural Historian, Biologist, Certified Floodplain Manager, Ecologist, Environmental Planner, Historic Architect, Horticulturalist, Water Quality Specialist, and Wetlands Specialist.
The EHP Specialist will be embedded within FEMA to provide technical assistance that may include:
Conduct site inspections and ensure that any proposed project actions comply with environmental, floodplain, and historic preservation laws, regulations, and executive orders.
Ensure EHP considerations are identified, documented, and communicated to the appropriate parties.
Conduct environmental assessments and environmental impact statements as required.
Assess potential impacts to species and habitat on projects, prepare No Effect memos, and conduct biological assessments and surveys to determine the existence of, and potential impact to, endangered species in accordance with criteria.
Conduct surveys, assessments, and reviews of other potential areas of impact such as water quality, wetland delineations, sole or principal drinking aquifers, prime farmlands, and other ecologically significant or geographically unique areas.
Perform analyses to ensure all reasonable alternatives have been evaluated in accordance with criteria and documented in written reports.
Provide technical expertise to assist with Floodplain and Wetland Issues to support documentation needed for Executive Order 11988 and Executive Order 11990.
May coordinate and complete basic to moderately complex site inspections to validate and record damage to assist in the FEMA Public Assistance grant delivery process.
If selected the role would initially be a part-time, casual position and would become full-time upon task order awards.